code: public static Date getDate(JsonNode node, String dPath, String dateTimeFormat) {
          JsonNode obj = getValue(node, dPath);
          return ValueUtils.convertDate(obj, 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
  @since 0.6.2