diff --git a/jackson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/jackson/entities/ActorJackson.java b/jackson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/jackson/entities/ActorJackson.java
index 68cd6117d6..375b2204ff 100644
--- a/jackson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/jackson/entities/ActorJackson.java
+++ b/jackson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/jackson/entities/ActorJackson.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package org.baeldung.jackson.entities;
 
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 public class ActorJackson {
 
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ public class ActorJackson {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "ActorJackson [imdbId=" + imdbId + ", dateOfBirth=" + dateOfBirth + ", filmography=" + filmography + "]";
+        return "ActorJackson [imdbId=" + imdbId + ", dateOfBirth=" + formatDateOfBirth() + ", filmography=" + filmography + "]";
     }
 
     public String getImdbId() {
@@ -49,4 +52,9 @@ public class ActorJackson {
         this.filmography = filmography;
     }
 
+    private String formatDateOfBirth() {
+        final DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy");
+        formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
+        return formatter.format(dateOfBirth);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jackson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jackson/deserialization/JacksonDeserializeTest.java b/jackson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jackson/deserialization/JacksonDeserializeTest.java
index 71d5ad3d81..31a6ae8ef9 100644
--- a/jackson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jackson/deserialization/JacksonDeserializeTest.java
+++ b/jackson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jackson/deserialization/JacksonDeserializeTest.java
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
 package org.baeldung.jackson.deserialization;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import org.baeldung.jackson.entities.Movie;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 
+import org.baeldung.jackson.entities.Movie;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
 public class JacksonDeserializeTest {
 
     @Test
     public void whenSimpleDeserialize_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
 
-        String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"actors\":[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"1982-09-21T12:00:00+01:00\",\"filmography\":[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        Movie movie = mapper.readValue(jsonInput, Movie.class);
+        final String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"actors\":[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"1982-09-21T12:00:00+01:00\",\"filmography\":[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        final Movie movie = mapper.readValue(jsonInput, Movie.class);
 
-        String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=null, actors=[ActorJackson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 04:00:00 PDT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
+        final String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=null, actors=[ActorJackson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 11:00:00 GMT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
         Assert.assertEquals(movie.toString(), expectedOutput);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void whenCustomDeserialize_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
 
-        String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"director\":\"Mel Gibson\",\"actors\":[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"1982-09-21T12:00:00+01:00\",\"filmography\":[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
+        final String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"director\":\"Mel Gibson\",\"actors\":[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"1982-09-21T12:00:00+01:00\",\"filmography\":[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
 
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
         final DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
         mapper.setDateFormat(df);
 
-        Movie movie = mapper.readValue(jsonInput, Movie.class);
+        final Movie movie = mapper.readValue(jsonInput, Movie.class);
 
-        String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=Mel Gibson, actors=[ActorJackson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 12:00:00 PDT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
+        final String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=Mel Gibson, actors=[ActorJackson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 09:00:00 GMT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
         Assert.assertEquals(movie.toString(), expectedOutput);
     }
 
diff --git a/jackson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jackson/serialization/JacksonSerializeTest.java b/jackson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jackson/serialization/JacksonSerializeTest.java
index 6c8aa90fae..fcf19fcfad 100644
--- a/jackson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jackson/serialization/JacksonSerializeTest.java
+++ b/jackson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jackson/serialization/JacksonSerializeTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.baeldung.jackson.serialization;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -9,14 +8,11 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import org.baeldung.jackson.entities.ActorJackson;
 import org.baeldung.jackson.entities.Movie;
 import org.baeldung.jackson.entities.MovieWithNullValue;
-import org.baeldung.jackson.serialization.ActorJacksonSerializer;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.DefaultPrettyPrinter;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
@@ -26,34 +22,34 @@ public class JacksonSerializeTest {
     @Test
     public void whenSimpleSerialize_thenCorrect() throws JsonProcessingException, ParseException {
 
-        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
+        final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
 
-        ActorJackson rudyYoungblood = new ActorJackson("nm2199632", sdf.parse("21-09-1982"), Arrays.asList("Apocalypto", "Beatdown", "Wind Walkers"));
-        Movie movie = new Movie("tt0472043", "Mel Gibson", Arrays.asList(rudyYoungblood));
+        final ActorJackson rudyYoungblood = new ActorJackson("nm2199632", sdf.parse("21-09-1982"), Arrays.asList("Apocalypto", "Beatdown", "Wind Walkers"));
+        final Movie movie = new Movie("tt0472043", "Mel Gibson", Arrays.asList(rudyYoungblood));
 
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        String jsonResult = mapper.writeValueAsString(movie);
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        final String jsonResult = mapper.writeValueAsString(movie);
 
-        String expectedOutput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"director\":\"Mel Gibson\",\"actors\":[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":401439600000,\"filmography\":[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
+        final String expectedOutput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"director\":\"Mel Gibson\",\"actors\":[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":401403600000,\"filmography\":[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
         Assert.assertEquals(jsonResult, expectedOutput);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void whenCustomSerialize_thenCorrect() throws ParseException, IOException {
 
-        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
+        final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
 
-        ActorJackson rudyYoungblood = new ActorJackson("nm2199632", sdf.parse("21-09-1982"), Arrays.asList("Apocalypto", "Beatdown", "Wind Walkers"));
-        MovieWithNullValue movieWithNullValue = new MovieWithNullValue(null, "Mel Gibson", Arrays.asList(rudyYoungblood));
+        final ActorJackson rudyYoungblood = new ActorJackson("nm2199632", sdf.parse("21-09-1982"), Arrays.asList("Apocalypto", "Beatdown", "Wind Walkers"));
+        final MovieWithNullValue movieWithNullValue = new MovieWithNullValue(null, "Mel Gibson", Arrays.asList(rudyYoungblood));
 
-        SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
+        final SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
         module.addSerializer(new ActorJacksonSerializer(ActorJackson.class));
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
-        String jsonResult = mapper.registerModule(module).writer(new DefaultPrettyPrinter()).writeValueAsString(movieWithNullValue);
+        final String jsonResult = mapper.registerModule(module).writer(new DefaultPrettyPrinter()).writeValueAsString(movieWithNullValue);
 
-        Object json = mapper.readValue("{\"actors\":[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"21-09-1982\",\"N° Film: \":3,\"filmography\":\"Apocalypto-Beatdown-Wind Walkers\"}],\"imdbID\":null}", Object.class);
-        String expectedOutput = new ObjectMapper().enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT).writeValueAsString(json);
+        final Object json = mapper.readValue("{\"actors\":[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"21-09-1982\",\"N° Film: \":3,\"filmography\":\"Apocalypto-Beatdown-Wind Walkers\"}],\"imdbID\":null}", Object.class);
+        final String expectedOutput = new ObjectMapper().enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT).writeValueAsString(json);
 
         Assert.assertEquals(jsonResult, expectedOutput);
     }