diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
index b96e79cb2450d..2a7c649970a81 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ private static function evaluateScalar($scalar, $flags, $references = array())
                         return (float) str_replace(',', '', $scalar);
                     case preg_match(self::getTimestampRegex(), $scalar):
                         if (Yaml::PARSE_DATETIME & $flags) {
-                            return new \DateTime($scalar,new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+                            return new \DateTime($scalar, new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
                         }
 
                         $timeZone = date_default_timezone_get();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php
index 935f6a72a84c1..00557ea747287 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ public function testParseTimestampAsUnixTimestampByDefault($yaml, $year, $month,
      */
     public function testParseTimestampAsDateTimeObject($yaml, $year, $month, $day, $hour, $minute, $second)
     {
-        $expected = new \DateTime('now', new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+        $expected = new \DateTime($yaml);
+        $expected->setTimeZone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
         $expected->setDate($year, $month, $day);
         $expected->setTime($hour, $minute, $second);