diff --git a/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/main/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/BasicDigitalTwinMetadata.java b/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/main/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/BasicDigitalTwinMetadata.java
index 4eeb513d2a6a..963dd912e9d7 100644
--- a/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/main/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/BasicDigitalTwinMetadata.java
+++ b/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/main/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/BasicDigitalTwinMetadata.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public final class BasicDigitalTwinMetadata {
     private String modelId;
 
     @JsonIgnore
-    private final Map<String, Object> propertyMetadata = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<String, DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata> propertyMetadata = new HashMap<>();
 
     /**
      * Creates an instance of digital twin metadata.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public BasicDigitalTwinMetadata setModelId(String modelId) {
      * @return The metadata about changes on properties on a component.
      */
     @JsonAnyGetter
-    public Map<String, Object> getPropertyMetadata() {
+    public Map<String, DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata> getPropertyMetadata() {
         return propertyMetadata;
     }
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public Map<String, Object> getPropertyMetadata() {
      * @return The BasicDigitalTwin object itself.
      */
     @JsonAnySetter
-    public BasicDigitalTwinMetadata addPropertyMetadata(String key, Object value) {
+    public BasicDigitalTwinMetadata addPropertyMetadata(String key, DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata value) {
         this.propertyMetadata.put(key, value);
         return this;
     }
diff --git a/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/main/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata.java b/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/main/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata.java
index fca1389b51f6..ef0e22f10b7c 100644
--- a/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/main/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata.java
+++ b/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/main/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata.java
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
  */
 public class DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata {
     @JsonProperty(value = DigitalTwinsJsonPropertyNames.METADATA_PROPERTY_LAST_UPDATE_TIME, required = true)
-    private OffsetDateTime lastUpdatedOn;
+    private String lastUpdatedOn;
 
     /**
      * Gets the date and time the property was last updated.
      * @return The date and time the property was last updated.
      */
-    public OffsetDateTime getLastUpdatedOn() {
+    public String getLastUpdatedOn() {
         return lastUpdatedOn;
     }
 
@@ -28,8 +28,16 @@ public OffsetDateTime getLastUpdatedOn() {
      * @param lastUpdatedOn The date and time the property was last updated.
      * @return The DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata object itself.
      */
-    public DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata setLastUpdatedOn(OffsetDateTime lastUpdatedOn) {
+    public DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata setLastUpdatedOn(String lastUpdatedOn) {
         this.lastUpdatedOn = lastUpdatedOn;
         return this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the date and time the property was last updated.
+     * @return The date and time the property was last updated.
+     */
+    public OffsetDateTime getLastUpdatedOnOffsetDateTime() {
+        return OffsetDateTime.parse(lastUpdatedOn);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/samples/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/ComponentSyncSamples.java b/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/samples/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/ComponentSyncSamples.java
index b60698067d07..0604a806bd04 100644
--- a/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/samples/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/ComponentSyncSamples.java
+++ b/sdk/digitaltwins/azure-digitaltwins-core/src/samples/java/com/azure/digitaltwins/core/ComponentSyncSamples.java
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ public static void runComponentSample() throws JsonProcessingException {
         ConsoleLogger.print("Retrieved component for digital twin " + basicDigitalTwinId + " :");
         for (String key : getComponentResponse.getContents().keySet()) {
             ConsoleLogger.print("\t" + key + " : " + getComponentResponse.getContents().get(key));
+            ConsoleLogger.print("\t\tLast updated on: " + getComponentResponse.getMetadata().get(key).getLastUpdatedOnOffsetDateTime());
         }
 
         // Clean up