diff --git a/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/Deserializer.swift b/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/Deserializer.swift
index 2334979..cf1d028 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/Deserializer.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/Deserializer.swift
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public protocol Deserializer: Sendable {
     /// Value for the `Accept` header sent alongside the request (for example `application/json`).
     var acceptHeader: String { get }
 
+    var jsonDecoder: JSONDecoder? { get }
+    
     /// Creates a new instance of the deserializer.
     init()
 
@@ -44,12 +46,14 @@ public struct DecodableDeserializer<T: Decodable & Sendable>: Deserializer {
 
     public typealias ResponseType = T
 
+    public var jsonDecoder: JSONDecoder? = JSONDecoder()
+
     public let acceptHeader = MimeType.ApplicationJson.rawValue
 
     public init() { }
 
     public func deserialize(_ data: Data) throws -> T {
-        return try JSONDecoder().decode(T.self, from: data)
+        return try jsonDecoder!.decode(T.self, from: data)
     }
 }
 
@@ -59,6 +63,8 @@ public struct VoidDeserializer: Deserializer {
 
     public typealias ResponseType = Void
 
+    public var jsonDecoder: JSONDecoder? = nil
+    
     public let acceptHeader = MimeType.Void.rawValue
 
     public init() { }
@@ -74,6 +80,8 @@ public struct VoidDeserializer: Deserializer {
 public struct DataDeserializer: Deserializer {
 
     public typealias ResponseType = Data
+    
+    public var jsonDecoder: JSONDecoder? = nil
 
     public let acceptHeader = MimeType.ApplicationOctetStream.rawValue
 
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/RestApiCaller.swift b/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/RestApiCaller.swift
index d8d899d..4f45482 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/RestApiCaller.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/RestApiCaller.swift
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ open class RestApiCaller : NSObject {
     /// - Returns: The data returned by server and the corresponding `HTTPURLResponse`
     private func makeCall<T: Deserializer>(_ relativePath: String?, httpMethod: HTTPMethod, payload: Data?, responseDeserializer: T, options: RestOptions) async throws -> (T.ResponseType?, HTTPStatusCode) {
         
+        // for deserializer with decoder set date decoding strategy
+        responseDeserializer.jsonDecoder?.dateDecodingStrategy = options.dateDecodingStrategy
+        
         let (data, httpResponse) = try await dataTask(relativePath: relativePath, httpMethod: httpMethod.rawValue, accept: responseDeserializer.acceptHeader, payload: payload, options: options)
        
         let httpStatus = httpResponse.status
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/RestOptions.swift b/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/RestOptions.swift
index 271806f..7d99c58 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/RestOptions.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftRestRequests/RestOptions.swift
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ public struct RestOptions {
     /// Any response outside of this set triggers a `RestError.unexpectedHttpStatusCode`.
     public var expectedStatusCodes: [HTTPStatusCode]?
     
+    /// Decode the `Date` as an ISO-8601-formatted string (in RFC 3339 format).
+    public var dateDecodingStrategy = JSONDecoder.DateDecodingStrategy.iso8601
+    
     /// Creates a new instance with default timeout and without overrides.
     public init() {}
 }
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftRestRequestsTests/AbstractRestApiCallerTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftRestRequestsTests/AbstractRestApiCallerTests.swift
index c33110b..a0a62d5 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftRestRequestsTests/AbstractRestApiCallerTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftRestRequestsTests/AbstractRestApiCallerTests.swift
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ class AbstractRestApiCallerTests: XCTestCase {
         loggingLock.lock()
         defer { loggingLock.unlock() }
         
-        #if os(Linux)
-            // Configure `swift-log` default logger
-        #else
-            /// Configure `swift-log` logging system to use OSLog backend
-            LoggingSystem.bootstrap(OSLogHandler.init)
-        #endif
-        
         Logger.SwiftRestRequests.security.logLevel = .trace
         Logger.SwiftRestRequests.interceptor.logLevel = .trace
         Logger.SwiftRestRequests.apiCaller.logLevel = .trace