diff --git a/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/gradstudent/util/GradLocalDateTimeDeserializer.java b/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/gradstudent/util/GradLocalDateTimeDeserializer.java
index a065b019..d73aa6ac 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/gradstudent/util/GradLocalDateTimeDeserializer.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/gradstudent/util/GradLocalDateTimeDeserializer.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public LocalDateTime deserialize(JsonParser jsonParser, DeserializationContext d
             formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/ddTHH:mm:ss.000+00:00");
             return LocalDateTime.parse(dateAsString, formatter);
         } else if(StringUtils.isNotBlank(dateAsString) && dateAsString.length() > 10 && dateAsString.contains("-") && dateAsString.contains("T")) {
-            formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME;
+            formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss");
             return LocalDateTime.parse(dateAsString, formatter);
         } else if(StringUtils.isNotBlank(dateAsString)) {
             return LocalDateTime.parse(dateAsString, formatter);