diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/MonthDatePluginTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/MonthDatePluginTest.php
index 2f6712432aa694263b5516edb1165714cc8313ab..3f3f2abfd2535af5d2c968e001fb699f5c33861d 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/MonthDatePluginTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/MonthDatePluginTest.php
@@ -50,10 +50,14 @@ class MonthDatePluginTest extends ViewTestBase {
    */
   public function setUp($import_test_views = TRUE): void {
     parent::setUp($import_test_views);
-    $date1 = '2020-10-01 00:00:00';
-    $this->node1 = $this->drupalCreateNode(['created' => strtotime($date1)]);
-    $date2 = '2020-11-01 00:00:00';
-    $this->node2 = $this->drupalCreateNode(['created' => strtotime($date2)]);
+    $utc = new \DateTimeZone('UTC');
+    $format = 'Y-m-d h:i:s';
+    $this->node1 = $this->drupalCreateNode([
+      'created' => \DateTime::createFromFormat($format, '2020-10-01 00:00:00', $utc)->getTimestamp(),
+    ]);
+    $this->node2 = $this->drupalCreateNode([
+      'created' => \DateTime::createFromFormat($format, '2020-11-01 00:00:00', $utc)->getTimestamp(),
+    ]);
   }
 
   /**