diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/DateAndTime/Value.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/DateAndTime/Value.php
index 57b88bd0b9..702f8e9941 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/DateAndTime/Value.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/DateAndTime/Value.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 use eZ\Publish\Core\Base\Exceptions\InvalidArgumentValue;
 use Exception;
 use DateTime;
-use DateTimeZone;
 
 /**
  * Value for DateAndTime field type.
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ public function __construct(DateTime $dateTime = null)
     public static function fromString($dateString)
     {
         try {
-            return new static(static::getDateTime($dateString));
+            return new static(new DateTime($dateString));
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentValue('$dateString', $dateString, __CLASS__, $e);
         }
@@ -67,27 +66,15 @@ public static function fromString($dateString)
     public static function fromTimestamp($timestamp)
     {
         try {
-            return new static(static::getDateTime("@{$timestamp}"));
+            $dateTime = new DateTime();
+            $dateTime->setTimestamp($timestamp);
+
+            return new static($dateTime);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentValue('$timestamp', $timestamp, __CLASS__, $e);
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a DateTime object from the string with respecting server timezone.
-     *
-     * @param string $datetime
-     *
-     * @return \DateTime
-     */
-    public static function getDateTime($datetime)
-    {
-        $dt = new DateTime($datetime);
-        $dt->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone_get()));
-
-        return $dt;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @see \eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Value
      */