diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/com/arsdigita/ui/admin/categories/DomainForm.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/com/arsdigita/ui/admin/categories/DomainForm.java
index 3e2e6ff93..f5204dafb 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/java/com/arsdigita/ui/admin/categories/DomainForm.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/com/arsdigita/ui/admin/categories/DomainForm.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import org.libreccm.categorization.DomainManager;
 import org.libreccm.categorization.DomainRepository;
 import org.libreccm.cdi.utils.CdiUtil;
 
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+
 import static com.arsdigita.ui.admin.AdminUiConstants.*;
 
 /**
@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@ class DomainForm extends Form {
                 }
                 final String versionData = data.getString(VERSION);
                 final java.util.Date releasedData = (java.util.Date) data.get(
-                    RELEASED);
+                    RELEASED
+                );
                 final String rootCategoryNameData = data.getString(
                     ROOT_CATEGORY_NAME);
 
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ class DomainForm extends Form {
                 domain.setDomainKey(domainKeyData);
                 domain.setUri(domainUriData);
                 domain.setVersion(versionData);
-                domain.setReleased(releasedData);
+                domain.setReleased(LocalDate.from(releasedData.toInstant()));
 
                 domainRepository.save(domain);
             }
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/categorization/Domain.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/categorization/Domain.java
index de95bee8f..109446a17 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/categorization/Domain.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/categorization/Domain.java
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ import static org.libreccm.core.CoreConstants.DB_SCHEMA;
 
 import org.libreccm.imexport.Exportable;
 
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -196,9 +199,9 @@ public class Domain extends CcmObject implements Serializable, Exportable {
      * A timestamp for the release date of the {@code Domain}.
      */
     @Column(name = "RELEASED")
-    @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
+//    @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
     @XmlElement(name = "released", namespace = CAT_XML_NS)
-    private Date released;
+    private LocalDate released;
 
     /**
      * The root category of the domain.
@@ -267,20 +270,12 @@ public class Domain extends CcmObject implements Serializable, Exportable {
         this.version = version;
     }
 
-    public Date getReleased() {
-        if (released == null) {
-            return null;
-        } else {
-            return new Date(released.getTime());
-        }
+    public LocalDate getReleased() {
+        return released;
     }
 
-    public void setReleased(final Date released) {
-        if (released == null) {
-            this.released = null;
-        } else {
-            this.released = new Date(released.getTime());
-        }
+    public void setReleased(final LocalDate released) {
+        this.released = released;
     }
 
     public Category getRoot() {
@@ -399,18 +394,24 @@ public class Domain extends CcmObject implements Serializable, Exportable {
 
     @Override
     public String toString(final String data) {
+        final String releasedStr;
+        if (released == null) {
+            releasedStr = "";
+        } else {
+            releasedStr = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE.format(released);
+        }
         return String.format(
             ", domainKey = \"%s\", "
                 + "uri = \"%s\", "
                 + "title = \"%s\", "
                 + "version = \"%s\", "
-                + "released = %tF %<tT, "
+                + "released = %s, "
                 + "root = \"%s\"%s",
             domainKey,
             Objects.toString(uri),
             Objects.toString(title),
             version,
-            released,
+            releasedStr,
             Objects.toString(root),
             data
         );
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemDetailsModel.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemDetailsModel.java
index bdd3615e9..ae02093de 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemDetailsModel.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemDetailsModel.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.libreccm.categorization.DomainOwnership;
 import org.libreccm.ui.Message;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public class CategorySystemDetailsModel {
     public long getCategorySystemId() {
         return categorySystemId;
     }
-    
+
     protected void setCategorySystemId(final long categorySystemId) {
         this.categorySystemId = categorySystemId;
     }
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ public class CategorySystemDetailsModel {
     public String getUuid() {
         return uuid;
     }
-    
+
     protected void setUuid(final String uuid) {
         this.uuid = uuid;
     }
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public class CategorySystemDetailsModel {
     public String getDomainKey() {
         return domainKey;
     }
-    
+
     protected void setDomainKey(final String uuid) {
         this.uuid = uuid;
     }
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public class CategorySystemDetailsModel {
     public String getUri() {
         return uri;
     }
-    
+
     protected void setUri(final String uri) {
         this.uri = uri;
     }
@@ -114,25 +115,20 @@ public class CategorySystemDetailsModel {
     protected void setVersion(final String version) {
         this.version = version;
     }
-    
+
     public String getReleased() {
         return released;
     }
-    
+
     protected void setReleased(final String released) {
         this.released = released;
     }
-    
-    protected void setReleased(final Date released) {
+
+    protected void setReleased(final LocalDate released) {
         if (released == null) {
             this.released = "";
         } else {
-            this.released = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE.format(
-                LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
-                    Instant.ofEpochMilli(released.getTime()),
-                    ZoneOffset.UTC
-                )
-            );
+            this.released = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE.format(released);
         }
     }
 
@@ -172,12 +168,9 @@ public class CategorySystemDetailsModel {
         if (domain.getReleased() == null) {
             released = "";
         } else {
-            released = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE_TIME.format(
-                LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
-                    Instant.ofEpochMilli(domain.getReleased().getTime()),
-                    ZoneOffset.UTC
-                )
-            );
+            released = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE_TIME
+                .withZone(ZoneOffset.systemDefault())
+                .format(domain.getReleased());
         }
         title = domain
             .getTitle()
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemFormController.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemFormController.java
index 8d3a88758..c12933d00 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemFormController.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemFormController.java
@@ -31,18 +31,10 @@ import org.libreccm.ui.Message;
 import org.libreccm.ui.MessageType;
 import org.libreccm.ui.admin.AdminMessages;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
-import java.time.LocalDateTime;
-import java.time.LocalTime;
-import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
-import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
-import java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import javax.enterprise.context.RequestScoped;
@@ -99,7 +91,7 @@ public class CategorySystemFormController {
 
         final Domain domain = domainManager.createDomain(domainKey, domainKey);
 
-        if (!isValidUri(uri)) {
+        if (!isValidUri()) {
             categorySystemDetailsModel.setDomainKey(domainKey);
             categorySystemDetailsModel.setUri(uri);
             categorySystemDetailsModel.setVersion(version);
@@ -154,7 +146,7 @@ public class CategorySystemFormController {
         }
 
         if (result.isPresent()) {
-            if (!isValidUri(uri)) {
+            if (!isValidUri()) {
                 categorySystemDetailsModel.setDomainKey(domainKey);
                 categorySystemDetailsModel.setUri(uri);
                 categorySystemDetailsModel.setVersion(version);
@@ -166,6 +158,7 @@ public class CategorySystemFormController {
                             "categorysystems.form.errors.uri_invalid"),
                         MessageType.PRIMARY)
                 );
+                return "org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/categorysystem-form.xhtml";
             }
             final Domain domain = result.get();
             domain.setDomainKey(domainKey);
@@ -196,16 +189,14 @@ public class CategorySystemFormController {
         }
     }
 
-    private Date convertReleased() {
-        final String param = String.format("%sT00:00:00", released);
-        return Date.from(
-            LocalDateTime
-                .parse(param, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE_TIME)
-                .toInstant(ZoneOffset.UTC)
+    private LocalDate convertReleased() {
+        return LocalDate.parse(
+            released,
+            DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE.withZone(ZoneOffset.systemDefault())
         );
     }
 
-    private boolean isValidUri(final String uriStr) {
+    private boolean isValidUri() {
         final UrlValidator urlValidator = new UrlValidator();
         return urlValidator.isValid(uri);
     }
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemsTableModel.java b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemsTableModel.java
index a0016b7ba..9195f8ed4 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemsTableModel.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/main/java/org/libreccm/ui/admin/categories/CategorySystemsTableModel.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class CategorySystemsTableModel {
         if (domain.getReleased() != null) {
             row.setReleased(
                 DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE_TIME.format(
-                    domain.getReleased().toInstant()
+                    domain.getReleased()
                 )
             );
         }
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/test/resources-wildfly-h2mem/scripts/002_create_ccm_core_tables.sql b/ccm-core/src/test/resources-wildfly-h2mem/scripts/002_create_ccm_core_tables.sql
index ddba5e676..47b6a8669 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/test/resources-wildfly-h2mem/scripts/002_create_ccm_core_tables.sql
+++ b/ccm-core/src/test/resources-wildfly-h2mem/scripts/002_create_ccm_core_tables.sql
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
     create table CCM_CORE.CATEGORY_DOMAINS (
         DOMAIN_KEY varchar(255) not null,
-        RELEASED timestamp,
+        RELEASED date,
         URI varchar(1024),
         VERSION varchar(255),
         OBJECT_ID bigint not null,
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/test/resources-wildfly-pgsql/scripts/002_create_ccm_core_tables.sql b/ccm-core/src/test/resources-wildfly-pgsql/scripts/002_create_ccm_core_tables.sql
index a1b40403c..971ee5f8f 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/test/resources-wildfly-pgsql/scripts/002_create_ccm_core_tables.sql
+++ b/ccm-core/src/test/resources-wildfly-pgsql/scripts/002_create_ccm_core_tables.sql
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
     create table CCM_CORE.CATEGORY_DOMAINS (
         DOMAIN_KEY varchar(255) not null,
-        RELEASED timestamp,
+        RELEASED date,
         URI varchar(1024),
         VERSION varchar(255),
         OBJECT_ID int8 not null,