diff --git a/eZ/Publish/API/Repository/Tests/FieldType/DateIntegrationTest.php b/eZ/Publish/API/Repository/Tests/FieldType/DateIntegrationTest.php
index 5d20aa05cf..4952f86d7b 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/API/Repository/Tests/FieldType/DateIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/API/Repository/Tests/FieldType/DateIntegrationTest.php
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ public function getInvalidValidatorConfiguration()
      */
     public function getValidCreationFieldData()
     {
-        // We may only create times from timestamps here, since storing will
-        // loose information about the timezone.
-        return DateValue::fromTimestamp(86400);
+        $dateTime = $this->getValueOneDate();
+
+        return DateValue::fromTimestamp($dateTime->getTimestamp());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -147,8 +147,10 @@ public function assertFieldDataLoadedCorrect(Field $field)
             $field->value
         );
 
+        $dateTime = $this->getValueOneDate();
+
         $expectedData = [
-            'date' => new DateTime('@86400'),
+            'date' => $dateTime,
         ];
 
         $this->assertPropertiesCorrect(
@@ -195,7 +197,9 @@ public function provideInvalidCreationFieldData()
      */
     public function getValidUpdateFieldData()
     {
-        return DateValue::fromTimestamp(86400);
+        $dateTime = $this->getValueOneDate();
+
+        return DateValue::fromTimestamp($dateTime->getTimestamp());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -213,8 +217,10 @@ public function assertUpdatedFieldDataLoadedCorrect(Field $field)
             $field->value
         );
 
+        $dateTime = $this->getValueOneDate();
+
         $expectedData = [
-            'date' => new DateTime('@86400'),
+            'date' => $dateTime,
         ];
         $this->assertPropertiesCorrect(
             $expectedData,
@@ -283,8 +289,9 @@ public function assertCopiedFieldDataLoadedCorrectly(Field $field)
      */
     public function provideToHashData()
     {
-        $timestamp = 186401;
-        $dateTime = new DateTime("@{$timestamp}");
+        $timestamp = 186400;
+        $dateTime = new DateTime();
+        $dateTime->setTimestamp($timestamp);
 
         return [
             [
@@ -327,17 +334,17 @@ public function provideFromHashData()
         return [
             [
                 [
-                    'timestamp' => $timestamp,
+                    'timestamp' => $dateTime->getTimestamp(),
                     'rfc850' => ($rfc850 = $dateTime->format(DateTime::RFC850)),
                 ],
                 DateValue::fromString($rfc850),
             ],
             [
                 [
-                    'timestamp' => $timestamp,
+                    'timestamp' => $dateTime->getTimestamp(),
                     'rfc850' => null,
                 ],
-                DateValue::fromTimestamp($timestamp),
+                DateValue::fromTimestamp($dateTime->getTimestamp()),
             ],
         ];
     }
@@ -360,12 +367,16 @@ public function providerForTestIsNotEmptyValue()
 
     protected function getValidSearchValueOne()
     {
-        return 86400;
+        $dateTime = $this->getValueOneDate();
+
+        return $dateTime->getTimestamp();
     }
 
     protected function getValidSearchValueTwo()
     {
-        return 172800;
+        $dateTime = new DateTime('1970-01-03');
+
+        return $dateTime->getTimestamp();
     }
 
     protected function getSearchTargetValueOne()
@@ -387,4 +398,9 @@ protected function getSearchTargetValueTwo()
 
         return '1970-01-03T00:00:00Z';
     }
+
+    protected function getValueOneDate(): DateTime
+    {
+        return new DateTime('1970-01-02');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Date/Value.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Date/Value.php
index 58d05e707b..5a11f1399c 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Date/Value.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Date/Value.php
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ public static function fromString($dateString)
     public static function fromTimestamp($timestamp)
     {
         try {
-            return new static(new DateTime("@{$timestamp}"));
+            $datetime = new DateTime();
+            $datetime->setTimestamp($timestamp);
+
+            return new static($datetime);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentValue('$timestamp', $timestamp, __CLASS__, $e);
         }
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Tests/DateTest.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Tests/DateTest.php
index 5b96123f78..4229a1235c 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Tests/DateTest.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Tests/DateTest.php
@@ -145,13 +145,11 @@ public function provideValidInputForAcceptValue()
             ],
             [
                 ($timestamp = 1346149200),
-                new DateValue(
-                    new DateTime("@{$timestamp}")
-                ),
+                new DateValue((new DateTime())->setTimestamp($timestamp)),
             ],
             [
                 DateValue::fromTimestamp($timestamp = 1372895999),
-                new DateValue(new DateTime("@{$timestamp}")),
+                new DateValue((new DateTime())->setTimestamp($timestamp)),
             ],
             [
                 ($dateTime = new DateTime()),
@@ -260,7 +258,7 @@ public function provideInputForFromHash()
                 [
                     'timestamp' => ($timestamp = 1362614400),
                 ],
-                new DateValue(new DateTime("@{$timestamp}")),
+                new DateValue($dateTime->setTimestamp($timestamp)),
             ],
             [
                 [