diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/ApplicationDao.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/ApplicationDao.java
index 390fbd89..92ffc2d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/ApplicationDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/ApplicationDao.java
@@ -1649,14 +1649,11 @@ public class ApplicationDao {
     }
 
 
-    public static LocalDateTime parseStringToLocalDateTime(String timestampStr) {
-        // Use ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME to parse the input string
-        return LocalDateTime.parse(timestampStr, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME);
-    }
+
 
     private void applyDateFilter(Path<?> fieldPath, CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder, List<Predicate> predicates, Object value, MatchModeEnum matchMode, Root<?> root) {
         if (fieldPath.getJavaType().equals(LocalDateTime.class)) {
-            LocalDateTime testDateTime = parseStringToLocalDateTime(value.toString());
+            LocalDateTime testDateTime = DateTimeUtil.parseStringToLocalDateTime(value.toString());
             MatchModeEnum mode = MatchModeEnum.fromObject(matchMode.getValue());
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/util/DateTimeUtil.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/util/DateTimeUtil.java
index ec7fe7d9..1a68818f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/util/DateTimeUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/util/DateTimeUtil.java
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ public class DateTimeUtil {
 		DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern);
 		return LocalDateTime.parse(dateTimeStr, formatter);
 	}
+	public static LocalDateTime parseStringToLocalDateTime(String timestampStr) {
+		// Use ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME to parse the input string
+		return LocalDateTime.parse(timestampStr, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME);
+	}
 	
 	public static String parseLocalTimeToString(LocalTime time, String format) {
         DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(format);