diff --git a/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/Utils.java b/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/Utils.java
index 6bbbfe074..9cffbaf9c 100644
--- a/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/Utils.java
+++ b/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/Utils.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
+import java.util.Random;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException;
 
@@ -14,18 +16,13 @@ import com.jayway.restassured.path.json.JsonPath;
 import com.jayway.restassured.specification.RequestSpecification;
 import com.jayway.restassured.specification.ResponseSpecification;
 
-import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Random;
-
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public class Utils {
 
     private static final String LOGIN_URL = "/mifosng-provider/api/v1/authentication?username=mifos&password=password&tenantIdentifier=default";
 
-
     public static void initializeRESTAssured() {
-        RestAssured.baseURI ="https://localhost";
+        RestAssured.baseURI = "https://localhost";
         RestAssured.port = 8443;
         RestAssured.keystore("../keystore.jks", "openmf");
     }
@@ -36,11 +33,10 @@ public class Utils {
             String json = RestAssured.post(LOGIN_URL).asString();
             assertThat("Failed to login into mifosx platform", StringUtils.isBlank(json), is(false));
             return JsonPath.with(json).get("base64EncodedAuthenticationKey");
-        }
-        catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
             if (e instanceof HttpHostConnectException) {
                 HttpHostConnectException hh = (HttpHostConnectException) e;
-                fail("Failed to connect to mifosx platform:"+hh.getMessage());
+                fail("Failed to connect to mifosx platform:" + hh.getMessage());
             }
 
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
@@ -49,34 +45,17 @@ public class Utils {
 
     public static <T> T performServerGet(final RequestSpecification requestSpec, final ResponseSpecification responseSpec,
             final String getURL, final String jsonAttributeToGetBack) {
-        String json = given().spec(requestSpec)
-                .expect().spec(responseSpec).log().ifError()
-                .when().get(getURL).andReturn().asString();
+        String json = given().spec(requestSpec).expect().spec(responseSpec).log().ifError().when().get(getURL).andReturn().asString();
         return (T) from(json).get(jsonAttributeToGetBack);
     }
 
     public static <T> T performServerPost(final RequestSpecification requestSpec, final ResponseSpecification responseSpec,
             final String postURL, final String jsonBodyToSend, final String jsonAttributeToGetBack) {
-        String json = given().spec(requestSpec).body(jsonBodyToSend)
-                .expect().spec(responseSpec).log().ifError()
-                .when().post(postURL)
+        String json = given().spec(requestSpec).body(jsonBodyToSend).expect().spec(responseSpec).log().ifError().when().post(postURL)
                 .andReturn().asString();
         return (T) from(json).get(jsonAttributeToGetBack);
     }
 
-
-    public static String convertDateToURLFormat(String dateToBeConvert){
-        SimpleDateFormat oldFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMMMM yyyy");
-        SimpleDateFormat newFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
-        String reformattedStr="";
-        try {
-            reformattedStr = newFormat.format(oldFormat.parse(dateToBeConvert));
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-        return reformattedStr;
-    }
-
     public static String randomStringGenerator(final String prefix, final int len, final String sourceSetString) {
         int lengthOfSource = sourceSetString.length();
         Random rnd = new Random();
diff --git a/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/accounting/JournalEntryHelper.java b/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/accounting/JournalEntryHelper.java
index 123c0e627..2727e2eb4 100644
--- a/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/accounting/JournalEntryHelper.java
+++ b/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/accounting/JournalEntryHelper.java
@@ -22,30 +22,29 @@ public class JournalEntryHelper {
         this.responseSpec = responseSpec;
     }
 
-    public  void checkJournalEntryForExpenseAccount(final Account expenseAccount, final String date, final JournalEntry accountEntries) {
-       checkJournalEntry(expenseAccount, Utils.convertDateToURLFormat(date),accountEntries);
+    public void checkJournalEntryForExpenseAccount(final Account expenseAccount, final String date, final JournalEntry accountEntries) {
+        checkJournalEntry(expenseAccount, date, accountEntries);
     }
 
-
-    public  void checkJournalEntryForAssetAccount(final Account assetAccount, final String date, final JournalEntry... accountEntries) {
-         checkJournalEntry(assetAccount,Utils.convertDateToURLFormat(date),accountEntries);
+    public void checkJournalEntryForAssetAccount(final Account assetAccount, final String date, final JournalEntry... accountEntries) {
+        checkJournalEntry(assetAccount, date, accountEntries);
     }
 
     public void checkJournalEntryForIncomeAccount(final Account incomeAccount, final String date, final JournalEntry accountEntries) {
-         checkJournalEntry(incomeAccount, Utils.convertDateToURLFormat(date), accountEntries);
+        checkJournalEntry(incomeAccount, date, accountEntries);
     }
 
-    private  String getEntryValueFromJournalEntry(final ArrayList<HashMap> entryResponse, final int entryNumber) {
+    private String getEntryValueFromJournalEntry(final ArrayList<HashMap> entryResponse, final int entryNumber) {
         HashMap map = (HashMap) entryResponse.get(entryNumber).get("entryType");
         return (String) map.get("value");
     }
 
-    private  Float getTransactionAmountFromJournalEntry(final ArrayList<HashMap> entryResponse, final int entryNumber) {
+    private Float getTransactionAmountFromJournalEntry(final ArrayList<HashMap> entryResponse, final int entryNumber) {
         return (Float) entryResponse.get(entryNumber).get("amount");
     }
 
-    private void checkJournalEntry(final Account account, final String date, final JournalEntry... accountEntries){
-        String url = createURLForGettingAccountEntries(account,date);
+    private void checkJournalEntry(final Account account, final String date, final JournalEntry... accountEntries) {
+        String url = createURLForGettingAccountEntries(account, date);
         ArrayList<HashMap> response = Utils.performServerGet(requestSpec, responseSpec, url, "pageItems");
         for (int i = 0; i < accountEntries.length; i++) {
             assertThat(getEntryValueFromJournalEntry(response, i), equalTo(accountEntries[i].getTransactionType()));
@@ -53,9 +52,10 @@ public class JournalEntryHelper {
         }
     }
 
-    private String createURLForGettingAccountEntries (final Account account,final String date){
-        return new String ("/mifosng-provider/api/v1/journalentries?glAccountId=" + account.getAccountID() + "&type=" +account.getAccountType()
-                            + "&fromDate=" + date + "&toDate=" + date + "&tenantIdentifier=default"+"&orderBy=id&sortOrder=desc");
+    private String createURLForGettingAccountEntries(final Account account, final String date) {
+        return new String("/mifosng-provider/api/v1/journalentries?glAccountId=" + account.getAccountID() + "&type="
+                + account.getAccountType() + "&fromDate=" + date + "&toDate=" + date + "&tenantIdentifier=default"
+                + "&orderBy=id&sortOrder=desc&locale=en&dateFormat=dd MMMM yyyy");
     }
 
 }