code: public static Date getDate(Object target, String dPath, String dateTimeFormat) {
          Object obj = getValue(target, dPath);
          return ValueUtils.convertDate(obj, dateTimeFormat);
      }
docs: Extract a date value from the target object using DPath expression. If the extracted value is
  a string, parse it as a {@link Date} using the specified date-time format.
  
  @param target
  @param dPath
  @param dateTimeFormat
  see {@link SimpleDateFormat}
  @return
  @since 0.6.2