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+package org.json;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.ParsePosition;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Use where a date format is known to have colons the values and lack wrapping double quotes, such as "{date_time:2013-06-15 09:30:09.234}"
+ * And the value will be correctly wrapped with double quotes.
+ *
+ * Sent as a pull request at: {@link "https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-java/pull/103"}
+ *
+ * @author Amir Gur
+ * @since 9/2/2014
+ */
+
+public class JSONDateUtils {
+
+    public static String fixJSONTimeFormat(String text, SimpleDateFormat sdf, String[] jsonNames) throws ParseException {
+        String ret = null;
+        for(String name : jsonNames) {
+            ret = fixJSONTimeFormat(ret == null ? text : ret, sdf, name);
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public static String fixJSONTimeFormat(String text, SimpleDateFormat sdf, String jsonName) throws ParseException {
+        int pos = text.indexOf(jsonName);
+        if(pos < 0) {
+            throw new ParseException("Can't find json name: " + jsonName, pos);
+        }
+
+        int p = pos + jsonName.length() + 1;
+        Date date = sdf.parse(text, new ParsePosition(p));
+        if(date == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't parse date pattern: " + sdf.toPattern() + ", in text: " + text + ", at pos: " + p);
+        }
+        String relevantString = text.substring(p);
+        String prefix = text.substring(0, p);
+        int relevantEnd = relevantString.indexOf(',');
+        if(relevantEnd < 0)
+            relevantEnd = relevantString.indexOf('}');
+        if(relevantEnd < 0)
+            throw new ParseException("Can't find end of value: " + jsonName + ", relevantString: " + relevantString, relevantEnd);
+        String suffix = relevantString.substring(relevantEnd);
+        return prefix + "\"" + relevantString.substring(0,relevantEnd) + "\"" + suffix;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDate() throws ParseException {
+        testOne("{date_time:2013-06-15 01:30:09.234}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS", "date_time");
+        testOne("{date_time:2013-06-15 02:30:09.234, abc:222}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS", "date_time");
+        testOne("{date_time:2013-06-15 03:30:09.234-0700}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", "date_time");
+        testOne("{date_time:2013-06-15 04:30:09.234-0700, abc:222}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", "date_time");
+        testOne("{ab: xyz, date_time:2013-06-15 05:30:09.234-0700}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", "date_time");
+        testOne("{date_time:2013-06-15 06:30:09.234-0700, abc:222}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", "date_time");
+        testOne("{date_time: 2013-06-15 07:30:09.234-0700, abc:222}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", "date_time");
+        try {
+            testOne("{date_time:\"2013-06-15 08:30:09.234-0700\", abc:222}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", "date_time");
+        } catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            System.out.println("Exception for not legal input is expected here, since value starts with a double quote.");
+        }
+        testFew("{date_time:2013-06-15 09:30:09.234-0700, abc:222, date2_time:2013-06-15 09:30:09.234-0700}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", new String[]{"date_time", "date2_time"});
+        testFew("{date_time:2013-06-15 10:30:09.234-0700, abc:222, date2_time:2013-06-15 11:30:09.234-0700}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", new String[]{"date_time", "date2_time"});
+        testFew("{date_time:2013-06-15 12:30:09.234-0700, abc:222, date_time2:2013-06-15 12:30:09.234-0700}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", new String[]{"date_time", "date_time2"});
+        testFew("{date_time:2013-06-15 13:30:09.234-0700, abc:222, date_time2:2013-06-15 14:30:09.234-0700}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", new String[]{"date_time", "date_time2"});
+        testOne("{date_time: 2013-06-15 14:30:09.234, abc:222}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S", "date_time");
+        testOne("{date_time: 2013-06-15 15:30:09.23, abc:222}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S", "date_time");
+        testOne("{date_time: 2013-06-15 16:30:09.2, abc:222}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S", "date_time");
+        testOne("{date_time: 2013-06-15 17:30:09.0, abc:222}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S", "date_time");
+        testFew("{creationDate:2014-08-15 19:01:11.588, lastModifiedDate:2014-09-08 14:44:00.006}", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S", new String[]{"creationDate", "lastModifiedDate"});
+    }
+
+    private void testOne(String jsonStr, String pattern, String jsonName) throws ParseException {
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
+        String fixed = fixJSONTimeFormat(jsonStr, sdf, jsonName);
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(fixed);
+        Object value = jsonObject.get(jsonName);
+        System.out.println("fixed: " + fixed + ", value: " + value);
+    }
+
+    private void testFew(String jsonStr, String pattern, String[] jsonNames) throws ParseException {
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
+        String fixed = fixJSONTimeFormat(jsonStr, sdf, jsonNames);
+        System.out.println("jsonStr: " + jsonStr + ", fixed: " + fixed);
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(fixed);
+        for(String jsonName : jsonNames) {
+            Object value = jsonObject.get(jsonName);
+            System.out.println("fixed: " + fixed + ", value: " + value);
+        }
+    }
+}