Index: src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/solr/SolrDeleteDuplicates.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/solr/SolrDeleteDuplicates.java	(revision 1097391)
+++ src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/solr/SolrDeleteDuplicates.java	(working copy)
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -122,14 +120,8 @@
       id = (String)doc.getFieldValue(SolrConstants.ID_FIELD);
       boost = (Float)doc.getFieldValue(SolrConstants.BOOST_FIELD);
 
-      // Attempt to convert Solr formatted date to internally used long
-      try {
-        DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
-        Date date = (Date)formatter.parse((String)doc.getFieldValue(SolrConstants.TIMESTAMP_FIELD));
-        tstamp = (Long)date.getTime();
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        LOG.error("Could not convert date to long: " + e);
-      }
+      Date buffer = (Date)doc.getFieldValue(SolrConstants.TIMESTAMP_FIELD);
+      tstamp = buffer.getTime();
     }
 
     @Override