diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/TimestampDefaultFilter.java b/google-cloud-logging/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/TimestampDefaultFilter.java
index 5734ddb0a..cea25a74a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/TimestampDefaultFilter.java
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/TimestampDefaultFilter.java
@@ -16,25 +16,22 @@
 
 package com.google.cloud.logging;
 
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Calendar;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
+import static java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC;
+import static java.util.Locale.US;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 
 public class TimestampDefaultFilter implements ITimestampDefaultFilter {
   @Override
   public String createDefaultTimestampFilter() {
-    DateFormat rfcDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
-    rfcDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+    DateTimeFormatter rfcDateFormat =
+        DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", US);
     return "timestamp>=\"" + rfcDateFormat.format(yesterday()) + "\"";
   }
 
-  private Date yesterday() {
-    TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
-    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone);
-    calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
-
-    return calendar.getTime();
+  private LocalDateTime yesterday() {
+    return LocalDateTime.now(UTC).minus(Duration.ofDays(1));
   }
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/BaseSystemTest.java b/google-cloud-logging/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/BaseSystemTest.java
index 8c90a3e75..1e63dbdb2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/BaseSystemTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/BaseSystemTest.java
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
 
 package com.google.cloud.logging;
 
+import static java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC;
+
 import com.google.api.gax.paging.Page;
 import com.google.cloud.MonitoredResource;
 import com.google.cloud.logging.testing.RemoteLoggingHelper;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.logging.v2.LogName;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ public class BaseSystemTest {
 
   @Rule public Timeout globalTimeout = Timeout.seconds(600);
 
-  private static DateFormat RFC_3339 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
+  private static final DateTimeFormatter RFC_3339 =
+      DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
 
   protected static Logging logging;
 
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ public static void afterClass() throws Exception {
    *     Filters Documentation</a>
    */
   protected static <V> String createEqualityFilter(String name, V value) {
-    return name + "=" + "\"" + value.toString() + "\"";
+    return name + "=" + "\"" + value + "\"";
   }
 
   protected static boolean cleanupLog(String logName) throws InterruptedException {
@@ -84,7 +86,9 @@ protected static boolean cleanupLog(String logName) throws InterruptedException
   protected static String createTimestampFilter(int hoursAgo) {
     Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
     calendar.add(Calendar.HOUR, -1 * hoursAgo);
-    return "timestamp>=\"" + RFC_3339.format(calendar.getTime()) + "\"";
+    return "timestamp>=\""
+        + calendar.getTime().toInstant().atZone(UTC).toLocalDateTime().format(RFC_3339)
+        + "\"";
   }
 
   protected static String appendResourceTypeFilter(
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ protected static Iterator<LogEntry> waitForLogs(LogName logName) throws Interrup
   protected static Iterator<LogEntry> waitForLogs(Logging.EntryListOption[] options, int minLogs)
       throws InterruptedException {
     Page<LogEntry> page = logging.listLogEntries(options);
-    while (Iterators.size(page.iterateAll().iterator()) < minLogs) {
+    while (Iterables.size(page.iterateAll()) < minLogs) {
       Thread.sleep(500);
       page = logging.listLogEntries(options);
     }
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/TimestampDefaultFilterTest.java b/google-cloud-logging/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/TimestampDefaultFilterTest.java
index 49618c41f..bf821d03e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/TimestampDefaultFilterTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/logging/TimestampDefaultFilterTest.java
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
 
 package com.google.cloud.logging;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC;
+import static java.util.Locale.US;
 
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Calendar;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
-import javax.management.timer.Timer;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class TimestampDefaultFilterTest {
@@ -33,23 +31,20 @@ public class TimestampDefaultFilterTest {
   public void DefaultTimestampFilterTest() {
     ITimestampDefaultFilter filter = new TimestampDefaultFilter();
 
-    TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
-    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone);
-    calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
-    Date expected = calendar.getTime();
-
     // Timestamp filter exists
     String defaultFilter = filter.createDefaultTimestampFilter();
-    assertTrue(defaultFilter.contains("timestamp>="));
+    assertThat(defaultFilter).contains("timestamp>=");
 
     // Time is last 24 hours
-    try {
-      DateFormat rfcDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
-      rfcDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
-      Date actual = rfcDateFormat.parse(defaultFilter.substring(12, defaultFilter.length() - 1));
-      assertTrue(Math.abs(expected.getTime() - actual.getTime()) < Timer.ONE_MINUTE);
-    } catch (java.text.ParseException ex) {
-      fail(); // Just fail if exception is thrown
-    }
+    DateTimeFormatter rfcDateFormat =
+        DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", US);
+    LocalDateTime actual =
+        LocalDateTime.parse(defaultFilter.substring(12, defaultFilter.length() - 1), rfcDateFormat);
+    assertThat(
+            Duration.between(actual, LocalDateTime.now(UTC))
+                .minus(Duration.ofDays(1))
+                .abs()
+                .compareTo(Duration.ofMinutes(1)))
+        .isLessThan(0);
   }
 }