diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/OssimPlugins/src/ossim/ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc.cpp b/Modules/ThirdParty/OssimPlugins/src/ossim/ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc.cpp
index 65a03bea50565382b7fb2fb3e82ff5616e0934dc..569f21e79fd9b945a5c54f7aa616d12db2976ab4 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/OssimPlugins/src/ossim/ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc.cpp
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/OssimPlugins/src/ossim/ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ bool ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc::initGsd(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
       ossimString s;
       if ( getSampledPixelSpacing(xdoc, s) )
       {
-         gsd.x = s.toFloat64();
+         gsd.x = ossimString::toFloat64(s);
       }
       else
       {
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ bool ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc::initGsd(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
       }
       if ( getSampledLineSpacing(xdoc, s) )
       {
-         gsd.y = s.toFloat64(s);
+         gsd.y = ossimString::toFloat64(s);
       }
       else
       {
@@ -496,6 +496,20 @@ bool ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc::initGsd(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
    return result;
 }
 
+
+
+bool ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc::getAcquistionDate(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc, ossimString& adate)
+{
+   ossimString path = "/product/sourceAttributes/rawDataStartTime";
+   return ossim::getPath(path, xdoc, adate);
+}
+
+bool ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc::getProductionDate(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc, ossimString& pdate)
+{
+   ossimString path = "/product/imageGenerationParameters/generalProcessingInformation/processingTime";
+   return ossim::getPath(path, xdoc, pdate);
+}
+
 bool ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc::initTiePoints(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
                                              std::list<ossimGpt>& gcp,
                                              std::list<ossimDpt>& icp) const
@@ -889,15 +903,15 @@ bool ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc::getImageFile(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
 {
    bool result = false;
    ossimString fileName;
-   
+
    ossimString path = "/product/imageAttributes/fullResolutionImageData";
-   
+
    if ( ossim::getPath(path, xdoc, fileName) )
    {
       result = true;
       s = fileName;
    }
-   
+
    return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/OssimPlugins/src/ossim/ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/OssimPlugins/src/ossim/ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc.h
index 56bf0a7ab75915bd15c3281189bb72eeac80a10f..ae376b08f88bcab27af8d9c9b303b64bf12e5bed 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/OssimPlugins/src/ossim/ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/OssimPlugins/src/ossim/ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ typedef struct
    vector<double> lineDenominatorCoefficients;
    vector<double> pixelNumeratorCoefficients;
    vector<double> pixelDenominatorCoefficients;
-   
+
 }RPCModel;
 
 namespace ossimplugins
@@ -59,17 +59,17 @@ namespace ossimplugins
 class PlatformPosition;
 class RefPoint;
 class SensorParams;
-   
+
 /** @brief Class to encapsulate parsing RadarSat2 product.xml file. */
 class OSSIM_PLUGINS_DLL ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc
 {
 public:
    /** @brief default constructor */
    ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc();
-      
+
    /** @brief destructor */
    ~ossimRadarSat2ProductDoc();
-      
+
    /**
     * @brief Checks for node /product/sourceAttributes/satellite containing
     * RADARSAT-2.
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ public:
     * @return true if present, false if not.
     */
    bool isRadarSat2(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc) const;
-      
+
    RPCModel getRpcData(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc) const;
-      
+
    /**
     * @brief Method to initialize PlatformPosition object from
     * RadarSat "product.xml" file.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public:
     */
    bool initPlatformPosition(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
                              PlatformPosition* pos) const;
-      
+
    /**
     * @brief Method to initialize SensorParams object from
     * RadarSat "product.xml" file.
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public:
     */
    bool initSensorParams(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
                          SensorParams* sp) const;
-      
+
    /**
     * @brief Method to initialize image size from
     * RadarSat "product.xml" file.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public:
     */
    bool initImageSize(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
                       ossimIpt& imageSize) const;
-      
+
    /**
     * @brief Method to initialize gsd from
     * RadarSat "product.xml" file.
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ public:
     */
    bool initGsd(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
                 ossimDpt& gsd) const;
-      
+
+   bool getAcquistionDate(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc, ossimString& adate);
+
+   bool getProductionDate(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc, ossimString& pdate);
+
    /**
     * @brief Method to initialize image tie points from
     * RadarSat "product.xml" file.
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ public:
                       std::list<ossimDpt>& icp) const;
    bool getSatellite(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
                      ossimString& s) const;
-      
+
    bool getSensor(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
                   ossimString& s) const;
 
@@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ public:
 
    bool getIncidenceAngleFarRange(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
                                   ossimString& s) const;
-   
+
    bool getSatelliteHeight(const ossimXmlDocument* xdoc,
                            ossimString& s) const;
 };