diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d654fe8fb..216f7ad72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@
         <!-- Test -->
         <assertj.version>2.2.0</assertj.version>
 
-        <!-- Dates -->
-        <jodatime-hibernate.version>1.3</jodatime-hibernate.version>
-        <jodatime-jsptags.version>1.1.1</jodatime-jsptags.version>
-        <jadira-usertype-core.version>3.2.0.GA</jadira-usertype-core.version>
-
         <!-- Others -->
         <mysql-driver.version>5.1.36</mysql-driver.version>
 
@@ -63,11 +58,6 @@
     </dependencyManagement>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jadira.usertype</groupId>
-            <artifactId>usertype.core</artifactId>
-            <version>${jadira-usertype-core.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
             <artifactId>tomcat-servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -168,22 +158,6 @@
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- Date and Time -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
-            <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
-            <artifactId>joda-time-hibernate</artifactId>
-            <version>${jodatime-hibernate.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
-            <artifactId>joda-time-jsptags</artifactId>
-            <version>${jodatime-jsptags.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- Databases - Uses HSQL by default -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/model/Pet.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/model/Pet.java
index 970cdcb76..0cbf975fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/model/Pet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/model/Pet.java
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.model;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
+import org.springframework.beans.support.MutableSortDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.support.PropertyComparator;
+import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;
 
 import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
 import javax.persistence.Column;
@@ -30,12 +28,14 @@ import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
 import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
 
-import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
-import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
-import org.springframework.beans.support.MutableSortDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.support.PropertyComparator;
-import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;
+import javax.persistence.Temporal;
+import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * Simple business object representing a pet.
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;
 public class Pet extends NamedEntity {
 
     @Column(name = "birth_date")
-    @Type(type = "org.jadira.usertype.dateandtime.joda.PersistentLocalDate")
+    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
     @DateTimeFormat(pattern = "yyyy/MM/dd")
-    private LocalDate birthDate;
+    private Date birthDate;
 
     @ManyToOne
     @JoinColumn(name = "type_id")
@@ -64,12 +64,13 @@ public class Pet extends NamedEntity {
     @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "pet", fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     private Set<Visit> visits;
 
-    public LocalDate getBirthDate() {
-        return this.birthDate;
+
+    public void setBirthDate(Date birthDate) {
+        this.birthDate = birthDate;
     }
 
-    public void setBirthDate(LocalDate birthDate) {
-        this.birthDate = birthDate;
+    public Date getBirthDate() {
+        return this.birthDate;
     }
 
     public PetType getType() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/model/Visit.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/model/Visit.java
index 023a8dcef..8fe9deb75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/model/Visit.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/model/Visit.java
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.model;
 
+import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotEmpty;
+import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;
+
 import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
 import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
-
-import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
-import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotEmpty;
-import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
-import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;
+import javax.persistence.Temporal;
+import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
+import java.util.Date;
 
 /**
  * Simple JavaBean domain object representing a visit.
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@ public class Visit extends BaseEntity {
      * Holds value of property date.
      */
     @Column(name = "visit_date")
-    @Type(type = "org.jadira.usertype.dateandtime.joda.PersistentLocalDate")
+    @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
     @DateTimeFormat(pattern = "yyyy/MM/dd")
-    private LocalDate date;
+    private Date date;
 
     /**
      * Holds value of property description.
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public class Visit extends BaseEntity {
      * Creates a new instance of Visit for the current date
      */
     public Visit() {
-        this.date = new LocalDate();
+        this.date = new Date();
     }
 
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public class Visit extends BaseEntity {
      *
      * @return Value of property date.
      */
-    public LocalDate getDate() {
+    public Date getDate() {
         return this.date;
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public class Visit extends BaseEntity {
      *
      * @param date New value of property date.
      */
-    public void setDate(LocalDate date) {
+    public void setDate(Date date) {
         this.date = date;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcPetRepositoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcPetRepositoryImpl.java
index 74cbc06b5..c54880de3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcPetRepositoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcPetRepositoryImpl.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import org.springframework.orm.ObjectRetrievalFailureException;
 import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.model.Owner;
 import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.model.Pet;
 import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.model.PetType;
-import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.model.Visit;
 import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.repository.OwnerRepository;
 import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.repository.PetRepository;
 import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.repository.VisitRepository;
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ public class JdbcPetRepositoryImpl implements PetRepository {
         return new MapSqlParameterSource()
             .addValue("id", pet.getId())
             .addValue("name", pet.getName())
-            .addValue("birth_date", pet.getBirthDate().toDate())
+            .addValue("birth_date", pet.getBirthDate())
             .addValue("type_id", pet.getType().getId())
             .addValue("owner_id", pet.getOwner().getId());
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcPetRowMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcPetRowMapper.java
index 6420df163..9c6c101e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcPetRowMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcPetRowMapper.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Date;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
-import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;
 
 /**
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ class JdbcPetRowMapper implements RowMapper<JdbcPet> {
         pet.setId(rs.getInt("pets.id"));
         pet.setName(rs.getString("name"));
         Date birthDate = rs.getDate("birth_date");
-        pet.setBirthDate(new LocalDate(birthDate));
+        pet.setBirthDate(new Date(birthDate.getTime()));
         pet.setTypeId(rs.getInt("type_id"));
         pet.setOwnerId(rs.getInt("owner_id"));
         return pet;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVisitRepositoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVisitRepositoryImpl.java
index ecae18d99..521f66952 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVisitRepositoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVisitRepositoryImpl.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.repository.jdbc;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
-import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.MapSqlParameterSource;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.NamedParameterJdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.SimpleJdbcInsert;
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ public class JdbcVisitRepositoryImpl implements VisitRepository {
     private MapSqlParameterSource createVisitParameterSource(Visit visit) {
         return new MapSqlParameterSource()
             .addValue("id", visit.getId())
-            .addValue("visit_date", visit.getDate().toDate())
+            .addValue("visit_date", visit.getDate())
             .addValue("description", visit.getDescription())
             .addValue("pet_id", visit.getPet().getId());
     }
@@ -92,13 +91,13 @@ public class JdbcVisitRepositoryImpl implements VisitRepository {
                 new JdbcPetRowMapper());
 
         List<Visit> visits = this.jdbcTemplate.query(
-            "SELECT id as visit_id, visit_date, description FROM visits WHERE pet_id=:id", 
+            "SELECT id as visit_id, visit_date, description FROM visits WHERE pet_id=:id",
             params, new JdbcVisitRowMapper());
-        
+
         for (Visit visit: visits) {
             visit.setPet(pet);
         }
-        
+
         return visits;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVisitRowMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVisitRowMapper.java
index edc4527a3..0b172d3ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVisitRowMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/repository/jdbc/JdbcVisitRowMapper.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.repository.jdbc;
 
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;
 import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.model.Visit;
 
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class JdbcVisitRowMapper implements RowMapper<Visit> {
         Visit visit = new Visit();
         visit.setId(rs.getInt("visit_id"));
         Date visitDate = rs.getDate("visit_date");
-        visit.setDate(new LocalDate(visitDate));
+        visit.setDate(new Date(visitDate.getTime()));
         visit.setDescription(rs.getString("description"));
         return visit;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownerDetails.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownerDetails.jsp
index 7ca50f673..877e53e8b 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownerDetails.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/owners/ownerDetails.jsp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
-<%@ taglib prefix="joda" uri="http://www.joda.org/joda/time/tags" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="petclinic" tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags" %>
 
 <petclinic:layout pageName="owners">
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@
                         <dt>Name</dt>
                         <dd><c:out value="${pet.name}"/></dd>
                         <dt>Birth Date</dt>
-                        <dd><joda:format value="${pet.birthDate}" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd"/></dd>
+                        <dd><fmt:formatDate value="${pet.birthDate}" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd"/></dd>
                         <dt>Type</dt>
                         <dd><c:out value="${pet.type.name}"/></dd>
                     </dl>
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@
                         </thead>
                         <c:forEach var="visit" items="${pet.visits}">
                             <tr>
-                                <td><joda:format value="${visit.date}" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd"/></td>
+                                <td><fmt:formatDate value="${visit.date}" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd"/></td>
                                 <td><c:out value="${visit.description}"/></td>
                             </tr>
                         </c:forEach>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/pets/createOrUpdateVisitForm.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/pets/createOrUpdateVisitForm.jsp
index df70223c0..b964e83d4 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/pets/createOrUpdateVisitForm.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/pets/createOrUpdateVisitForm.jsp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="fmt" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" %>
-<%@ taglib prefix="joda" uri="http://www.joda.org/joda/time/tags" %>
 <%@ taglib prefix="petclinic" tagdir="/WEB-INF/tags" %>
 
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
             </thead>
             <tr>
                 <td><c:out value="${visit.pet.name}"/></td>
-                <td><joda:format value="${visit.pet.birthDate}" pattern="yyyy/MM/dd"/></td>
+                <td><fmt:formatDate value="${visit.pet.birthDate}" pattern="yyyy/MM/dd"/></td>
                 <td><c:out value="${visit.pet.type.name}"/></td>
                 <td><c:out value="${visit.pet.owner.firstName} ${visit.pet.owner.lastName}"/></td>
             </tr>
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@
             <c:forEach var="visit" items="${visit.pet.visits}">
                 <c:if test="${!visit['new']}">
                     <tr>
-                        <td><joda:format value="${visit.date}" pattern="yyyy/MM/dd"/></td>
+                        <td><fmt:formatDate value="${visit.date}" pattern="yyyy/MM/dd"/></td>
                         <td><c:out value="${visit.description}"/></td>
                     </tr>
                 </c:if>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/service/AbstractClinicServiceTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/service/AbstractClinicServiceTests.java
index 446a0a0a7..8573ab7e1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/service/AbstractClinicServiceTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/service/AbstractClinicServiceTests.java
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.service;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
-import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.model.Owner;
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractClinicServiceTests {
         pet.setName("bowser");
         Collection<PetType> types = this.clinicService.findPetTypes();
         pet.setType(EntityUtils.getById(types, PetType.class, 2));
-        pet.setBirthDate(new LocalDate());
+        pet.setBirthDate(new Date());
         owner6.addPet(pet);
         assertThat(owner6.getPets().size()).isEqualTo(found + 1);