diff --git a/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/socket/NotebookServer.java b/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/socket/NotebookServer.java
index 17650dd10cc..f4cf9d9efb1 100644
--- a/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/socket/NotebookServer.java
+++ b/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/socket/NotebookServer.java
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ String getKey() {
   }
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NotebookServer.class);
-  Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
-          .setDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ").create();
+  Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ").create();
   final Map<String, List<NotebookSocket>> noteSocketMap = new HashMap<>();
   final Queue<NotebookSocket> connectedSockets = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
 
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/Notebook.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/Notebook.java
index adaaa2ac4d0..d590223b2e0 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/Notebook.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/Notebook.java
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ public Note importNote(String sourceJson, String noteName, AuthenticationInfo su
       throws IOException {
     GsonBuilder gsonBuilder = new GsonBuilder();
     gsonBuilder.setPrettyPrinting();
-    Gson gson = gsonBuilder.create();
+
+    Gson gson = gsonBuilder.registerTypeAdapter(Date.class, new NotebookImportDeserializer())
+      .create();
     JsonReader reader = new JsonReader(new StringReader(sourceJson));
     reader.setLenient(true);
     Note newNote;
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/NotebookImportDeserializer.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/NotebookImportDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1aadf75e67f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/NotebookImportDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.zeppelin.notebook;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ *  importNote date format deserializer
+ */
+public class NotebookImportDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Date> {
+  private static final String[] DATE_FORMATS = new String[] {
+    "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ",
+    "MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss"
+  };
+
+  @Override
+  public Date deserialize(JsonElement jsonElement, Type typeOF,
+    JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
+    for (String format : DATE_FORMATS) {
+      try {
+        return new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.US).parse(jsonElement.getAsString());
+      } catch (ParseException e) {
+      }
+    }
+    throw new JsonParseException("Unparsable date: \"" + jsonElement.getAsString()
+      + "\". Supported formats: " + Arrays.toString(DATE_FORMATS));
+  }
+}