Getting NoClassDefFoundError / ClassNotFoundException on java.sql.Date while running SBT assembly jar

I am getting below error while creating an SBT assembly (fat) jar. The same code works in Intellij Idea just fine.

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/sql/Date
at com.influxdb.client.JSON.(JSON.java:113)
at com.influxdb.client.internal.AbstractInfluxDBClient.(AbstractInfluxDBClient.java:117)
at com.influxdb.client.internal.AbstractInfluxDBClient.(AbstractInfluxDBClient.java:79)
at com.influxdb.client.internal.InfluxDBClientImpl.(InfluxDBClientImpl.java:99)
at com.influxdb.client.InfluxDBClientFactory.create(InfluxDBClientFactory.java:261)
....
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.sql.Date
at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:445)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:588)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)
... 53 more

Start with the assembly-jar runtime and the stack trace at com.influxdb.client.JSON (JSON.java:113), then inspect how the assembled artifact loads java.sql.Date compared with IntelliJ. Reproduce the NoClassDefFoundError/ClassNotFoundException and document the packaging or runtime difference that accounts for it.

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