diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java/com/commercetools/api/json/AtrributeDeserializer.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java/com/commercetools/api/json/AtrributeDeserializer.java
index da1e2352682..4089cfa7216 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java/com/commercetools/api/json/AtrributeDeserializer.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java/com/commercetools/api/json/AtrributeDeserializer.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class AtrributeDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<AttributeImpl> {
 
     private static Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^[0-9]");
     private static Pattern dateTime = Pattern
-            .compile("^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}([.][0-9]{1,6})?");
+            .compile("^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}([.][0-9]{1,6})?(Z|[+-][0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2})");
     private static Pattern date = Pattern.compile("^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}");
     private static Pattern time = Pattern.compile("^[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}([.][0-9]{1,6})?");
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java/com/commercetools/api/json/CustomFieldDeserializer.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java/com/commercetools/api/json/CustomFieldDeserializer.java
index ae401d39513..f934ee80516 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java/com/commercetools/api/json/CustomFieldDeserializer.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java/com/commercetools/api/json/CustomFieldDeserializer.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class CustomFieldDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<FieldContainerImpl
 
     private static Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^[0-9]");
     private static Pattern dateTime = Pattern
-            .compile("^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}([.][0-9]{1,6})?");
+            .compile("^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}([.][0-9]{1,6})?(Z|[+-][0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2})");
     private static Pattern date = Pattern.compile("^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}");
     private static Pattern time = Pattern.compile("^[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}([.][0-9]{1,6})?");
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/resources/attributes.json b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/resources/attributes.json
index 4c032929c09..3fc3e168d50 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/resources/attributes.json
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/resources/attributes.json
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@
             "name": "datetime-simple",
             "value": "2020-01-01T13:15:00Z"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "datetime-text",
+            "value": "2018-09-24T00:00:00-0400"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "datetime-offset",
+            "value": "2018-09-24T00:00:00-04:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "boolean",
             "value": true