Java – has multiple types of JSON string map [string, object]

I have this JSON string:

{
  "startDate" : "2014-12-17T14:31:40Z","name" : "Izek","age" : 12
}

When I use Jackson to convert it to map [string, object], the type of StartDate is string. How can I tell Jackson to convert it to datetime?

Solution

You need to explicitly format the data in objectmapper You can refer to date format mapping to JSON Jackson for more details Alternatively, you can use it as http://java.dzone.com/articles/how-serialize-javautildate