Springboot rest controller and Date class

[muted marsh]

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[cedar wasp]

are you sure the offset isn't different?

one of them should be either +2 or -2

[candid anvil]

Date doesn't store a ZoneId. So the conversion loses precision, since Jackson doesn't know the date is actually UTC+2

I'd make a custom Deserializer for Date, then you either register it as a simple module to the object mapper, or annotate the fields in the DTO with an annotation that is escaping me. @DeserializeWith comes to mind, but I know that is wrong.

Sorry brain is still waking up. That should be a custom JsonSerializer, and then you annotate with@JsonSerialize(using=MyCustomSerializer.class

[cedar wasp]

but you can't magically invent a timezone?

unless if yo're goign to hardcode itas +2 but what about daylight savings etc

[candid anvil]

The offset OP is referring to is an implicit offset, known by the developers, not by the code. So when Spring converts the Date, it doesn't factor in the implicit offset, causing the date to be off by 2 hours. The custom Serializer is allow OP to "tell" Spring about the implicit offset, by handling it themself, without swapping the DTO to use ZonedDateTime or OffsetDateTime

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