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I created a simple web service and a WSDL for it. In my WSDL I have five parameters for my SOAP response.

<message name="EmailStatusResponse">
    <part name='id' type='xsd:integer'/>
    <part name='name' type='xsd:string'/>
    <part name='message' type='xsd:string'/>
    <part name='createdDate' type='xsd:date'/>
    <part name='approver' type='xsd:string'/>
</message>

I want to create a client using my WSDL with eclipse and Axis2. The format of the createdDate which I receive through SOAP response is DD/MM/YYYY. When I run the client it throws an AxisFault saying that date format of createdDate is incorrect.
I know this would work if I change the date format sent in SOAP response to DD/MM/YYYY or change the type of the createdDate parameter in WSDL to xsd:string.
My question is, is there a way to specify the date pattern in WSDL?

For an example something like this:
<part name='createdDate' type='xsd:date' pattern="DD/MM/YYYY"/>

Thanks.

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You can declare it a string and then restrict the pattern of the string like so:

<xs:simpleType name="createdDate">
   <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
       <xs:pattern value="(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])/(0[1-9]|1[012])/\d{4}"/>
   </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>

This will get you the right format but you could have problems with the SOAP type being a string.

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You can use schema to have your preferred pattern?

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Can you explain it little bit further? What do you mean by 'schema'? –  prageeth Jul 10 '13 at 7:54
    
w3.org/standards/xml/schema –  Ratha Jul 10 '13 at 8:05
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