diff --git a/app/Classes/Modules/Announcements/DataTransferObjects/AnnouncementObject.php b/app/Classes/Modules/Announcements/DataTransferObjects/AnnouncementObject.php
index 98d75e8b..6493811d 100644
--- a/app/Classes/Modules/Announcements/DataTransferObjects/AnnouncementObject.php
+++ b/app/Classes/Modules/Announcements/DataTransferObjects/AnnouncementObject.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Classes\Modules\Announcements\DataTransferObjects;
 
 use App\Classes\General\Interfaces\DataTransferObject;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 
 class AnnouncementObject implements DataTransferObject
 {
@@ -53,18 +54,20 @@ class AnnouncementObject implements DataTransferObject
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return string
+     * @return Carbon
      */
-    public function getStartingOn(): string
+    public function getStartingOn(): Carbon
     {
-        return $this->starting_on;
+//        return $this->starting_on;
+        return Carbon::parse($this->starting_on);
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return string
+     * @return Carbon
      */
-    public function getEndingOn(): string
+    public function getEndingOn(): Carbon
     {
-        return $this->ending_on;
+//        return $this->ending_on;
+        return Carbon::parse($this->ending_on);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/AnnouncementResource.php b/app/Http/Resources/AnnouncementResource.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26e1c2f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/AnnouncementResource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Resources;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\JsonResource;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+
+class AnnouncementResource extends JsonResource
+{
+    /**
+     * Transform the resource into an array.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toArray($request)
+    {
+        return [
+            'id' => $this->id,
+            'title' => $this->title,
+            'description' => $this->description,
+            'segments' => $this->segments,
+            'starting_on' => Carbon::parse($this->starting_on)->format('Y-m-d'),
+            'ending_on' => Carbon::parse($this->ending_on)->format('Y-m-d'),
+            'created_at' => Carbon::parse($this->created_at)->format('d-m-Y'),
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/routes/announcement.php b/routes/announcement.php
index 7ead50e3..6b460a01 100644
--- a/routes/announcement.php
+++ b/routes/announcement.php
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Route::group(['prefix' => 'announcement', 'as' => 'announcement.', 'namespace' =
     Route::put('/update/{id}', 'UpdateAnnouncementController@update')->name('update');
     Route::delete('/delete/{id}', 'DeleteAnnouncementController@delete')->name('delete');
 
-    Route::group(['prefix' => '{id}/segment', 'as' => 'segment.'], function () {
+    Route::group(['prefix' => '/{id}/segment', 'as' => 'segment.'], function () {
         Route::post('/assign', 'AssignAnnouncementToSegmentController@assign')->name('assign');
         Route::delete('/detach/{segment_id}', 'RemoveSegmentFromAnnouncementController@detach')->name('detach');
     });
+
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 1ebe1740..b681ce82 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -56,4 +56,6 @@ Route::group(['middleware' => 'api', 'prefix' => 'v1', 'as' => 'api.'], function
         Route::get('/report/service', 'Reports\MonthlyReportController@serviceReport')->name('report.service');
 
     });
+
+    require __DIR__ . '/announcement.php';
 });