diff --git a/modules/entity_share_client/src/Service/JsonapiHelper.php b/modules/entity_share_client/src/Service/JsonapiHelper.php
index 2337553..acd24a8 100644
--- a/modules/entity_share_client/src/Service/JsonapiHelper.php
+++ b/modules/entity_share_client/src/Service/JsonapiHelper.php
@@ -362,8 +362,7 @@ class JsonapiHelper implements JsonapiHelperInterface {
         // Change the entity "changed" time because it could have been altered
         // with relationship save by example.
         if (method_exists($entity, 'setChangedTime')) {
-          $changed_datetime = \DateTime::createFromFormat(\DateTime::RFC3339, $entity_data['attributes']['changed']);
-          $entity->setChangedTime($changed_datetime->getTimestamp());
+          $entity->setChangedTime($entity_data['attributes']['changed']);
         }
         $entity->save();
       }
@@ -405,8 +404,7 @@ class JsonapiHelper implements JsonapiHelperInterface {
           // Change the entity "changed" time because it could have been altered
           // with relationship save by example.
           if (method_exists($existing_translation, 'setChangedTime')) {
-            $changed_datetime = \DateTime::createFromFormat(\DateTime::RFC3339, $entity_data['attributes']['changed']);
-            $existing_translation->setChangedTime($changed_datetime->getTimestamp());
+            $existing_translation->setChangedTime($entity_data['attributes']['changed']);
           }
           $existing_translation->save();
         }