diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/AbstractAuditable.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/AbstractAuditable.java
index 445d4cc92..89560f04f 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/AbstractAuditable.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/AbstractAuditable.java
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractAuditable implements Auditable {
 
     @CreationTimestamp
     @CreatedDate
-    @Column(nullable = false, updatable = false)
-    @JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS")
+    @Column(nullable = false, updatable = false, columnDefinition = "DATETIME(9)")
+    @JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSSS")
     private LocalDateTime createdDate;
 
     @UpdateTimestamp
     @LastModifiedDate
-    @Column(nullable = false)
-    @JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS")
+    @Column(nullable = false, columnDefinition = "DATETIME(9)")
+    @JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSSS")
     private LocalDateTime modifiedDate;
 
     @Column(name = "created_by")
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/frontend/EntityDescriptorRepresentation.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/frontend/EntityDescriptorRepresentation.java
index 821d9817d..c662b1388 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/frontend/EntityDescriptorRepresentation.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/frontend/EntityDescriptorRepresentation.java
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class EntityDescriptorRepresentation implements Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 7753435553892353966L;
+    private DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSSS");
 
     private List<AssertionConsumerServiceRepresentation> assertionConsumerServices;
 
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ public String getCreatedBy() {
     }
 
     public String getCreatedDate() {
-        return createdDate != null ? createdDate.toString() : null;
+        return createdDate != null ? formatter.format(createdDate) : null;
     }
 
     public String getEntityId() {
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ public MduiRepresentation getMdui() {
     }
 
     public String getModifiedDate() {
-        return modifiedDate != null ? modifiedDate.toString() : null;
+        return modifiedDate != null ? formatter.format(modifiedDate) : null;
     }
 
     @JsonIgnore
@@ -134,7 +136,6 @@ public LocalDateTime getModifiedDateAsDate() {
         return modifiedDate != null ? modifiedDate : createdDate != null ? createdDate : LocalDateTime.now();
     }
 
-
     public OrganizationRepresentation getOrganization() {
         return organization;
     }
@@ -245,4 +246,4 @@ public void setServiceProviderSsoDescriptor(ServiceProviderSsoDescriptorRepresen
     public void setVersion(int version) {
         this.version = version;
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/BaseDataJpaTestConfiguration.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/BaseDataJpaTestConfiguration.groovy
index 3ab919759..fe62a5770 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/BaseDataJpaTestConfiguration.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/BaseDataJpaTestConfiguration.groovy
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.deser.LocalDateTimeDeserializer
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration.CustomPropertiesConfiguration
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration.SearchConfiguration
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.configuration.ShibUIConfiguration
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Primary
+import org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 
 import static com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL
 
@@ -68,10 +73,12 @@ class BaseDataJpaTestConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
     ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper()
+        JavaTimeModule module = new JavaTimeModule()
+        LocalDateTimeDeserializer localDateTimeDeserializer =  new LocalDateTimeDeserializer(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSSS"))
+        module.addDeserializer(LocalDateTime.class, localDateTimeDeserializer)
+        ObjectMapper mapper = Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.json().modules(module).featuresToDisable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS).build()
         mapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT)
         mapper.setSerializationInclusion(NON_NULL)
-        mapper.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule())
         mapper.registerModule(new StringTrimModule())
         return mapper
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersControllerIntegrationTests.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersControllerIntegrationTests.groovy
index 84f6cb33c..5473be2c2 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersControllerIntegrationTests.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersControllerIntegrationTests.groovy
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.controller
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.deser.LocalDateTimeDeserializer
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.AbstractBaseDataJpaTest
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.controller.support.RestControllersSupport
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model.Group
@@ -11,21 +8,14 @@ import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model.User
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.util.WithMockAdmin
 import groovy.json.JsonOutput
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.TestConfiguration
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType
-import org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.Rollback
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException
 import org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException
 
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
-
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.delete
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.patch
@@ -34,7 +24,6 @@ import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status
 
-@ContextConfiguration(classes=[UCILocalConfig])
 @Rollback
 class UsersControllerIntegrationTests extends AbstractBaseDataJpaTest {
     @Autowired
@@ -311,16 +300,4 @@ class UsersControllerIntegrationTests extends AbstractBaseDataJpaTest {
         then:
         result.andExpect(status().isNotFound())
     }
-
-    @TestConfiguration
-    private static class UCILocalConfig {
-        @Bean
-        ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
-            JavaTimeModule module = new JavaTimeModule()
-            LocalDateTimeDeserializer localDateTimeDeserializer =  new LocalDateTimeDeserializer(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS"))
-            module.addDeserializer(LocalDateTime.class, localDateTimeDeserializer)
-
-            return Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.json().modules(module).featuresToDisable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS).build()
-        }
-    }
-}
+}
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