Element el = (Element)matches.item(i); Date d; if(el.getAttribute("team_A").equals(teamIds.get(0)) || el.getAttribute("team_B").equals(teamIds.get(0))){ System.out.println(el.getAttribute("date") + " " + el.getAttribute("time")); DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"); String sDate = df.format(el.getAttribute("date") + " " + el.getAttribute("time")); Date newDate = df.parse(sDate); System.out.println("data_out," + teamIds.indexOf(el.getAttribute("team_A")) + "," + teamIds.indexOf(el.getAttribute("team_B")) ); }