Index: backend/src/main/java/com/trekr/backend/config/JacksonConfig.java
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--- backend/src/main/java/com/trekr/backend/config/JacksonConfig.java	(revision 194c01621e96510fb6f238b2098a64b3663ec780)
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+package com.trekr.backend.config;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.cfg.DateTimeFeature;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+
+@Configuration
+public class JacksonConfig {
+
+    @Bean
+    public ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
+        return JsonMapper.builder()
+                .disable(DateTimeFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
+                .build();
+    }
+}