Java 8 LocalDate Jackson format

For java.util.Date when I do @JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING, pattern = “dd/MM/yyyy”) private Date dateOfBirth; then in JSON request when I send { {“dateOfBirth”:”01/01/2000″} } it works. How should I do this for Java 8’s LocalDate field?? I tried having @JsonDeserialize(using = LocalDateDeserializer.class) @JsonSerialize(using = LocalDateSerializer.class) private LocalDate dateOfBirth; It didn’t work. Can someone please let … Read more