JsonDateDeserializer.java

package org.zalando.catwatch.backend.model.util;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class JsonDateDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Date> {

    @Override
    public Date deserialize(final JsonParser jp, final DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException,
        JsonProcessingException {
        String dateString = jp.getText();
        try {
            SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
            return format.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                "parse exception occured when trying to deserialize date, date string was: ", e);
        }
    }
}