diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/yasson/internal/deserializer/types/DateDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/yasson/internal/deserializer/types/DateDeserializer.java
index 723cdbe7..2e00dd0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/yasson/internal/deserializer/types/DateDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/yasson/internal/deserializer/types/DateDeserializer.java
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@
 package org.eclipse.yasson.internal.deserializer.types;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
+import static java.time.ZoneId.systemDefault;
+
 /**
  * Deserializer of the {@link Date} type.
  */
@@ -36,7 +40,12 @@ Date fromInstant(Instant instant) {
 
     @Override
     Date parseDefault(String jsonValue, Locale locale) {
-        return parseWithOrWithoutZone(jsonValue, DEFAULT_DATE_TIME_FORMATTER.withLocale(locale));
+        try {
+            return parseWithOrWithoutZone(jsonValue, DEFAULT_DATE_TIME_FORMATTER.withLocale(locale));
+        } catch (DateTimeParseException e3) {
+            LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(jsonValue, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE);
+            return Date.from(localDate.atStartOfDay(systemDefault()).toInstant());
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/yasson/defaultmapping/dates/DatesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/eclipse/yasson/defaultmapping/dates/DatesTest.java
index 287afca8..b319ad51 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/yasson/defaultmapping/dates/DatesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/eclipse/yasson/defaultmapping/dates/DatesTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
  * @author Dmitry Kornilov
  */
 public class DatesTest {
-    
+
     private static LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(2018, 1, 31);
 
     @SuppressWarnings("serial")
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public static class SqlDateObj implements Serializable {
         public java.util.Date utilDate = java.sql.Date.valueOf("2018-01-31");
 
     }
-    
+
     public static class SqlDateFormatted {
         @JsonbDateFormat(value = "yyyy-MM-dd")
         public java.sql.Date sqlDate;
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ public void testUnmarshallSqlDate() {
         assertEquals("2018-01-31", result.sqlDate.toString());
         assertEquals("2018-01-31", result.utilDate.toString());
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testSqlDateTimeZonesFormatted() {
         testSqlDateWithTZFormatted(TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneId.of("Europe/Sofia")));
         testSqlDateWithTZFormatted(TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneId.of("US/Hawaii")));
         testSqlDateWithTZFormatted(TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneId.of("Australia/Sydney")));
     }
-    
+
     private void testSqlDateWithTZFormatted(TimeZone tz) {
         final TimeZone originalTZ = TimeZone.getDefault();
         TimeZone.setDefault(tz);
@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ private void testSqlDateWithTZFormatted(TimeZone tz) {
             TimeZone.setDefault(originalTZ);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testSqlDateTimeZonesMillis() {
         testSqlDateTimeZonesMillis(TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneId.of("Europe/Sofia")), -99712800000L);
         testSqlDateTimeZonesMillis(TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneId.of("US/Hawaii")), -99669600000L);
         testSqlDateTimeZonesMillis(TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneId.of("Australia/Sydney")), -99741600000L);
     }
-    
+
     private void testSqlDateTimeZonesMillis(TimeZone tz, long expectedMs) {
         final TimeZone originalTZ = TimeZone.getDefault();
         TimeZone.setDefault(tz);
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ private void testSqlDateTimeZonesMillis(TimeZone tz, long expectedMs) {
             TimeZone.setDefault(originalTZ);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testSqlDateTimeZones() {
         testSqlDateWithTZ(TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneId.of("Europe/Sofia")));
         testSqlDateWithTZ(TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneId.of("US/Hawaii")));
         testSqlDateWithTZ(TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneId.of("Australia/Sydney")));
     }
-    
+
     private void testSqlDateWithTZ(TimeZone tz) {
         final TimeZone originalTZ = TimeZone.getDefault();
         TimeZone.setDefault(tz);
@@ -228,30 +228,59 @@ public void testDate() throws ParseException {
         assertEquals(parsedDate, result.millisFormatted);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDateIn_ISO_DATE_format() throws ParseException {
+        final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");
+        final TimeZone defaultTimeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
+        final TimeZone testTimeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone(ZoneOffset.ofHours(1));
+
+        sdf.setTimeZone(testTimeZone);
+        final Date parsedDate = sdf.parse("04.03.2015");
+
+        // defaultFormatted in ISO_DATE format
+        final String jsonText = "{\"defaultFormatted\":\"2015-03-04\"," +
+                "\"millisFormatted\":" + parsedDate.getTime()+ "," +
+                "\"customDate\":\"00:00:00 | 04-03-2015\"}";
+
+        // marshal to ISO format, UTC, which is testTimeZone - 1
+        final String expected = "{\"defaultFormatted\":\"2015-03-03T23:00:00Z[UTC]\"," +
+                "\"millisFormatted\":" + parsedDate.getTime()+ "," +
+                "\"customDate\":\"00:00:00 | 04-03-2015\"}";
+
+        TimeZone.setDefault(testTimeZone);
+        try {
+            final DatePojo pojo = bindingJsonb.fromJson(jsonText, DatePojo.class);
+            assertEquals(parsedDate, pojo.defaultFormatted);
+            assertEquals(expected, bindingJsonb.toJson(pojo));
+        } finally {
+            TimeZone.setDefault(defaultTimeZone);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDateWithZoneOffset() throws ParseException {
         // Test for Yasson-172
         final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX");
         final Date parsedDate = sdf.parse("2018-11-02T00:00:00+01:00");
-    	
+
     	String jsonDateWithZone = "{\"dateWithZone\":\"2018-11-02T00:00:00+01:00\"}";
     	final DateWithZonePojo result = bindingJsonb.fromJson(jsonDateWithZone, DateWithZonePojo.class);
-    	
+
     	assertEquals(parsedDate, result.dateWithZone);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testDateWithZoneId() throws ParseException {
         // Test for Yasson-172
         final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX");
         final Date parsedDate = sdf.parse("2018-11-02T00:00:00+01:00");
-    	
+
     	String jsonDateWithZone = "{\"dateWithZone\":\"2018-11-02T00:00:00+01:00[Europe/Berlin]\"}";
     	final DateWithZonePojo result = bindingJsonb.fromJson(jsonDateWithZone, DateWithZonePojo.class);
-    	
+
     	assertEquals(parsedDate, result.dateWithZone);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testCalendar() {
         final Calendar timeCalendar = new Calendar.Builder()