diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/backups/fixtures.go b/rackspace/db/v1/backups/fixtures.go
index c6244e2..45c2376 100644
--- a/rackspace/db/v1/backups/fixtures.go
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/backups/fixtures.go
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 package backups
 
+import "time"
+
+var (
+	timestamp  = "2015-11-12T14:22:42Z"
+	timeVal, _ = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, timestamp)
+)
+
 var getResp = `
 {
   "backup": {
-    "created": "2014-02-13T21:47:16",
+    "created": "` + timestamp + `",
     "description": "My Backup",
     "id": "61f12fef-edb1-4561-8122-e7c00ef26a82",
     "instance_id": "d4603f69-ec7e-4e9b-803f-600b9205576f",
@@ -17,7 +24,7 @@
 			"type": "MySQL",
 			"version_id": "20000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"
 		},
-    "updated": "2014-02-13T21:47:16"
+    "updated": "` + timestamp + `"
   }
 }
 `
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@
   "backups": [
     {
       "status": "COMPLETED",
-      "updated": "2014-06-18T21:24:39",
+      "updated": "` + timestamp + `",
       "description": "Backup from Restored Instance",
       "datastore": {
         "version": "5.1",
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@
       "id": "87972694-4be2-40f5-83f8-501656e0032a",
       "size": 0.141026,
       "name": "restored_backup",
-      "created": "2014-06-18T21:23:35",
+      "created": "` + timestamp + `",
       "instance_id": "29af2cd9-0674-48ab-b87a-b160f00208e6",
       "parent_id": null,
       "locationRef": "http://localhost/path/to/backup"