diff --git a/.changelog/5137.txt b/.changelog/5137.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40f54ae4266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/5137.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+Endpoints: fixed a timezone discrepancy in `config_id` on `google_endpoints_service` 
+```
diff --git a/google/resource_endpoints_service.go b/google/resource_endpoints_service.go
index 7f800bce087..64ec9191b3b 100644
--- a/google/resource_endpoints_service.go
+++ b/google/resource_endpoints_service.go
@@ -155,12 +155,7 @@ func predictServiceId(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceDiff, meta interface{
 	if !d.HasChange("openapi_config") && !d.HasChange("grpc_config") && !d.HasChange("protoc_output_base64") {
 		return nil
 	}
-	loc, err := time.LoadLocation("America/Los_Angeles")
-	if err != nil {
-		// Timezone data may not be present on some machines, in that case skip
-		return nil
-	}
-	baseDate := time.Now().In(loc).Format("2006-01-02")
+	baseDate := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02")
 	oldConfigId := d.Get("config_id").(string)
 	if match, err := regexp.MatchString(`\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\dr\d*`, oldConfigId); !match || err != nil {
 		// If we do not match the expected format, we will guess