diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/instances/testing/fixtures.go b/openstack/db/v1/instances/testing/fixtures.go
index e0a0d28..8603e98 100644
--- a/openstack/db/v1/instances/testing/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/db/v1/instances/testing/fixtures.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 )
 
 var (
-	timestamp  = "2015-11-12T14:22:42Z"
-	timeVal, _ = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, timestamp)
+	timestamp  = "2015-11-12T14:22:42"
+	timeVal, _ = time.Parse(gophercloud.RFC3339NoZ, timestamp)
 )
 
 var instance = `