diff --git a/apps/cpman/app/BUCK b/apps/cpman/app/BUCK
index 936c9ff..ea4dda7 100644
--- a/apps/cpman/app/BUCK
+++ b/apps/cpman/app/BUCK
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     '//lib:JACKSON',
     '//lib:METRICS',
     '//lib:KRYO',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
     '//lib:org.apache.karaf.shell.console',
     '//lib:javax.ws.rs-api',
     '//lib:rrd4j',
diff --git a/apps/cpman/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cpman/gui/CpmanViewMessageHandler.java b/apps/cpman/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cpman/gui/CpmanViewMessageHandler.java
index 9263aa8..8f64844 100644
--- a/apps/cpman/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cpman/gui/CpmanViewMessageHandler.java
+++ b/apps/cpman/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cpman/gui/CpmanViewMessageHandler.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
 import org.onosproject.cpman.ControlLoadSnapshot;
@@ -36,6 +35,9 @@
 import org.onosproject.ui.chart.ChartModel;
 import org.onosproject.ui.chart.ChartRequestHandler;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@
 
     private static final int MILLI_CONV_UNIT = 1000;
 
-    private static final String TIME_FORMAT = "HH:mm";
+    private static final DateTimeFormatter TIME_FORMAT = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_TIME;
 
     private long timestamp = 0L;
 
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@
                 DeviceId deviceId = DeviceId.deviceId(uri);
                 if (cpms.availableResourcesSync(localNodeId, CONTROL_MESSAGE).contains(deviceId.toString())) {
                     Map<ControlMetricType, Long[]> data = generateMatrix(cpms, cs, deviceId);
-                    LocalDateTime ldt = new LocalDateTime(timestamp * MILLI_CONV_UNIT);
+                    LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.from(Instant.ofEpochMilli(timestamp * MILLI_CONV_UNIT));
 
                     populateMetrics(cm, data, ldt, NUM_OF_DATA_POINTS);
 
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@
             }
         }
 
+        // FIXME using local time in timestamps likely to be sign of problem
         private void populateMetrics(ChartModel cm,
                                      Map<ControlMetricType, Long[]> data,
                                      LocalDateTime time, int numOfDp) {
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@
                     local.put(StringUtils.lowerCase(cmt.name()), data.get(cmt)[i]);
                 }
 
-                String calculated = time.minusMinutes(numOfDp - i).toString(TIME_FORMAT);
+                String calculated = time.minusMinutes(numOfDp - i).format(TIME_FORMAT);
 
                 local.put(LABEL, calculated);
                 populateMetric(cm.addDataPoint(calculated), local);
diff --git a/apps/events/BUCK b/apps/events/BUCK
index 52fd3a9..12e888b 100644
--- a/apps/events/BUCK
+++ b/apps/events/BUCK
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     '//lib:JACKSON',
     '//lib:org.apache.karaf.shell.console',
     '//cli:onos-cli',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 osgi_jar_with_tests (
diff --git a/apps/events/src/main/java/org/onosproject/events/EventsCommand.java b/apps/events/src/main/java/org/onosproject/events/EventsCommand.java
index db8df10..2664344 100644
--- a/apps/events/src/main/java/org/onosproject/events/EventsCommand.java
+++ b/apps/events/src/main/java/org/onosproject/events/EventsCommand.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
 import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Option;
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterEvent;
 import org.onosproject.event.Event;
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
             if (event.type().toString().startsWith("PORT")) {
                 // Port event
                 print("%s %s\t%s/%s [%s]",
-                      new LocalDateTime(event.time()),
+                      Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(event.time()),
                       event.type(),
                       deviceEvent.subject().id(), deviceEvent.port().number(),
                       deviceEvent.port()
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
             } else {
                 // Device event
                 print("%s %s\t%s [%s]",
-                      new LocalDateTime(event.time()),
+                      Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(event.time()),
                       event.type(),
                       deviceEvent.subject().id(),
                       deviceEvent.subject()
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 
         } else if (event instanceof MastershipEvent) {
             print("%s %s\t%s [%s]",
-                  new LocalDateTime(event.time()),
+                  Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(event.time()),
                   event.type(),
                   event.subject(),
                   ((MastershipEvent) event).roleInfo());
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
             LinkEvent linkEvent = (LinkEvent) event;
             Link link = linkEvent.subject();
             print("%s %s\t%s/%s-%s/%s [%s]",
-                  new LocalDateTime(event.time()),
+                  Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(event.time()),
                   event.type(),
                   link.src().deviceId(), link.src().port(), link.dst().deviceId(), link.dst().port(),
                   link);
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
         } else if (event instanceof HostEvent) {
             HostEvent hostEvent = (HostEvent) event;
             print("%s %s\t%s [%s->%s]",
-                  new LocalDateTime(event.time()),
+                  Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(event.time()),
                   event.type(),
                   hostEvent.subject().id(),
                   hostEvent.prevSubject(), hostEvent.subject());
@@ -236,14 +236,14 @@
                                            topo.linkCount(),
                                            topo.clusterCount());
             print("%s %s%s [%s]",
-                  new LocalDateTime(event.time()),
+                  Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(event.time()),
                   event.type(),
                   summary,
                   reasons.stream().map(e -> e.type()).collect(toList()));
 
         } else if (event instanceof ClusterEvent) {
             print("%s %s\t%s [%s]",
-                  new LocalDateTime(event.time()),
+                  Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(event.time()),
                   event.type(),
                   ((ClusterEvent) event).subject().id(),
                   event.subject());
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
         } else {
             // Unknown Event?
             print("%s %s\t%s [%s]",
-                  new LocalDateTime(event.time()),
+                  Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(event.time()),
                   event.type(),
                   event.subject(),
                   event);
diff --git a/apps/evpn-route-service/api/BUCK b/apps/evpn-route-service/api/BUCK
index d4825d3..68eeacf 100644
--- a/apps/evpn-route-service/api/BUCK
+++ b/apps/evpn-route-service/api/BUCK
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 COMPILE_DEPS = [
     '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 TEST_DEPS = [
diff --git a/apps/evpn-route-service/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/evpnrouteservice/EvpnRouteEvent.java b/apps/evpn-route-service/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/evpnrouteservice/EvpnRouteEvent.java
index ae3d93a..5e7f83a 100644
--- a/apps/evpn-route-service/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/evpnrouteservice/EvpnRouteEvent.java
+++ b/apps/evpn-route-service/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/evpnrouteservice/EvpnRouteEvent.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.toStringHelper;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("subject", subject())
                 .add("prevSubject", prevSubject)
diff --git a/apps/faultmanagement/fmgui/BUCK b/apps/faultmanagement/fmgui/BUCK
index 3d8cfc7..96c7835 100644
--- a/apps/faultmanagement/fmgui/BUCK
+++ b/apps/faultmanagement/fmgui/BUCK
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     '//lib:org.apache.karaf.shell.console',
     '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
     '//cli:onos-cli',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 osgi_jar_with_tests (
diff --git a/apps/faultmanagement/fmgui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/faultmanagement/alarms/gui/AlarmTableMessageHandler.java b/apps/faultmanagement/fmgui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/faultmanagement/alarms/gui/AlarmTableMessageHandler.java
index 1a21907..3bb49ad 100644
--- a/apps/faultmanagement/fmgui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/faultmanagement/alarms/gui/AlarmTableMessageHandler.java
+++ b/apps/faultmanagement/fmgui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/faultmanagement/alarms/gui/AlarmTableMessageHandler.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onosproject.incubator.net.faultmanagement.alarm.Alarm;
 import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 import org.onosproject.ui.RequestHandler;
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
                     .cell(DEVICE_ID_STR, alarm.deviceId())
                     .cell(DESCRIPTION, alarm.description())
                     .cell(SOURCE, alarm.source())
-                    .cell(TIME_RAISED, new DateTime(alarm.timeRaised()))
+                    .cell(TIME_RAISED, Instant.ofEpochMilli(alarm.timeRaised()))
                     .cell(SEVERITY, alarm.severity());
         }
     }
@@ -177,6 +177,6 @@
         if (msSinceStartOfEpoch == null) {
             return "-";
         }
-        return new TimeFormatter().format(new DateTime(msSinceStartOfEpoch));
+        return new TimeFormatter().format(Instant.ofEpochMilli(msSinceStartOfEpoch));
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/influxdbmetrics/BUCK b/apps/influxdbmetrics/BUCK
index 6c0bbc8..14e6a4b 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/BUCK
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/BUCK
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     '//lib:okio',
     '//lib:gson',
     '//cli:onos-cli',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 EXCLUDED_BUNDLES = [
diff --git a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxMetric.java b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxMetric.java
index ab8f31c..f3ce81a 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxMetric.java
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxMetric.java
@@ -15,22 +15,20 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.influxdbmetrics;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
-import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
-import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
-
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
 /**
  * Default implementation of influx metric.
  */
 public final class DefaultInfluxMetric implements InfluxMetric {
 
     private double oneMinRate;
-    private DateTime time;
+    private Instant time;
 
-    private DefaultInfluxMetric(double oneMinRate, DateTime time) {
+    private DefaultInfluxMetric(double oneMinRate, Instant time) {
         this.oneMinRate = oneMinRate;
         this.time = time;
     }
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DateTime time() {
+    public Instant time() {
         return time;
     }
 
@@ -75,10 +73,8 @@
             return new DefaultInfluxMetric(oneMinRate, parseTime(timestamp));
         }
 
-        private DateTime parseTime(String time) {
-            String reformatTime = StringUtils.replace(StringUtils.replace(time, "T", " "), "Z", "");
-            DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
-            return formatter.parseDateTime(reformatTime);
+        private Instant parseTime(String time) {
+            return DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE_TIME.parse(time, Instant::from);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxMetric.java b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxMetric.java
index e0d16ef..35756f3 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxMetric.java
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxMetric.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.influxdbmetrics;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import java.time.Instant;
 
 /**
  * Metric that represents all values queried from influx database.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
      *
      * @return collected timestamp of the given metric
      */
-    DateTime time();
+    Instant time();
 
     /**
      * A builder of InfluxMetric.
diff --git a/apps/iptopology-api/BUCK b/apps/iptopology-api/BUCK
index 9661e11..3cc9301 100644
--- a/apps/iptopology-api/BUCK
+++ b/apps/iptopology-api/BUCK
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 COMPILE_DEPS = [
     '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 osgi_jar_with_tests (
diff --git a/apps/iptopology-api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/iptopology/api/device/IpDeviceEvent.java b/apps/iptopology-api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/iptopology/api/device/IpDeviceEvent.java
index 602d72e..26aaf31 100644
--- a/apps/iptopology-api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/iptopology/api/device/IpDeviceEvent.java
+++ b/apps/iptopology-api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/iptopology/api/device/IpDeviceEvent.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.iptopology.api.device;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 import org.onosproject.iptopology.api.DeviceIntf;
 import org.onosproject.iptopology.api.DevicePrefix;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
             return super.toString();
         }
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("subject", subject())
                 .add("interface", devInterface)
diff --git a/apps/openstacknetworking/BUCK b/apps/openstacknetworking/BUCK
index 60ebc1f..4a5d19c 100644
--- a/apps/openstacknetworking/BUCK
+++ b/apps/openstacknetworking/BUCK
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   '//cli:onos-cli',
   '//apps/openstacknode/api:onos-apps-openstacknode-api',
   '//lib:openstack4j-core',
-  '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 TEST_DEPS = [
diff --git a/apps/openstacknetworking/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/OpenstackNetworkEvent.java b/apps/openstacknetworking/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/OpenstackNetworkEvent.java
index c4aad23..4f4892f 100644
--- a/apps/openstacknetworking/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/OpenstackNetworkEvent.java
+++ b/apps/openstacknetworking/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/OpenstackNetworkEvent.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.openstacknetworking.api;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 import org.openstack4j.model.network.Network;
 import org.openstack4j.model.network.Port;
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
             return super.toString();
         }
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("network", subject())
                 .add("port", port)
diff --git a/apps/openstacknetworking/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/OpenstackRouterEvent.java b/apps/openstacknetworking/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/OpenstackRouterEvent.java
index d3a9d77..ba15cd0 100644
--- a/apps/openstacknetworking/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/OpenstackRouterEvent.java
+++ b/apps/openstacknetworking/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknetworking/api/OpenstackRouterEvent.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.openstacknetworking.api;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 import org.openstack4j.model.network.ExternalGateway;
 import org.openstack4j.model.network.NetFloatingIP;
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
             return super.toString();
         }
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("router", subject())
                 .add("externalGateway", exGateway)
diff --git a/apps/route-service/api/BUCK b/apps/route-service/api/BUCK
index 05b3eee..3b7812b 100644
--- a/apps/route-service/api/BUCK
+++ b/apps/route-service/api/BUCK
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 COMPILE_DEPS = [
     '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
     '//lib:JACKSON',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 TEST_DEPS = [
diff --git a/apps/route-service/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routeservice/RouteEvent.java b/apps/route-service/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routeservice/RouteEvent.java
index a7f5d88..b661b40 100644
--- a/apps/route-service/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routeservice/RouteEvent.java
+++ b/apps/route-service/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/routeservice/RouteEvent.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.onosproject.routeservice;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("subject", subject())
                 .add("prevSubject", prevSubject)
diff --git a/apps/segmentrouting/BUCK b/apps/segmentrouting/BUCK
index ae72b22..5942871 100644
--- a/apps/segmentrouting/BUCK
+++ b/apps/segmentrouting/BUCK
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
     '//utils/rest:onlab-rest',
     '//apps/route-service/api:onos-apps-route-service-api',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 BUNDLES = [
diff --git a/apps/segmentrouting/src/main/java/org/onosproject/segmentrouting/DefaultRoutingHandler.java b/apps/segmentrouting/src/main/java/org/onosproject/segmentrouting/DefaultRoutingHandler.java
index 709d05e..5014811 100644
--- a/apps/segmentrouting/src/main/java/org/onosproject/segmentrouting/DefaultRoutingHandler.java
+++ b/apps/segmentrouting/src/main/java/org/onosproject/segmentrouting/DefaultRoutingHandler.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.packet.Ip4Address;
 import org.onlab.packet.Ip6Address;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     private volatile Status populationStatus;
     private ScheduledExecutorService executorService
         = newScheduledThreadPool(1, groupedThreads("retryftr", "retry-%d", log));
-    private DateTime lastRoutingChange;
+    private Instant lastRoutingChange;
 
     /**
      * Represents the default routing population status.
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
     * @return true if stable
     */
    public boolean isRoutingStable() {
-       long last = (long) (lastRoutingChange.getMillis() / 1000.0);
-       long now = (long) (DateTime.now().getMillis() / 1000.0);
+       long last = (long) (lastRoutingChange.toEpochMilli() / 1000.0);
+       long now = (long) (Instant.now().toEpochMilli() / 1000.0);
        log.trace("Routing stable since {}s", now - last);
        return (now - last) > STABLITY_THRESHOLD;
    }
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
      * startup or after a configuration event.
      */
     public void populateAllRoutingRules() {
-        lastRoutingChange = DateTime.now();
+        lastRoutingChange = Instant.now();
         statusLock.lock();
         try {
             if (populationStatus == Status.STARTED) {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        lastRoutingChange = DateTime.now();
+        lastRoutingChange = Instant.now();
         statusLock.lock();
         try {
            if (populationStatus == Status.STARTED) {
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
             log.warn("Only one event can be handled for link status change .. aborting");
             return;
         }
-        lastRoutingChange = DateTime.now();
+        lastRoutingChange = Instant.now();
         executorService.schedule(new UpdateMaps(), UPDATE_INTERVAL,
                                  TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         statusLock.lock();
diff --git a/cli/BUCK b/cli/BUCK
index 5e2d397..3fedcf4 100644
--- a/cli/BUCK
+++ b/cli/BUCK
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     '//incubator/net:onos-incubator-net',
     '//utils/rest:onlab-rest',
     '//core/common:onos-core-common',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 osgi_jar (
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/MetricsListCommand.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/MetricsListCommand.java
index 32a4ba0..d1ecafa 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/MetricsListCommand.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/MetricsListCommand.java
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.TreeMultimap;
 import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
 import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
 import org.onlab.metrics.MetricsService;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
             Gauge gauge = (Gauge) metric;
             final Object value = gauge.getValue();
             if (name.endsWith("EpochMs") && value instanceof Long) {
-                print("          value = %s (%s)", value, new LocalDateTime(value));
+                print("          value = %s (%s)", value, Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime((Long) value));
             } else {
                 print("          value = %s", value);
             }
@@ -233,4 +233,6 @@
     private double nanoToMs(double nano) {
         return nano / 1_000_000D;
     }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/NodesListCommand.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/NodesListCommand.java
index a0967b3..8246b1d 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/NodesListCommand.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/NodesListCommand.java
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterAdminService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
 import org.onosproject.core.Version;
 import org.onosproject.utils.Comparators;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
         } else {
             ControllerNode self = service.getLocalNode();
             for (ControllerNode node : nodes) {
-                DateTime lastUpdated = service.getLastUpdated(node.id());
+                Instant lastUpdated = service.getLastUpdatedInstant(node.id());
                 String timeAgo = "Never";
                 if (lastUpdated != null) {
-                    timeAgo = Tools.timeAgo(lastUpdated.getMillis());
+                    timeAgo = Tools.timeAgo(lastUpdated.getEpochSecond());
                 }
                 Version version = service.getVersion(node.id());
                 print(FMT, node.id(), node.ip(), node.tcpPort(),
diff --git a/core/api/pom.xml b/core/api/pom.xml
index f4d65ca..290c345 100644
--- a/core/api/pom.xml
+++ b/core/api/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
             <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+            <version>2.9.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterService.java
index e4cf7ec..1a75e5f 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterService.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterService.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.cluster;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
@@ -72,6 +74,27 @@
      * @param nodeId controller node identifier
      * @return system time when the availability state was last updated.
      */
-    DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId);
+    default Instant getLastUpdatedInstant(NodeId nodeId) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(getLastUpdated(nodeId))
+                    .map(DateTime::getMillis)
+                    .map(Instant::ofEpochMilli)
+                    .orElse(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the system time when the availability state was last updated.
+     *
+     * @param nodeId controller node identifier
+     * @return system time when the availability state was last updated.
+     *
+     * @deprecated in 1.12.0
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    default DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(getLastUpdatedInstant(nodeId))
+                .map(Instant::toEpochMilli)
+                .map(DateTime::new)
+                .orElse(null);
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterStore.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterStore.java
index 7154c78..dfe0b23 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterStore.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterStore.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import org.onosproject.core.Version;
 import org.onosproject.store.Store;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
@@ -78,7 +80,28 @@
      * @param nodeId controller node identifier
      * @return system time when the availability state was last updated.
      */
-    DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId);
+    default Instant getLastUpdatedInstant(NodeId nodeId) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(getLastUpdated(nodeId))
+                    .map(DateTime::getMillis)
+                    .map(Instant::ofEpochMilli)
+                    .orElse(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the system when the availability state was last updated.
+     *
+     * @param nodeId controller node identifier
+     * @return system time when the availability state was last updated.
+     *
+     * @deprecated in 1.12.0
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    default DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(getLastUpdatedInstant(nodeId))
+                .map(Instant::toEpochMilli)
+                .map(DateTime::new)
+                .orElse(null);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Adds a new controller node to the cluster.
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/event/AbstractEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/event/AbstractEvent.java
index 2d810a3..754ecbb 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/event/AbstractEvent.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/event/AbstractEvent.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.event;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.toStringHelper;
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("subject", subject())
                 .toString();
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mastership/MastershipEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mastership/MastershipEvent.java
index 4242e61..db5ba74 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mastership/MastershipEvent.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/mastership/MastershipEvent.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.mastership;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.RoleInfo;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("subject", subject())
                 .add("roleInfo", roleInfo)
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/NetworkConfigEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/NetworkConfigEvent.java
index e94e0d9..ee1f03c 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/NetworkConfigEvent.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/config/NetworkConfigEvent.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.net.config;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("config", config())
                 .add("prevConfig", prevConfig())
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/DeviceEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/DeviceEvent.java
index 7ebb041..16e9d25 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/DeviceEvent.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/DeviceEvent.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.net.device;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 import org.onosproject.net.Device;
 import org.onosproject.net.Port;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
             return super.toString();
         }
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("subject", subject())
                 .add("port", port)
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/host/HostEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/host/HostEvent.java
index 318c3ff..0ed491f 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/host/HostEvent.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/host/HostEvent.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.net.host;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 import org.onosproject.net.Host;
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("subject", subject())
                 .add("prevSubject", prevSubject())
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intf/InterfaceEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intf/InterfaceEvent.java
index 1e7d9ba..9d26208 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intf/InterfaceEvent.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intf/InterfaceEvent.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.onosproject.net.intf;
 
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.toStringHelper;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
             return super.toString();
         }
         return toStringHelper(this)
-                .add("time", new LocalDateTime(time()))
+                .add("time", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(time()))
                 .add("type", type())
                 .add("subject", subject())
                 .add("prevSubject", prevSubject)
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/Versioned.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/Versioned.java
index a3f555e..5033240 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/Versioned.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/Versioned.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.util.ByteArraySizeHashPrinter;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.base.Objects;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this)
             .add("value", value instanceof byte[] ? new ByteArraySizeHashPrinter((byte[]) value) : value)
             .add("version", version)
-            .add("creationTime", new DateTime(creationTime))
+            .add("creationTime", Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(creationTime))
             .toString();
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/WallClockTimestamp.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/WallClockTimestamp.java
index 307de2e..78f6b19 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/WallClockTimestamp.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/WallClockTimestamp.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.store.Timestamp;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ComparisonChain;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return new DateTime(unixTimestamp).toString();
+        return Tools.defaultOffsetDataTime(unixTimestamp).toString();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/TimeFormatter.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/TimeFormatter.java
index f2dba03..adf8ead 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/TimeFormatter.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/TimeFormatter.java
@@ -16,13 +16,21 @@
 
 package org.onosproject.ui.table.cell;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
-import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
-import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
-import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 
+import static java.time.temporal.ChronoField.CLOCK_HOUR_OF_AMPM;
+import static java.time.temporal.ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR;
+import static java.time.temporal.ChronoField.SECOND_OF_MINUTE;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
+import java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
+import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
+
 /**
  * Formats time values using {@link DateTimeFormatter}.
  */
@@ -38,7 +46,19 @@
      * Constructs a time formatter that uses the default locale and timezone.
      */
     public TimeFormatter() {
-        dtf = DateTimeFormat.longTime();
+        dtf = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
+                .appendValue(CLOCK_HOUR_OF_AMPM)
+                .appendLiteral(':')
+                .appendValue(MINUTE_OF_HOUR, 2)
+                .optionalStart()
+                .appendLiteral(':')
+                .appendValue(SECOND_OF_MINUTE, 2)
+                .appendLiteral(' ')
+                .appendText(ChronoField.AMPM_OF_DAY)
+                .optionalStart()
+                .appendLiteral(' ')
+                .appendOffset("+HH:MM", "+00:00")
+                .toFormatter();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,14 +78,33 @@
      * @param zone time zone to use
      * @return self, for chaining
      */
-    public TimeFormatter withZone(DateTimeZone zone) {
+    public TimeFormatter withZone(ZoneId zone) {
         dtf = dtf.withZone(zone);
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the time zone to use for formatting the time.
+     *
+     * @param zone time zone to use
+     * @return self, for chaining
+     *
+     * @deprecated in 1.12.0
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public TimeFormatter withZone(DateTimeZone zone) {
+        return withZone(zone.toTimeZone().toZoneId());
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected String nonNullFormat(Object value) {
-        return dtf.print((DateTime) value);
+        if (value instanceof TemporalAccessor) {
+            return dtf.format((TemporalAccessor) value);
+        } else if (value instanceof org.joda.time.DateTime) {
+            return dtf.format(Instant.ofEpochMilli(((org.joda.time.DateTime) value).getMillis()));
+        }
+        // should never reach here
+        return String.valueOf(value);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterServiceAdapter.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterServiceAdapter.java
index cc6916f..bc40f67 100644
--- a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterServiceAdapter.java
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/cluster/ClusterServiceAdapter.java
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.cluster;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId) {
+    public Instant getLastUpdatedInstant(NodeId nodeId) {
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/TimeFormatterTest.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/TimeFormatterTest.java
index 4f73490..7517aac 100644
--- a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/TimeFormatterTest.java
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/TimeFormatterTest.java
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.onosproject.ui.table.cell;
 
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
-import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.onosproject.ui.table.CellFormatter;
 
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.isOneOf;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link TimeFormatter}.
@@ -31,9 +32,9 @@
 public class TimeFormatterTest {
 
     private static final Locale LOCALE = Locale.ENGLISH;
-    private static final DateTimeZone ZONE = DateTimeZone.UTC;
+    private static final ZoneOffset ZONE = ZoneOffset.UTC;
 
-    private static final DateTime TIME = new DateTime(2015, 5, 4, 15, 30, ZONE);
+    private static final OffsetDateTime TIME = OffsetDateTime.of(2015, 5, 4, 15, 30, 0, 0, ZONE);
     private static final String EXP_ZONE_NAME = "3:30:00 PM UTC";
     private static final String EXP_ZONE_OFFSET = "3:30:00 PM +00:00";
 
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@
 
     @Test
     public void basic() {
-        assertTrue("wrong format", (EXP_ZONE_NAME.equals(fmt.format(TIME)) ||
-                   EXP_ZONE_OFFSET.equals(fmt.format(TIME))));
+        assertThat(fmt.format(TIME), isOneOf(EXP_ZONE_OFFSET, EXP_ZONE_NAME));
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/common/BUCK b/core/common/BUCK
index 46d519d..56c6970 100644
--- a/core/common/BUCK
+++ b/core/common/BUCK
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     '//lib:METRICS',
     '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
     '//core/api:onos-api',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 TEST_DEPS = [
diff --git a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleClusterStore.java b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleClusterStore.java
index fb50123..4a4fdaf 100644
--- a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleClusterStore.java
+++ b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleClusterStore.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterEvent;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterStore;
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.store.AbstractStore;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
     private ControllerNode instance;
 
-    private final DateTime creationTime = DateTime.now();
+    private final Instant creationTime = Instant.now();
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected EventDeliveryService eventDispatcher;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId) {
+    public Instant getLastUpdatedInstant(NodeId nodeId) {
         return creationTime;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleMastershipStore.java b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleMastershipStore.java
index e533f23..31480e8 100644
--- a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleMastershipStore.java
+++ b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleMastershipStore.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import static org.onosproject.mastership.MastershipEvent.Type.MASTER_CHANGED;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterEventListener;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
             clusterService = new ClusterService() {
 
-                private final DateTime creationTime = DateTime.now();
+                private final Instant creationTime = Instant.now();
 
                 @Override
                 public ControllerNode getLocalNode() {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
                 }
 
                 @Override
-                public DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId) {
+                public Instant getLastUpdatedInstant(NodeId nodeId) {
                     return creationTime;
                 }
 
diff --git a/core/net/BUCK b/core/net/BUCK
index 26b898d..267c70a 100644
--- a/core/net/BUCK
+++ b/core/net/BUCK
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     '//incubator/net:onos-incubator-net',
     '//incubator/store:onos-incubator-store',
     '//core/store/serializers:onos-core-serializers',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 TEST_DEPS = [
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterManager.java
index fc3d802..92a3894 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/impl/ClusterManager.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.cluster.impl;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
 import org.apache.karaf.system.SystemService;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterAdminService;
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId) {
+    public Instant getLastUpdatedInstant(NodeId nodeId) {
         checkPermission(CLUSTER_READ);
-        return store.getLastUpdated(nodeId);
+        return store.getLastUpdatedInstant(nodeId);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/impl/DeviceManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/impl/DeviceManager.java
index bbf6d39..eb477be 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/impl/DeviceManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/impl/DeviceManager.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.util.KryoNamespace;
 import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.store.service.Serializer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@
      */
     private class LocalStatus {
         boolean connected;
-        DateTime dateTime;
+        Instant dateTime;
 
-        public LocalStatus(boolean b, DateTime now) {
+        public LocalStatus(boolean b, Instant now) {
             connected = b;
             dateTime = now;
         }
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
         if (ls == null) {
             return "No Record";
         }
-        String timeAgo = Tools.timeAgo(ls.dateTime.getMillis());
+        String timeAgo = Tools.timeAgo(ls.dateTime.toEpochMilli());
         return (ls.connected) ? "connected " + timeAgo : "disconnected " + timeAgo;
     }
 
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
             checkNotNull(deviceDescription, DEVICE_DESCRIPTION_NULL);
             checkValidity();
 
-            deviceLocalStatus.put(deviceId, new LocalStatus(true, DateTime.now()));
+            deviceLocalStatus.put(deviceId, new LocalStatus(true, Instant.now()));
 
             BasicDeviceConfig cfg = networkConfigService.getConfig(deviceId, BasicDeviceConfig.class);
             if (!isAllowed(cfg)) {
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
         public void deviceDisconnected(DeviceId deviceId) {
             checkNotNull(deviceId, DEVICE_ID_NULL);
             checkValidity();
-            deviceLocalStatus.put(deviceId, new LocalStatus(false, DateTime.now()));
+            deviceLocalStatus.put(deviceId, new LocalStatus(false, Instant.now()));
             log.info("Device {} disconnected from this node", deviceId);
 
             List<PortDescription> descs = store.getPortDescriptions(provider().id(), deviceId)
diff --git a/core/store/dist/BUCK b/core/store/dist/BUCK
index 3483f64..b6be5ec 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/BUCK
+++ b/core/store/dist/BUCK
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     '//lib:netty-resolver',
     '//lib:commons-math3',
     '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 TEST_DEPS = [
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/DistributedClusterStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/DistributedClusterStore.java
index 34b2f0b..b106763 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/DistributedClusterStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/cluster/impl/DistributedClusterStore.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferencePolicy;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onlab.util.KryoNamespace;
 import org.onosproject.cfg.ConfigProperty;
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     private final Map<NodeId, ControllerNode> allNodes = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
     private final Map<NodeId, State> nodeStates = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
     private final Map<NodeId, Version> nodeVersions = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
-    private final Map<NodeId, DateTime> nodeLastUpdatedTimes = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
+    private final Map<NodeId, Instant> nodeLastUpdatedTimes = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
 
     private ScheduledExecutorService heartBeatSender = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
             groupedThreads("onos/cluster/membership", "heartbeat-sender", log));
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
             if (newVersion != null) {
                 nodeVersions.put(nodeId, newVersion);
             }
-            nodeLastUpdatedTimes.put(nodeId, DateTime.now());
+            nodeLastUpdatedTimes.put(nodeId, Instant.now());
             notifyChange(nodeId, currentState, newState, currentVersion, newVersion);
         }
     }
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId) {
+    public Instant getLastUpdatedInstant(NodeId nodeId) {
         return nodeLastUpdatedTimes.get(nodeId);
     }
 
diff --git a/incubator/store/BUCK b/incubator/store/BUCK
index 84c5d47..e3fa120 100644
--- a/incubator/store/BUCK
+++ b/incubator/store/BUCK
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
     '//core/store/dist:onos-core-dist',
     '//core/store/serializers:onos-core-serializers',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 TEST_DEPS = [
diff --git a/incubator/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/store/virtual/impl/SimpleVirtualMastershipStore.java b/incubator/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/store/virtual/impl/SimpleVirtualMastershipStore.java
index df52547..730ebee 100644
--- a/incubator/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/store/virtual/impl/SimpleVirtualMastershipStore.java
+++ b/incubator/store/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/store/virtual/impl/SimpleVirtualMastershipStore.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterEventListener;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.MastershipRole;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
 
         ClusterService faceClusterService = new ClusterService() {
 
-            private final DateTime creationTime = DateTime.now();
+            private final Instant creationTime = Instant.now();
 
             @Override
             public ControllerNode getLocalNode() {
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
             }
 
             @Override
-            public DateTime getLastUpdated(NodeId nodeId) {
+            public Instant getLastUpdatedInstant(NodeId nodeId) {
                 return creationTime;
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/pom.xml b/lib/pom.xml
index 5e5f11e..4a9d96e 100644
--- a/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/pom.xml
@@ -421,12 +421,6 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
-                <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.3</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
                 <version>3.0.1</version>
@@ -473,11 +467,6 @@
 
         <!-- COMPILE -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
-            <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/providers/netconf/alarm/BUCK b/providers/netconf/alarm/BUCK
index 292fe14..761f2ed 100644
--- a/providers/netconf/alarm/BUCK
+++ b/providers/netconf/alarm/BUCK
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
     '//protocols/netconf/api:onos-protocols-netconf-api',
     '//protocols/netconf/ctl:onos-protocols-netconf-ctl',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 osgi_jar_with_tests (
diff --git a/providers/netconf/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/alarm/NetconfAlarmTranslator.java b/providers/netconf/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/alarm/NetconfAlarmTranslator.java
index b39a772..4636704 100644
--- a/providers/netconf/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/alarm/NetconfAlarmTranslator.java
+++ b/providers/netconf/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/alarm/NetconfAlarmTranslator.java
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-import org.joda.time.format.ISODateTimeFormat;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@
 
     private long parseDate(String timeStr)
             throws UnsupportedOperationException, IllegalArgumentException {
-        return ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime().parseMillis(timeStr);
+        return DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE_TIME.parse(timeStr, Instant::from).getEpochSecond();
     }
 
     private static String nodeToString(Node rootNode) throws TransformerException {
diff --git a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/Tools.java b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/Tools.java
index a678f6a..057441e 100644
--- a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/Tools.java
+++ b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/Tools.java
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Dictionary;
@@ -676,7 +679,7 @@
             return future;
         }
 
-        BlockingAwareFuture<T> newFuture = new BlockingAwareFuture<T>();
+        BlockingAwareFuture<T> newFuture = new BlockingAwareFuture<>();
         future.whenComplete((result, error) -> {
             Runnable completer = () -> {
                 if (future.isCompletedExceptionally()) {
@@ -827,4 +830,16 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates OffsetDateTime instance from epoch milliseconds,
+     * using system default time zone.
+     *
+     * @param epochMillis to convert
+     * @return OffsetDateTime
+     */
+    public static OffsetDateTime defaultOffsetDataTime(long epochMillis) {
+        return OffsetDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(epochMillis),
+                                        ZoneId.systemDefault());
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/web/gui/BUCK b/web/gui/BUCK
index 2354dfe..b295c7f 100644
--- a/web/gui/BUCK
+++ b/web/gui/BUCK
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     '//utils/rest:onlab-rest',
     '//core/store/serializers:onos-core-serializers',
     ':onos-tools-gui',
-    '//lib:joda-time',
 ]
 
 TEST_DEPS = [
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/ClusterViewMessageHandler.java b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/ClusterViewMessageHandler.java
index c9ec72c..980d7f6 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/ClusterViewMessageHandler.java
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/ClusterViewMessageHandler.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.ui.table.TableRequestHandler;
 import org.onosproject.ui.table.cell.TimeFormatter;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         private void populateRow(TableModel.Row row, ControllerNode node,
                                  ClusterService cs) {
             NodeId id = node.id();
-            DateTime lastUpdated = cs.getLastUpdated(id);
+            Instant lastUpdated = cs.getLastUpdatedInstant(id);
             ControllerNode.State state = cs.getState(id);
             String iconId = state.isActive() ? ICON_ID_ONLINE : ICON_ID_OFFLINE;
             String startedId = state.isReady() ? ICON_ID_ONLINE : ICON_ID_OFFLINE;