diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Utils.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Utils.java
index 59d37f71cf..2e360e0296 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Utils.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Utils.java
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.rmi.dgc.VMID;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Arrays;