opendj-sdk/opendj-rest2ldap/src/main/java/org/forgerock/opendj/rest2ldap/Utils.java
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ if (isJSONPrimitive(value)) { final Syntax syntax = ad.getAttributeType().getSyntax(); if (syntax.equals(getGeneralizedTimeSyntax())) { return ByteString.valueOf(GeneralizedTime.valueOf(parseDateTime(value.toString()))); return ByteString.valueOfObject(GeneralizedTime.valueOf(parseDateTime(value.toString()))); } else { return ByteString.valueOf(value); return ByteString.valueOfObject(value); } } else { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized type of JSON value: "