diff --git a/OCPP-J/src/main/java/eu/chargetime/ocpp/JSONCommunicator.java b/OCPP-J/src/main/java/eu/chargetime/ocpp/JSONCommunicator.java
index 6d1cb1a9a..ffffedf1f 100644
--- a/OCPP-J/src/main/java/eu/chargetime/ocpp/JSONCommunicator.java
+++ b/OCPP-J/src/main/java/eu/chargetime/ocpp/JSONCommunicator.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import eu.chargetime.ocpp.model.Message;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ private class ZonedDateTimeSerializer implements JsonSerializer<ZonedDateTime> {
     @Override
     public JsonElement serialize(
         ZonedDateTime zonedDateTime, Type type, JsonSerializationContext jsonSerializationContext) {
-      return new JsonPrimitive(zonedDateTime.toString());
+      return new JsonPrimitive(zonedDateTime.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_INSTANT));
     }
   }