Handle JSON serialized Dates from JavaScript in LocalDateDeserializer

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/deser/LocalDateDeserializer.java

@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.deser;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
@@ -64,9 +67,14 @@ public LocalDate deserialize(JsonParser parser, DeserializationContext context)
             // if we are using default formatter
             DateTimeFormatter format = _formatter;
             if (format == DEFAULT_FORMATTER) {
-	            if (string.contains("T")) {
-	                return LocalDate.parse(string, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME);
-	            }
+                // JavaScript by default includes time in JSON serialized Dates (UTC/ISO instant format).
+                if (string.length() > 10 && string.charAt(10) == 'T') {
+                   if (string.endsWith("Z")) {
+                       return LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.parse(string), ZoneOffset.UTC).toLocalDate();
+                   } else {
+                       return LocalDate.parse(string, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME);
+                   }
+                }
             }
             return LocalDate.parse(string, format);
     	}

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/TestLocalDateSerialization.java

@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.Month;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
@@ -171,6 +173,16 @@ public void testDeserializationAsString04() throws Exception
         this.MAPPER.readValue("\"2015-06-19TShouldNotParse\"", LocalDate.class);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDeserializationAsString05() throws Exception
+    {
+        Instant instant = Instant.now();
+        LocalDate value = MAPPER.readValue('"' + instant.toString() + '"', LocalDate.class);
+
+        assertNotNull("The value should not be null.", value);
+        assertEquals("The value is not correct.", LocalDateTime.ofInstant(instant, ZoneOffset.UTC).toLocalDate(), value);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDeserializationWithTypeInfo01() throws Exception
     {