@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@ public class Item {
 
 private String title;
 private String description;
-private String author = null;
-private String creator = null;
-private String category = null;
-private java.net.URL link = null;
-private java.net.URL origLink = null; //<--FeedBurner
-private java.util.Date date = null;
-private Location location = null;
-private NodeList nodeList = null;
+private String author;
+private String creator;
+private String category;
+private java.net.URL link;
+private java.net.URL origLink; //<--FeedBurner
+private java.util.Date date;
+private Location location;
 private java.util.ArrayList<Media> media = new java.util.ArrayList<Media>();
 
 
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ public Item(String title, java.net.URL link, java.util.Date date){
 //**************************************************************************
 /** Creates a new instance of this class using an XML node from an RSS Feed.
 */
-protected Item(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.util.HashMap<String, String> namespaces) {
+protected Item(Node item, java.util.HashMap<String, String> namespaces) {
 
 String mediaNS = namespaces.get("http://search.yahoo.com/mrss");
 if (mediaNS==null) mediaNS = "media";
@@ -54,15 +53,23 @@ protected Item(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.util.HashMap<String, String> namespac
 if (geoNS==null) geoNS = "geo";
 
 
-nodeList = node.getChildNodes();
 String pubDate = null;
 String dcDate = null;
+String updated = null;
+
+String description = null;
+String subtitle = null;
+String summary = null;
+
 String lat = null;
 String lon = null;
-java.util.ArrayList<org.w3c.dom.Node> mediaNodes = new java.util.ArrayList<org.w3c.dom.Node>();
 
+java.util.ArrayList<Node> mediaNodes = new java.util.ArrayList<Node>();
+
+
+NodeList nodeList = item.getChildNodes();
 for (int i=0; i<nodeList.getLength(); i++){
-node = nodeList.item(i);
+Node node = nodeList.item(i);
 if (node.getNodeType()==1){
 String nodeName = node.getNodeName().toLowerCase();
 String nodeValue = Parser.getNodeValue(node).trim();
@@ -72,26 +79,30 @@ protected Item(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.util.HashMap<String, String> namespac
 if (nodeName.equals("title")) title = nodeValue;
 else if (nodeName.equals("author")) author = nodeValue;
 else if (nodeName.endsWith("creator")) creator = nodeValue;
+
 else if (nodeName.equalsIgnoreCase("pubDate")) pubDate = nodeValue;
 else if (nodeName.equalsIgnoreCase("dc:date")) dcDate = nodeValue;
-else if(nodeName.equals("description") || nodeName.equals("subtitle")){
-if (description==null || description.length()==0){
-description = nodeValue;
-}
-}
+else if (nodeName.equalsIgnoreCase("updated")) updated = nodeValue;
+
+else if (nodeName.endsWith("description")) description = nodeValue;
+else if (nodeName.endsWith("subtitle")) subtitle = nodeValue;
+else if (nodeName.endsWith("summary")) summary = nodeValue;
+
 
 //Parse Link
 else if(nodeName.equals("link")){
+String url = "";
 if (nodeValue!=null){
-String url = nodeValue.replace("\"", "");
-if (url.length()==0){
-//get href attribute
-url = Parser.getAttributeValue(node,"href").trim();
-}
-if (url.length()>0){
-try{ link = new java.net.URL(url); }
-catch(Exception e){}
-}
+url = nodeValue.replace("\"", "").trim();
+}
+
+if (url.length()==0){
+//get href attribute
+url = Parser.getAttributeValue(node,"href").trim();
+}
+if (url.length()>0){
+try{ link = new java.net.URL(url); }
+catch(Exception e){}
 }
 }
 
@@ -131,9 +142,10 @@ else if (nodeName.equals("long") || nodeName.equals(geoNS + ":long")){
 }
 
 
-//Parse date
+//Set date
 String date = pubDate;
 if (date==null || date.length()==0) date = dcDate;
+if (date==null || date.length()==0) date = updated;
 if (date!=null && date.length()>0){
 try{
 this.date = Parser.getDate(date);
@@ -143,18 +155,25 @@ else if (nodeName.equals("long") || nodeName.equals(geoNS + ":long")){
 }
 
 
+//Set description
+String desc = description;
+if (desc==null || desc.length()==0) desc = subtitle;
+if (desc==null || desc.length()==0) desc = summary;
+this.description = desc;
+
+
+
 //Parse media nodes
 if (!mediaNodes.isEmpty()){
 
 //Check if there are any content nodes and if those nodes have children (e.g. The Guardian News Feed)
-for (org.w3c.dom.Node mediaNode : mediaNodes){
+for (Node mediaNode : mediaNodes){
 String nodeName = mediaNode.getNodeName().toLowerCase();
 if (nodeName.equals(mediaNS + ":content")){
 
-
-org.w3c.dom.NodeList nodeList = mediaNode.getChildNodes();
-for (int i=0; i<nodeList.getLength(); i++){
-node = nodeList.item(i);
+NodeList nodes = mediaNode.getChildNodes();
+for (int i=0; i<nodes.getLength(); i++){
+Node node = nodes.item(i);
 if (node.getNodeType()==1){
 addMedia(new Media(mediaNode));
 break;
@@ -167,7 +186,7 @@ else if (nodeName.equals("long") || nodeName.equals(geoNS + ":long")){
 
 //If none of the of the content nodes have children (standard use case)
 if (media.isEmpty()){
-addMedia(new Media(mediaNodes.toArray(new org.w3c.dom.Node[mediaNodes.size()])));
+addMedia(new Media(mediaNodes.toArray(new Node[mediaNodes.size()])));
 }
 }
 
@@ -296,16 +315,13 @@ public Media[] getMedia(){
 public Location getLocation(){
 return location;
 }
-
+
 
 //**************************************************************************
-//** getNodeList
+//** setLocation
 //**************************************************************************
-/** Returns the NodeList used to instantiate this class via the RSS Parser.
-* @deprecated This method will be removed in future releases.
-*/
-public NodeList getNodeList(){
-return nodeList;
+public void setLocation(Location location){
+this.location = location;
 }
 
 

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package javaxt.rss;
 import org.w3c.dom.*;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 
 //******************************************************************************
 //** Location Class
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ public class Location {
 
 private org.w3c.dom.Node node;
 private Object geometry;
-private String lat;
-private String lon;
+private BigDecimal lat;
+private BigDecimal lon;
 private Boolean hasGeometry = null; //Has 3 states: true, false, and null
 
 private static String[] SupportedGeometryTypes = new String[]{
@@ -51,11 +52,14 @@ protected Location(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.util.HashMap<String, String> name
 //**************************************************************************
 /** Creates a new instance of this class using a point. */
 
-protected Location(String lat, String lon){
+public Location(BigDecimal lat, BigDecimal lon){
 this.lat = lat;
 this.lon = lon;
 }
 
+protected Location(String lat, String lon){
+this(new BigDecimal(lat), new BigDecimal(lon));
+}
 
 /*
 public String toGML(){

@@ -293,23 +293,49 @@ protected static java.util.Date getDate(String date) throws java.text.ParseExcep
 return (java.util.Date) method.invoke(instance);
 }
 catch(Exception e){
-
-
-//Special Case: Java fails to parse the "T" in strings like
-//"1976-06-07T01:02:09.000" and "1976-06-07T13:02-0500"
-if (date.length()>="1976-06-07T13:02".length()){
-if (date.substring(10, 11).equalsIgnoreCase("T")){
-date = date.replace("T", " ");
-}
-}
 
 
 //Loop through all known date formats and try to convert the string to a date
 for (String format : SupportedFormats){
 
-//Special Case: Java fails to parse the "Z" in "1976-06-07 00:00:00Z"
-if (date.endsWith("Z") && format.endsWith("Z")){
-date = date.substring(0, date.length()-1) + "UTC";
+if (format.endsWith("Z")){
+
+//Special Case: Java fails to parse the "T" in strings like
+//"1976-06-07T01:02:09.000" and "1976-06-07T13:02-0500"
+int idx = date.indexOf("T");
+if (idx==10 && format.startsWith("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm")){
+date = date.substring(0, idx) + " " + date.substring(idx+1);
+}
+
+
+
+if (date.endsWith("Z") && date.length()==format.length()){
+//If the date literally ends with the letter "Z", then the
+//date is probably referencing "Zulu" timezone (i.e. UTC).
+//Example: "1976-06-07 00:00:00Z". Java doesn't understand
+//what the "Z" timezone is so we'll replace the "Z" with
+//"UTC".
+date = date.substring(0, date.length()-1) + "UTC";
+}
+else{
+
+
+//Check if the timezone offset is specified in "+/-HH:mm"
+//format (e.g. "2018-01-17T01:00:35+07:00"). If so, update
+//the timezone offset by removing the colon.
+if (date.length()>=format.length()){
+int len = format.length()-1;
+String tz = date.substring(len);
+if (tz.length()==6){
+String a = tz.substring(0,1);
+if ((a.equals("-") || a.equals("+")) && tz.indexOf(":")==3){
+tz = tz.replace(":", "");
+date = date.substring(0, len) + tz;
+}
+}
+
+}
+}
 }
 
 try{