diff --git a/pkg/logentry/stages/timestamp_test.go b/pkg/logentry/stages/timestamp_test.go
index a9b32dd655a238283716826fd818d8b97bb8421b..f4a620ef7769bbb8175a159c80453a64392a873c 100644
--- a/pkg/logentry/stages/timestamp_test.go
+++ b/pkg/logentry/stages/timestamp_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestTimestampPipeline(t *testing.T) {
 	entry := testTimestampLogLine
 	extracted := map[string]interface{}{}
 	pl.Process(lbls, extracted, &ts, &entry)
-	assert.Equal(t, time.Date(2012, 11, 01, 22, 8, 41, 0, time.FixedZone("", -4*60*60)), ts)
+	assert.Equal(t, time.Date(2012, 11, 01, 22, 8, 41, 0, time.FixedZone("", -4*60*60)).Unix(), ts.Unix())
 }
 
 func TestTimestampValidation(t *testing.T) {