diff --git a/core/esmf-aspect-model-document-generators/src/main/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/generator/json/AspectModelJsonPayloadGenerator.java b/core/esmf-aspect-model-document-generators/src/main/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/generator/json/AspectModelJsonPayloadGenerator.java
index eeb335fa2..623e6c440 100644
--- a/core/esmf-aspect-model-document-generators/src/main/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/generator/json/AspectModelJsonPayloadGenerator.java
+++ b/core/esmf-aspect-model-document-generators/src/main/java/org/eclipse/esmf/aspectmodel/generator/json/AspectModelJsonPayloadGenerator.java
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@ private Optional<DateFormat> getDateFormat( final String urn ) {
          if ( XSD.duration.getURI().equals( urn ) ) {
             return Optional.of( new SimpleDateFormat( "PddD" ) );
          }
+         if ( XSD.date.getURI().equals( urn ) ) {
+            return Optional.of( new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd" ) );
+         }
          return Optional.empty();
       }