2 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/events/CpsDataUpdateEventsService.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/events/CpsDataUpdateEventsService.java
index e3315c9ab..d38432dfa 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/events/CpsDataUpdateEventsService.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/events/CpsDataUpdateEventsService.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
  * Copyright (C) 2024 TechMahindra Ltd.
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Nordix Foundation.
  * ================================================================================
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import org.onap.cps.events.model.CpsDataUpdatedEvent;
 import org.onap.cps.events.model.Data;
 import org.onap.cps.events.model.Data.Operation;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.Anchor;
+import org.onap.cps.utils.DateTimeUtility;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ public class CpsDataUpdateEventsService {
                                                           final Operation rootNodeOperation) {
         final CpsDataUpdatedEvent cpsDataUpdatedEvent = new CpsDataUpdatedEvent();
         final Data updateEventData = new Data();
-        updateEventData.setObservedTimestamp(observedTimestamp.toString());
+        updateEventData.setObservedTimestamp(DateTimeUtility.toString(observedTimestamp));
         updateEventData.setDataspaceName(anchor.getDataspaceName());
         updateEventData.setAnchorName(anchor.getName());
         updateEventData.setSchemaSetName(anchor.getSchemaSetName());
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/DateTimeUtility.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/DateTimeUtility.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2310707a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/DateTimeUtility.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Bell Canada.
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.utils;
+
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
+public interface DateTimeUtility {
+
+    String ISO_TIMESTAMP_PATTERN = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ";
+    DateTimeFormatter ISO_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(ISO_TIMESTAMP_PATTERN);
+
+    static String toString(OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime) {
+        return offsetDateTime != null ? ISO_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTER.format(offsetDateTime) : null;
+    }
+}