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+package org.jboss.da.rest;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.ContextResolver;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+
+/**
+ * Jackson Provider just to properly serialize the timestamp
+ */
+@Provider
+@Consumes({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_PATCH_JSON })
+@Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_PATCH_JSON })
+public class JacksonProvider implements ContextResolver<ObjectMapper> {
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+
+    public JacksonProvider() {
+        objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        objectMapper.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
+
+        // write dates in ISO8601 format
+        objectMapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
+    }
+
+    public ObjectMapper getMapper() {
+        return objectMapper;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectMapper getContext(Class<?> objectType) {
+        return objectMapper;
+    }
+}