code: public static Date getDate(JsonNode node, String dPath, String dateTimeFormat) {
          return DPathUtils.getDate(node, dPath, dateTimeFormat);
      }
docs: Extract a date value from the target {@link JsonNode} using DPath expression. If the
  extracted value is
  a string, parse it as a {@link Date} using the specified date-time format.
  
  @param node
  @param dPath
  @param dateTimeFormat
  see {@link SimpleDateFormat}
  @return
  @see DPathUtils