diff --git a/src/cloud/ec2/lib/EC2QueryServer.rb b/src/cloud/ec2/lib/EC2QueryServer.rb
index 7dc310fd964..12d8441b105 100644
--- a/src/cloud/ec2/lib/EC2QueryServer.rb
+++ b/src/cloud/ec2/lib/EC2QueryServer.rb
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def create_image(params)
     private
 
     def render_launch_time(vm)
-        return "<launchTime>#{Time.at(vm["STIME"].to_i).xmlschema}</launchTime>"
+        return "<launchTime>#{Time.at(vm["STIME"].to_i).utc.xmlschema}</launchTime>"
     end
 end