diff --git a/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/OfficeIntegrationTest.java b/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/OfficeIntegrationTest.java
index 50c2fa039..456192fe3 100644
--- a/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/OfficeIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/OfficeIntegrationTest.java
@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@ public class OfficeIntegrationTest {
 	public void testOfficeModification() {
 		OfficeHelper oh = new OfficeHelper(requestSpec, responseSpec);
 		int officeId = oh.createOffice("01 July 2007");
-		OfficeDomain oldOffice = oh.retrieveOfficeByID(officeId);
+		String name = Utils.randomNameGenerator("New_Office_", 4);
+		String date = "02 July 2007";
+		String[] dateArr = { "2007", "7", "2" };
 
-		oh.updateOffice(officeId, Utils.randomNameGenerator("New_Office_", 4),
-				"02 July 2007");
+		oh.updateOffice(officeId, name, date);
 		OfficeDomain newOffice = oh.retrieveOfficeByID(officeId);
-		Assert.assertTrue(oldOffice.getName().equals(newOffice.getName()));
-		Assert.assertTrue(oldOffice.getOpeningDate().equals(
-				newOffice.getOpeningDate()));
+
+		Assert.assertTrue(name.equals(newOffice.getName()));
+		Assert.assertArrayEquals(dateArr, newOffice.getOpeningDate());
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/OfficeHelper.java b/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/OfficeHelper.java
index 5b114e706..7fc4b83a4 100755
--- a/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/OfficeHelper.java
+++ b/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/OfficeHelper.java
@@ -14,46 +14,53 @@ import com.jayway.restassured.specification.ResponseSpecification;
 
 public class OfficeHelper {
 
-    private static final String OFFICE_URL = "/mifosng-provider/api/v1/offices";
-    private final RequestSpecification requestSpec;
-    private final ResponseSpecification responseSpec;
+	private static final String OFFICE_URL = "/mifosng-provider/api/v1/offices";
+	private final RequestSpecification requestSpec;
+	private final ResponseSpecification responseSpec;
 
-    public OfficeHelper(final RequestSpecification requestSpec, final ResponseSpecification responseSpec) {
-        this.requestSpec = requestSpec;
-        this.responseSpec = responseSpec;
-    }
+	public OfficeHelper(final RequestSpecification requestSpec,
+			final ResponseSpecification responseSpec) {
+		this.requestSpec = requestSpec;
+		this.responseSpec = responseSpec;
+	}
 
-    public OfficeDomain retrieveOfficeByID(int id) {
-        final String json = new Gson().toJson(Utils.performServerGet(requestSpec, responseSpec, OFFICE_URL + "/" + id + "?"
-                + Utils.TENANT_IDENTIFIER, ""));
-        return new Gson().fromJson(json, new TypeToken<OfficeDomain>() {}.getType());
-    }
+	public OfficeDomain retrieveOfficeByID(int id) {
+		final String json = new Gson().toJson(Utils.performServerGet(
+				requestSpec, responseSpec, OFFICE_URL + "/" + id + "?"
+						+ Utils.TENANT_IDENTIFIER, ""));
+		return new Gson().fromJson(json, new TypeToken<OfficeDomain>() {
+		}.getType());
+	}
 
-    public Integer createOffice(final String openingDate) {
-        String json = getAsJSON(openingDate);
-        return Utils.performServerPost(this.requestSpec, this.responseSpec, OFFICE_URL + "?" + Utils.TENANT_IDENTIFIER, json,
-                CommonConstants.RESPONSE_RESOURCE_ID);
-    }
+	public Integer createOffice(final String openingDate) {
+		String json = getAsJSON(openingDate);
+		return Utils.performServerPost(this.requestSpec, this.responseSpec,
+				OFFICE_URL + "?" + Utils.TENANT_IDENTIFIER, json,
+				CommonConstants.RESPONSE_RESOURCE_ID);
+	}
 
-    public Integer updateOffice(int id, String name, String openingDate) {
-        final HashMap map = new HashMap<>();
-        map.put("name", name);
-        map.put("openingDate", openingDate);
+	public Integer updateOffice(int id, String name, String openingDate) {
+		final HashMap map = new HashMap<>();
+		map.put("name", name);
+		map.put("dateFormat", "dd MMMM yyyy");
+		map.put("locale", "en");
+		map.put("openingDate", openingDate);
 
-        System.out.println("map : " + map);
+		System.out.println("map : " + map);
 
-        return Utils.performServerPut(requestSpec, responseSpec, OFFICE_URL + "/" + id + "?" + Utils.TENANT_IDENTIFIER,
-                new Gson().toJson(map), "resourceId");
-    }
+		return Utils.performServerPut(requestSpec, responseSpec, OFFICE_URL
+				+ "/" + id + "?" + Utils.TENANT_IDENTIFIER,
+				new Gson().toJson(map), "resourceId");
+	}
 
-    public static String getAsJSON(final String openingDate) {
-        final HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
-        map.put("parentId", "1");
-        map.put("name", Utils.randomNameGenerator("Office_", 4));
-        map.put("dateFormat", "dd MMMM yyyy");
-        map.put("locale", "en");
-        map.put("openingDate", openingDate);
-        System.out.println("map : " + map);
-        return new Gson().toJson(map);
-    }
+	public static String getAsJSON(final String openingDate) {
+		final HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
+		map.put("parentId", "1");
+		map.put("name", Utils.randomNameGenerator("Office_", 4));
+		map.put("dateFormat", "dd MMMM yyyy");
+		map.put("locale", "en");
+		map.put("openingDate", openingDate);
+		System.out.println("map : " + map);
+		return new Gson().toJson(map);
+	}
 }