diff --git a/helper/test_data.go b/helper/test_data.go
index 7f7f918..6140e64 100644
--- a/helper/test_data.go
+++ b/helper/test_data.go
@@ -96,32 +96,30 @@ var propertiesA = json.RawMessage(`{"prop1" : "a nice prop"}`)
 var propertiesB = json.RawMessage(`{"prop1" : "not so nice"}`)
 
 var ICA = database.InfrastructureComponent{
-	UUID:         "7be0322d-354e-431e-84bd-ae4c9633138b",
-	WebsocketURL: "https://villas.k8s.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de/ws/ws_sig",
-	APIURL:       "https://villas.k8s.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de/ws/api/v2",
-	Type:         "villas-node",
-	Category:     "gateway",
-	Name:         "ACS Demo Signals",
-	Uptime:       -1.0,
-	State:        "idle",
-	Location:     "k8s",
-	Description:  "A signal generator for testing purposes",
-	//StateUpdateAt: time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123),
+	UUID:                 "7be0322d-354e-431e-84bd-ae4c9633138b",
+	WebsocketURL:         "https://villas.k8s.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de/ws/ws_sig",
+	APIURL:               "https://villas.k8s.eonerc.rwth-aachen.de/ws/api/v2",
+	Type:                 "villas-node",
+	Category:             "gateway",
+	Name:                 "ACS Demo Signals",
+	Uptime:               -1.0,
+	State:                "idle",
+	Location:             "k8s",
+	Description:          "A signal generator for testing purposes",
 	StartParameterScheme: postgres.Jsonb{propertiesA},
 	ManagedExternally:    false,
 }
 
 var ICB = database.InfrastructureComponent{
-	UUID:         "4854af30-325f-44a5-ad59-b67b2597de68",
-	WebsocketURL: "xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa",
-	Type:         "dpsim",
-	Category:     "simulator",
-	Name:         "Test DPsim Simulator",
-	Uptime:       -1.0,
-	State:        "running",
-	Location:     "ACS Laboratory",
-	Description:  "This is a test description",
-	//StateUpdateAt: time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123),
+	UUID:                 "4854af30-325f-44a5-ad59-b67b2597de68",
+	WebsocketURL:         "xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa",
+	Type:                 "dpsim",
+	Category:             "simulator",
+	Name:                 "Test DPsim Simulator",
+	Uptime:               -1.0,
+	State:                "running",
+	Location:             "ACS Laboratory",
+	Description:          "This is a test description",
 	StartParameterScheme: postgres.Jsonb{propertiesB},
 	ManagedExternally:    true,
 }
diff --git a/routes/infrastructure-component/ic_validators.go b/routes/infrastructure-component/ic_validators.go
index e1ee924..44f9840 100644
--- a/routes/infrastructure-component/ic_validators.go
+++ b/routes/infrastructure-component/ic_validators.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (r *AddICRequest) createIC(receivedViaAMQP bool) (InfrastructureComponent,
 		s.State = "unknown"
 	}
 	// set last update to creation time of IC
-	s.StateUpdateAt = time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123)
+	s.StateUpdateAt = time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123Z)
 
 	return s, err
 }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (r *UpdateICRequest) updatedIC(oldIC InfrastructureComponent) Infrastructur
 	s.Description = r.InfrastructureComponent.Description
 
 	// set last update time
-	s.StateUpdateAt = time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123)
+	s.StateUpdateAt = time.Now().Format(time.RFC1123Z)
 
 	// only update props if not empty
 	var emptyJson postgres.Jsonb