JSON Serializing date in a custom format (Can not construct instance of java.util.Date from String value)

Annotate your created_date field with the JsonFormat annotation to specify the output format.

@JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", timezone = TimeZone.getDefault(), locale = Locale.getDefault())

Note that you may need to pass in a different Locale and TimeZone if they should be based on something other than what the server uses.

You can find out more information in the docs.

I have the same problem, so I write a custom date deserializationwith @JsonDeserialize(using=CustomerDateAndTimeDeserialize.class)

public class CustomerDateAndTimeDeserialize extends JsonDeserializer<Date> {    private SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(            "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");    @Override    public Date deserialize(JsonParser paramJsonParser,            DeserializationContext paramDeserializationContext)            throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {        String str = paramJsonParser.getText().trim();        try {            return dateFormat.parse(str);        } catch (ParseException e) {            // Handle exception here        }        return paramDeserializationContext.parseDate(str);    }}

1. If you want to bind a JSON string to date, this process is called deserialization, not serialization.

2. To bind a JSON string to date, create a custom date deserialization, annotate created_date or its setter with

   @JsonDeserialize(using=YourCustomDateDeserializer.class)

where you have to implement the method public Date deserialize(...) to tell Jackson how to convert a string to a date.

Enjoy.