diff --git a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackevents/fixtures.go b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackevents/fixtures.go
index 016ae00..235787a 100644
--- a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackevents/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackevents/fixtures.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   "events": [
   {
     "resource_name": "hello_world",
-    "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11Z",
+    "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11",
     "links": [
     {
       "href": "http://166.78.160.107:8004/v1/98606384f58d4ad0b3db7d0d779549ac/stacks/postman_stack/5f57cff9-93fc-424e-9f78-df0515e7f48b/resources/hello_world/events/06feb26f-9298-4a9b-8749-9d770e5d577a",
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     },
     {
       "resource_name": "hello_world",
-      "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:27Z",
+      "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:27",
       "links": [
       {
         "href": "http://166.78.160.107:8004/v1/98606384f58d4ad0b3db7d0d779549ac/stacks/postman_stack/5f57cff9-93fc-424e-9f78-df0515e7f48b/resources/hello_world/events/93940999-7d40-44ae-8de4-19624e7b8d18",
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
   "events": [
   {
     "resource_name": "hello_world",
-    "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11Z",
+    "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11",
     "links": [
     {
       "href": "http://166.78.160.107:8004/v1/98606384f58d4ad0b3db7d0d779549ac/stacks/postman_stack/5f57cff9-93fc-424e-9f78-df0515e7f48b/resources/hello_world/events/06feb26f-9298-4a9b-8749-9d770e5d577a",
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
     },
     {
       "resource_name": "hello_world",
-      "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:27Z",
+      "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:27",
       "links": [
       {
         "href": "http://166.78.160.107:8004/v1/98606384f58d4ad0b3db7d0d779549ac/stacks/postman_stack/5f57cff9-93fc-424e-9f78-df0515e7f48b/resources/hello_world/events/93940999-7d40-44ae-8de4-19624e7b8d18",
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
   "events": [
   {
     "resource_name": "hello_world",
-    "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11Z",
+    "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11",
     "links": [
     {
       "href": "http://166.78.160.107:8004/v1/98606384f58d4ad0b3db7d0d779549ac/stacks/postman_stack/5f57cff9-93fc-424e-9f78-df0515e7f48b/resources/hello_world/events/06feb26f-9298-4a9b-8749-9d770e5d577a",
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
     },
     {
       "resource_name": "hello_world",
-      "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:27Z",
+      "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:27",
       "links": [
       {
         "href": "http://166.78.160.107:8004/v1/98606384f58d4ad0b3db7d0d779549ac/stacks/postman_stack/5f57cff9-93fc-424e-9f78-df0515e7f48b/resources/hello_world/events/93940999-7d40-44ae-8de4-19624e7b8d18",
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 {
   "event":{
     "resource_name": "hello_world",
-    "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:27Z",
+    "event_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:27",
     "links": [
     {
       "href": "http://166.78.160.107:8004/v1/98606384f58d4ad0b3db7d0d779549ac/stacks/postman_stack/5f57cff9-93fc-424e-9f78-df0515e7f48b/resources/hello_world/events/93940999-7d40-44ae-8de4-19624e7b8d18",
diff --git a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackevents/results.go b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackevents/results.go
index 3c8f1da..cf9e240 100644
--- a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackevents/results.go
+++ b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackevents/results.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	for i, eventRaw := range events {
 		event := eventRaw.(map[string]interface{})
 		if date, ok := event["event_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-			t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+			t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	for i, eventRaw := range events {
 		event := eventRaw.(map[string]interface{})
 		if date, ok := event["event_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-			t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+			t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 	event := r.Body.(map[string]interface{})["event"].(map[string]interface{})
 
 	if date, ok := event["event_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+		t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackresources/fixtures.go b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackresources/fixtures.go
index 0b930f4..c3c3d3f 100644
--- a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackresources/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackresources/fixtures.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     ],
     "logical_resource_id": "hello_world",
     "resource_status_reason": "state changed",
-    "updated_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11Z",
+    "updated_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11",
     "required_by": [],
     "resource_status": "CREATE_IN_PROGRESS",
     "physical_resource_id": "49181cd6-169a-4130-9455-31185bbfc5bf",
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     ],
     "logical_resource_id": "hello_world",
     "resource_status_reason": "state changed",
-    "updated_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11Z",
+    "updated_time": "2015-02-05T21:33:11",
     "required_by": [],
     "resource_status": "CREATE_IN_PROGRESS",
     "physical_resource_id": "49181cd6-169a-4130-9455-31185bbfc5bf",
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     ],
     "logical_resource_id": "wordpress_instance",
     "resource_status": "CREATE_COMPLETE",
-    "updated_time": "2014-12-10T18:34:35Z",
+    "updated_time": "2014-12-10T18:34:35",
     "required_by": [],
     "resource_status_reason": "state changed",
     "physical_resource_id": "00e3a2fe-c65d-403c-9483-4db9930dd194",
diff --git a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackresources/results.go b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackresources/results.go
index 69f21da..04a2334 100644
--- a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackresources/results.go
+++ b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stackresources/results.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	for i, resourceRaw := range resources {
 		resource := resourceRaw.(map[string]interface{})
 		if date, ok := resource["updated_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-			t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+			t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 	for i, resourceRaw := range resources {
 		resource := resourceRaw.(map[string]interface{})
 		if date, ok := resource["updated_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-			t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+			t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 	resource := r.Body.(map[string]interface{})["resource"].(map[string]interface{})
 
 	if date, ok := resource["updated_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+		t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacks/fixtures.go b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacks/fixtures.go
index 6d3e959..3a621da 100644
--- a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacks/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacks/fixtures.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     ],
     "stack_status_reason": "Stack CREATE completed successfully",
     "stack_name": "postman_stack",
-    "creation_time": "2015-02-03T20:07:39Z",
+    "creation_time": "2015-02-03T20:07:39",
     "updated_time": null,
     "stack_status": "CREATE_COMPLETE",
     "id": "16ef0584-4458-41eb-87c8-0dc8d5f66c87"
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
     ],
     "stack_status_reason": "Stack successfully updated",
     "stack_name": "gophercloud-test-stack-2",
-    "creation_time": "2014-12-11T17:39:16Z",
-    "updated_time": "2014-12-11T17:40:37Z",
+    "creation_time": "2014-12-11T17:39:16",
+    "updated_time": "2014-12-11T17:40:37",
     "stack_status": "UPDATE_COMPLETE",
     "id": "db6977b2-27aa-4775-9ae7-6213212d4ada"
   }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     "stack_status_reason": "Stack CREATE completed successfully",
     "stack_name": "postman_stack",
     "outputs": [],
-    "creation_time": "2015-02-03T20:07:39Z",
+    "creation_time": "2015-02-03T20:07:39",
     "links": [
     {
       "href": "http://166.76.160.117:8004/v1/98606384f58d4ad0b3db7d0d779549ac/stacks/postman_stack/16ef0584-4458-41eb-87c8-0dc8d5f66c87",
diff --git a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacks/results.go b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacks/results.go
index 04d3f8e..dca06e4 100644
--- a/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacks/results.go
+++ b/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacks/results.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 		thisStack := (rawStacks[i]).(map[string]interface{})
 
 		if t, ok := thisStack["creation_time"].(string); ok && t != "" {
-			creationTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, t)
+			creationTime, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, t)
 			if err != nil {
 				return res.Stacks, err
 			}
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if t, ok := thisStack["updated_time"].(string); ok && t != "" {
-			updatedTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, t)
+			updatedTime, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, t)
 			if err != nil {
 				return res.Stacks, err
 			}
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 	b := r.Body.(map[string]interface{})["stack"].(map[string]interface{})
 
 	if date, ok := b["creation_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+		t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if date, ok := b["updated_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+		t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 	b := r.Body.(map[string]interface{})["stack"].(map[string]interface{})
 
 	if date, ok := b["creation_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+		t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if date, ok := b["updated_time"]; ok && date != nil {
-		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date.(string))
+		t, err := time.Parse(gophercloud.STACK_TIME_FMT, date.(string))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/results.go b/results.go
index 7c86ce4..27fd1b6 100644
--- a/results.go
+++ b/results.go
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@
 // RFC3339Milli describes a common time format used by some API responses.
 const RFC3339Milli = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"
 
+// Time format used in cloud orchestration
+const STACK_TIME_FMT = "2006-01-02T15:04:05"
+
 /*
 Link is an internal type to be used in packages of collection resources that are
 paginated in a certain way.