diff --git a/src/plots/cartesian/set_convert.js b/src/plots/cartesian/set_convert.js
index bc99687a750..2daf68b7e0f 100644
--- a/src/plots/cartesian/set_convert.js
+++ b/src/plots/cartesian/set_convert.js
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ module.exports = function setConvert(ax, fullLayout) {
                 // same logic as in Lib.ms2DateTime
                 var msecTenths = Math.floor(Lib.mod(v + 0.05, 1) * 10);
                 var msRounded = Math.round(v - msecTenths / 10);
-                ms = dateTime2ms(new Date(msRounded)) + msecTenths / 10;
+
+                var now = (new Date(msRounded)).getTime();
+                ms = now + msecTenths / 10;
             }
             else return BADNUM;
         }
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/gl2d_time-offset.png b/test/image/baselines/gl2d_time-offset.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ba2d846a66
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diff --git a/test/image/baselines/gl3d_time-offset.png b/test/image/baselines/gl3d_time-offset.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..267113b4fe8
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diff --git a/test/image/mocks/gl2d_time-offset.json b/test/image/mocks/gl2d_time-offset.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7aee0408843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/gl2d_time-offset.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "data": [
+        {
+            "type": "scattergl",
+            "x": ["2020-01-01 01:00:00", "2020-01-01 13:00:00"],
+            "y": ["2020-01-01 01:00:00", "2020-01-01 02:00:00"]
+        }
+    ],
+    "layout": {
+        "title": "Day time period",
+        "width": 800,
+        "height": 600,
+        "xaxis": { "nticks": 12, "type": "date" },
+        "yaxis": { "nticks": 12, "type": "date" }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/gl3d_time-offset.json b/test/image/mocks/gl3d_time-offset.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7dfec43b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/gl3d_time-offset.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    "data": [
+        {
+            "type": "scatter3d",
+            "x": ["2020-01-01 01:00:00", "2020-01-01 13:00:00"],
+            "y": ["2020-01-01 01:00:00", "2020-01-01 02:00:00"],
+            "z": ["2020-01-01 01:00:00", "2020-01-01 01:30:00"]
+        }
+    ],
+    "layout": {
+        "title": "Day time period",
+        "width": 800,
+        "height": 600,
+        "scene": {
+            "xaxis": { "nticks": 12, "type": "date" },
+            "yaxis": { "nticks": 12, "type": "date" },
+            "zaxis": { "nticks": 12, "type": "date" },
+            "camera": {
+                "eye": { "x": -2, "y": 0.5, "z": 1 },
+                "center": { "x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 0 },
+                "up": { "x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 1 }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js
index 4409fad89b5..f3bfdc0f8d3 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ var failTest = require('../assets/fail_test');
 var selectButton = require('../assets/modebar_button');
 var supplyDefaults = require('../assets/supply_defaults');
 
+var timeZoneMs = 60000 * (60 + new Date().getTimezoneOffset()); // TODO: find a good way to set CI clock.
+
 describe('Test axes', function() {
     'use strict';
 
@@ -2641,10 +2643,10 @@ describe('Test axes', function() {
                 tickmode: 'array',
                 tickvals: [
                     '2012-01-01',
-                    new Date(2012, 2, 1).getTime(),
+                    (new Date(2012, 2, 1).getTime()) - timeZoneMs,
                     '2012-08-01 00:00:00',
                     '2012-10-01 12:00:00',
-                    new Date(2013, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1).getTime(),
+                    (new Date(2013, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1).getTime()) - timeZoneMs,
                     '2010-01-01', '2014-01-01' // off the axis
                 ],
                 // only the first two have text
@@ -3008,7 +3010,7 @@ describe('Test axes', function() {
             });
 
             it('- date case', function() {
-                var msLocal = new Date(2000, 0, 1).getTime();
+                var msLocal = (new Date(2000, 0, 1).getTime()) - timeZoneMs;
                 var msUTC = 946684800000;
                 var out = _makeCalcdata({
                     x: ['2000-01-01', NaN, null, msLocal],
@@ -3101,7 +3103,7 @@ describe('Test axes', function() {
 
             it('- on a date axis', function() {
                 var dates = [[2000, 0, 1], [2001, 0, 1], [2002, 0, 1]]
-                    .map(function(d) { return new Date(d[0], d[1], d[2]).getTime(); });
+                    .map(function(d) { return (new Date(d[0], d[1], d[2]).getTime()) - timeZoneMs; });
 
                 // We could make this work down the road (in v2),
                 // when address our timezone problems.