gistfile1.txt

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.joda.JodaModule;
import org.joda.time.LocalDate;

public class Main {

    static class Foo {
        String name;
        LocalDate date;

        public String getName() {
            return name;
        }

        public void setName(String name) {
            this.name = name;
        }

        public LocalDate getDate() {
            return date;
        }

        public void setDate(LocalDate date) {
            this.date = date;
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonProcessingException {
        Foo foo = new Foo();
        foo.setName("x");
        foo.setDate(LocalDate.now());
        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
        objectMapper.registerModule(new JodaModule());
        objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS);
        System.out.println(objectMapper.writeValueAsString(foo));
    }
}