diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/ActorGson.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/ActorGson.java
index 5bbf776705..92468683bf 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/ActorGson.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/ActorGson.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
 
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 public class ActorGson {
 
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ public class ActorGson {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "ActorGson [imdbId=" + imdbId + ", dateOfBirth=" + dateOfBirth + ", filmography=" + filmography + "]";
+        return "ActorGson [imdbId=" + imdbId + ", dateOfBirth=" + formatDateOfBirth() + ", filmography=" + filmography + "]";
     }
 
     public String getImdbId() {
@@ -45,5 +48,10 @@ public class ActorGson {
         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);
+    }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/ActorGsonDeserializer.java b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/ActorGsonDeserializer.java
index 70a03500d5..016e3ba1e2 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/ActorGsonDeserializer.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/ActorGsonDeserializer.java
@@ -1,27 +1,33 @@
 package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
 
-import com.google.gson.*;
-import org.baeldung.gson.entities.ActorGson;
-
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.ActorGson;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+
 public class ActorGsonDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<ActorGson> {
 
-    private SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
+    private final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX");
 
     @Override
     public ActorGson deserialize(JsonElement json, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext jsonDeserializationContext) throws JsonParseException {
 
-        JsonObject jsonObject = json.getAsJsonObject();
+        final JsonObject jsonObject = json.getAsJsonObject();
 
-        JsonElement jsonImdbId = jsonObject.get("imdbId");
-        JsonElement jsonDateOfBirth = jsonObject.get("dateOfBirth");
-        JsonArray jsonFilmography = jsonObject.getAsJsonArray("filmography");
+        final JsonElement jsonImdbId = jsonObject.get("imdbId");
+        final JsonElement jsonDateOfBirth = jsonObject.get("dateOfBirth");
+        final JsonArray jsonFilmography = jsonObject.getAsJsonArray("filmography");
 
-        ArrayList<String> filmList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        final ArrayList<String> filmList = new ArrayList<String>();
         if (jsonFilmography != null) {
             for (int i = 0; i < jsonFilmography.size(); i++) {
                 filmList.add(jsonFilmography.get(i).getAsString());
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ public class ActorGsonDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<ActorGson> {
         ActorGson actorGson = null;
         try {
             actorGson = new ActorGson(jsonImdbId.getAsString(), sdf.parse(jsonDateOfBirth.getAsString()), filmList);
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
+        } catch (final ParseException e) {
             // TODO Auto-generated catch block
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/GsonDeserializeTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/GsonDeserializeTest.java
index d87f0f4bd9..3844c55cd8 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/GsonDeserializeTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/GsonDeserializeTest.java
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
 package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
 
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
 import org.baeldung.gson.entities.ActorGson;
 import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Movie;
 import org.baeldung.gson.serialization.ActorGsonDeserializer;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import java.text.ParseException;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 
 public class GsonDeserializeTest {
-
     @Test
     public void whenSimpleDeserialize_thenCorrect() throws ParseException {
 
-        String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"actors\":" + "[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"1982-09-21T12:00:00+01:00\",\"filmography\":" + "[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
+        final String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"actors\":" + "[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"Tue Sep 21 11:00:00 GMT 1982\",\"filmography\":" + "[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
 
-        Movie outputMovie = new Gson().fromJson(jsonInput, Movie.class);
+        final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setDateFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy").create();
 
-        String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=null, actors=[ActorGson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 04:00:00 PDT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
+        final Movie outputMovie = gson.fromJson(jsonInput, Movie.class);
+
+        final String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=null, actors=[ActorGson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 11:00:00 GMT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
         Assert.assertEquals(outputMovie.toString(), expectedOutput);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void whenCustomDeserialize_thenCorrect() throws ParseException {
 
-        String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"actors\":" + "[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"1982-09-21T12:00:00+01:00\",\"filmography\":" + "[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
+        final String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"actors\":" + "[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"1982-09-21T12:00:00+01:00\",\"filmography\":" + "[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
 
-        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(ActorGson.class, new ActorGsonDeserializer()).create();
+        final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(ActorGson.class, new ActorGsonDeserializer()).create();
 
-        Movie outputMovie = gson.fromJson(jsonInput, Movie.class);
+        final Movie outputMovie = gson.fromJson(jsonInput, Movie.class);
 
-        String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=null, actors=[ActorGson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 12:00:00 PDT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
+        final String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=null, actors=[ActorGson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 11:00:00 GMT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
         Assert.assertEquals(outputMovie.toString(), expectedOutput);
     }
 }