diff --git a/src/app/modules/time-entries/pages/time-entries.component.spec.ts b/src/app/modules/time-entries/pages/time-entries.component.spec.ts
index 8f87089db..3297489bd 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/time-entries/pages/time-entries.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/time-entries/pages/time-entries.component.spec.ts
@@ -381,14 +381,18 @@ describe('TimeEntriesComponent', () => {
   it('should preload data of last entry when a project is selected while creating new entry ', waitForAsync(() => {
     component.entry = null;
     component.entryId = null;
+    const defaultSeconds = 0;
+    const currentDate = new Date();
+    currentDate.setSeconds(defaultSeconds);
+    currentDate.setMilliseconds(defaultSeconds);
     const lastEntry = {
       description: 'testing is fun',
       technologies: [],
       uri: 'http://testing.is.fun',
       activity_id: 'sss',
       project_id: 'id',
-      start_date: new Date(),
-      end_date: new Date(new Date().setHours(0, 0, 0, 0))
+      start_date: currentDate,
+      end_date: currentDate
     };
     state.timeEntriesDataSource.data = [lastEntry];
     mockEntriesSelector = store.overrideSelector(getTimeEntriesDataSource, state.timeEntriesDataSource);
diff --git a/src/app/modules/time-entries/pages/time-entries.component.ts b/src/app/modules/time-entries/pages/time-entries.component.ts
index c8e7b4660..429424d0b 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/time-entries/pages/time-entries.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/time-entries/pages/time-entries.component.ts
@@ -139,15 +139,18 @@ export class TimeEntriesComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.store.pipe(select(getTimeEntriesDataSource)).subscribe(ds => {
       const dataToUse = ds.data.find(item => item.project_id === event.projectId);
       if (dataToUse && this.isNewEntry()) {
-        const startDate = new Date(new Date().setHours(0, 0, 0, 0));
+        const defaultSeconds = 0;
+        const currentDate = new Date();
+        currentDate.setSeconds(defaultSeconds);
+        currentDate.setMilliseconds(defaultSeconds);
         const entry = {
           description: dataToUse.description ? dataToUse.description : '',
           technologies: dataToUse.technologies ? dataToUse.technologies : [],
           uri: dataToUse.uri ? dataToUse.uri : '',
           activity_id: dataToUse.activity_id,
           project_id: dataToUse.project_id,
-          start_date: new Date(),
-          end_date: startDate
+          start_date: currentDate,
+          end_date: currentDate
         };
         this.entry = entry;
       }