diff --git a/search-service/src/main/kotlin/com/egm/stellio/search/entity/service/EntityService.kt b/search-service/src/main/kotlin/com/egm/stellio/search/entity/service/EntityService.kt
index 30e2e08a8..992308b08 100644
--- a/search-service/src/main/kotlin/com/egm/stellio/search/entity/service/EntityService.kt
+++ b/search-service/src/main/kotlin/com/egm/stellio/search/entity/service/EntityService.kt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class EntityService(
         authorizationService.userCanCreateEntities(sub.toOption()).bind()
         entityQueryService.checkEntityExistence(ngsiLdEntity.id, true).bind()
 
-        val createdAt = ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC)
+        val createdAt = ngsiLdDateTime()
         val attributesMetadata = ngsiLdEntity.prepareAttributes().bind()
         logger.debug("Creating entity {}", ngsiLdEntity.id)