private XMLGregorianCalendar convertDateToXMLGregorianCalendar(Date fromDate) throws OperationFailedException {
        GregorianCalendar gregoryFrom = new GregorianCalendar();
          gregoryFrom.setTime(fromDate);
          XMLGregorianCalendar calendarFrom = null;
          try {
              calendarFrom = DatatypeFactory.newInstance()
                      .newXMLGregorianCalendar(
                              gregoryFrom);
          } catch (DatatypeConfigurationException e) {
              throw new OperationFailedException("Could not convert date to XMLGregorianDate" + fromDate +  " Error :" + e.getMessage());
          }
        return calendarFrom;
    }