DateAnnotation focusToken = (DateAnnotation) dateTokenItr.next();
String localDate = null;
if ((localDate = findStartDateElement(jcas, focusToken.getBegin(),
focusToken.getEnd())) == null) {
startDate = new StartDateElement(focusToken.getCoveredText(),
focusToken.getBegin(), focusToken.getEnd());
} else {
setStartDateElement(localDate, focusToken.getBegin(),
focusToken.getEnd());
}