Extraction of dates with Selenium 2

gistfile1.java

// get desired element and save its visible text
WebDriver webDriver = new FirefoxDriver();
webDriver.navigate().to("http://example.com/some/page");
WebElement elementWithDate = webDriver.findElement(By.cssSelector("#creation-date"));
String text = elementWithDate.getText();
Date date = null; boolean dateFound = false;

String year,month,monthName,day,hour,minute,second,ampm = null;

String regexDelimiter = "[-:\\/.,]";
String regexDay = "((?:[0-2]?\\d{1})|(?:[3][01]{1}))";
String regexMonth = "(?:([0]?[1-9]|[1][012])|(Jan(?:uary)?|Feb(?:ruary)?|Mar(?:ch)?|Apr(?:il)?|May|Jun(?:e)?|Jul(?:y)?|Aug(?:ust)?|Sep(?:tember)?|Sept|Oct(?:ober)?|Nov(?:ember)?|Dec(?:ember)?))";
String regexYear = "((?:[1]{1}\\d{1}\\d{1}\\d{1})|(?:[2]{1}\\d{3}))";
String regexHourMinuteSecond = "(?:(?:\\s)((?:[0-1][0-9])|(?:[2][0-3])|(?:[0-9])):([0-5][0-9])(?::([0-5][0-9]))?(?:\\s?(am|AM|pm|PM))?)?";
String regexEndswith = "(?![\\d])";

// DD/MM/YYYY
String regexDateEuropean = regexDay + regexDelimiter + regexMonth + regexDelimiter + regexYear + regexHourMinuteSecond + regexEndswith;
// MM/DD/YYYY
String regexDateAmerican = regexMonth + regexDelimiter + regexDay + regexDelimiter + regexYear + regexHourMinuteSecond + regexEndswith;
// YYYY/MM/DD
String regexDateTechnical = regexYear + regexDelimiter + regexMonth + regexDelimiter + regexDay + regexHourMinuteSecond + regexEndswith;

// see if there are any matches
Matcher m = checkDatePattern(regexDateEuropean, text);
if (m.find()) { // extraction code
  day = m.group(1);month = m.group(2);monthName = m.group(3);year = m.group(4);hour = m.group(5);minute = m.group(6);second = m.group(7);ampm = m.group(8);
  dateFound = true;
}

if(!dateFound) {
  m = checkDatePattern(regexDateAmerican, text);
  if (m.find()) { /* extraction code */ } }

if(!dateFound) {
  m = checkDatePattern(regexDateTechnical, text);
  if (m.find()) { /* extraction code */ } }
  
// construct date object if date was found
if(dateFound) {
  String dateFormatPattern = "";String dayPattern = "";String dateString = "";

  if(day != null) {     dayPattern = "d" + (day.length() == 2 ? "d" : ""); }

  if(day != null && month != null && year != null) {
    dateFormatPattern = "yyyy MM " + dayPattern;
    dateString = year + " " + month + " " + day;
  } else if(monthName != null) {
    if(monthName.length() == 3) dateFormatPattern = "yyyy MMM " + dayPattern;
    else dateFormatPattern = "yyyy MMMM " + dayPattern;
    dateString = year + " " + monthName + " " + day;
  }

  if(hour != null && minute != null) {
    dateFormatPattern += " hh:mm";
    dateString += " " + hour + ":" + minute;
    if(second != null) {
      dateFormatPattern += ":ss";
      dateString += ":" + second;
    }
  }

  if(!dateFormatPattern.equals("") && !dateString.equals("")) {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormatPattern.trim(), Locale.US);
    date = new Date(dateFormat.parse(dateString.trim()));
  }
}