diff --git a/doc/release-notes/11594-release-time-inconsistency-api.md b/doc/release-notes/11594-release-time-inconsistency-api.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3d84c26450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/11594-release-time-inconsistency-api.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+## Bug
+API inconsistency for release time between JsonParser/JsonPrinter has been addressed. For backward compatibility new "releaseTime" and original "releaseDate" will be allowed in the Json giving preferance to the new "releaseTime" field. Also, "releaseTime" field will populate the db with date/time. The original "releaseDate" field will continue to truncated to the date only.
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonParser.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonParser.java
index f0d1301e346..ba473821b11 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonParser.java
@@ -460,7 +460,13 @@ public DatasetVersion parseDatasetVersion(JsonObject obj, DatasetVersion dsv) th
             if (versionStateStr != null) {
                 dsv.setVersionState(DatasetVersion.VersionState.valueOf(versionStateStr));
             }
-            dsv.setReleaseTime(parseDate(obj.getString("releaseDate", null)));
+            // Checking "releaseTime" to be consistent with JsonPrinter which outputs this field as 'releaseTime' with full timestamp
+            if (obj.containsKey("releaseTime")) {
+                dsv.setReleaseTime(parseTime(obj.getString("releaseTime", null)));
+            } else {
+                // Accept 'releaseDate' to remain backward compatible. This truncates to date only!
+                dsv.setReleaseTime(parseDate(obj.getString("releaseDate", null)));
+            }
             dsv.setLastUpdateTime(parseTime(obj.getString("lastUpdateTime", null)));
             dsv.setCreateTime(parseTime(obj.getString("createTime", null)));
             dsv.setArchiveTime(parseTime(obj.getString("archiveTime", null)));
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonParserTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonParserTest.java
index cc78dfbc97c..c93c1612316 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonParserTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.engine.command.DataverseRequest;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.license.LicenseServiceBean;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.mocks.MockDatasetFieldSvc;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.pidproviders.doi.AbstractDOIProvider;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.settings.SettingsServiceBean;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
@@ -918,4 +920,39 @@ public void testGuestbookResponse() throws JsonParseException {
             assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("Guestbook Response entry is required but not present"));
         }
     }
+
+    // Testing that output of JsonPrinter can be used as input to JsonParser
+    // Additional tests can be added but this was created for Issue: API inconsistency for release time between JsonParser/JsonPrinter #11594
+    @Test
+    public void testDatasetVersionJsonPrinterJsonParser() throws JsonParseException {
+        // Set up to prevent NullPointerExceptions
+        String sut = "foobar";
+        DatasetType foobar = new DatasetType();
+        foobar.setName(sut);
+        TermsOfUseAndAccess termsOfUseAndAccess = new TermsOfUseAndAccess();
+        termsOfUseAndAccess.setTermsOfUse("TOU");
+        settingsSvc = new MockSettingsSvc();
+        DatasetType datasetType = new DatasetType();
+        datasetType.setName(DatasetType.DEFAULT_DATASET_TYPE);
+        datasetType.setId(1l);
+        Mockito.when(datasetTypeService.getByName(DatasetType.DEFAULT_DATASET_TYPE)).thenReturn(datasetType);
+        JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonParser(datasetFieldTypeSvc, null, settingsSvc, licenseService, datasetTypeService);
+
+        Dataset ds = new Dataset();
+        DatasetVersion dsv1 = new DatasetVersion();
+        DatasetVersion dsv2 = new DatasetVersion();
+
+        ds.setGlobalId(new GlobalId(AbstractDOIProvider.DOI_PROTOCOL,"10.5072","FK2/BYM3IW", "/", AbstractDOIProvider.DOI_RESOLVER_URL, null));
+        ds.setDatasetType(foobar);
+        dsv1.setDataset(ds);
+        dsv1.setReleaseTime(Date.from(Instant.now()));
+        dsv1.setVersionState(DatasetVersion.VersionState.RELEASED);
+        dsv1.setTermsOfUseAndAccess(termsOfUseAndAccess);
+
+        // Test output of JsonPrinter can be used as input to JsonParser
+        JsonObject json = JsonPrinter.json(dsv1, false).build();
+        jsonParser.parseDatasetVersion(json, dsv2);
+
+        assertEquals(dsv1.getReleaseTime().toString(), dsv2.getReleaseTime().toString());
+    }
 }