private function encodeRecord($record, $childName, &$xml)
    {
        foreach ($record as $key => $value)
        {
            if ($value instanceof \DateTime)
            {
                if ($value->format('His') === '000000') {
                    $value = $value->format('m/d/Y');
                } else {
                    $value = $value->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
                }
            }

            $keyValue = $xml->addChild($childName);
            $keyValue->addAttribute('val', $key);

            if(is_array($value)) {
               $this->parseNestedValues($value, $keyValue);
            }
            else {
                $keyValue[0] = $value;
            }
        }
    }