Serialize Date in a JSON REST web service as ISO-8601 string

Question

I have a JAX-RS application using JBoss AS 7.1, and I POST/GET JSON and XML objects which include Dates (java.util.Date):

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Answer 1

I assume your json parser is Jackson, try:

@JsonFormat(shape=JsonFormat.Shape.STRING, pattern="yyyy-MM-dd,HH:00", timezone="CET")
public Date date;

(since Jackson 2.0)