diff --git a/artifacts/scripts/util.sh b/artifacts/scripts/util.sh
index ffc3c109..1a4e8b9e 100755
--- a/artifacts/scripts/util.sh
+++ b/artifacts/scripts/util.sh
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ update-deps-in-gomod() {
 }
 
 gomod-pseudo-version() {
-    TZ=GMT git show -q --pretty='format:v0.0.0-%cd-%h' --date='format:%Y%m%d%H%M%S' --abbrev=12
+    TZ=GMT git show -q --pretty='format:v0.0.0-%cd-%h' --date='format-local:%Y%m%d%H%M%S' --abbrev=12
 }
 
 # checkout the dependencies to the versions corresponding to the kube commit of HEAD
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ checkout-deps-to-kube-commit() {
             	echo "Packaging up pseudo version ${pseudo_version} into go mod cache..."
             	mkdir -p "${cache_dir}"
             	cp go.mod "${cache_dir}/${pseudo_version}.mod"
-                echo "{\"Version\":\"${pseudo_version}\",\"Name\":\"$(git rev-parse HEAD)\",\"Short\":\"$(git show -q --abbrev=12 --pretty='format:%h' HEAD)\",\"Time\":\"$(TZ=GMT git show -q --pretty='format:%cd' --date='format:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')\"}" > "${cache_dir}/${pseudo_version}.info"
+                echo "{\"Version\":\"${pseudo_version}\",\"Name\":\"$(git rev-parse HEAD)\",\"Short\":\"$(git show -q --abbrev=12 --pretty='format:%h' HEAD)\",\"Time\":\"$(TZ=GMT git show -q --pretty='format:%cd' --date='format-local:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')\"}" > "${cache_dir}/${pseudo_version}.info"
                 pushd "${GOPATH}/src" >/dev/null
                 /gomod-zip --package-name="${base_package}/${dep}" --pseudo-version="${pseudo_version}"
                 popd >/dev/null