diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3a5844a31..5bf6fc405 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     "jsdom": "^16.2.2",
     "jsdom-global": "^3.0.2",
     "lerna": "^3.22.0",
-    "moment-timezone": "^0.5.31",
     "ts-jest": "^26.1.0",
     "typescript": "^3.9.5"
   },
diff --git a/packages/common/package.json b/packages/common/package.json
index 054f8d5fa..f4ec9fafd 100644
--- a/packages/common/package.json
+++ b/packages/common/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
     "copyfiles": "^2.3.0",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.2",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.9.0",
-    "moment-timezone": "^0.5.31",
     "node-sass": "4.14.1",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.4",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
diff --git a/packages/common/src/formatters/__tests__/dateIsoFormatter.spec.ts b/packages/common/src/formatters/__tests__/dateIsoFormatter.spec.ts
index 2ad7513cc..7d56d7a41 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/formatters/__tests__/dateIsoFormatter.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/formatters/__tests__/dateIsoFormatter.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import * as moment from 'moment-timezone';
-
 import { Column } from '../../interfaces/index';
 import { Formatters } from '../index';
 
@@ -29,9 +27,7 @@ describe('the Date ISO Formatter', () => {
   });
 
   it('should return a formatted date value without time date provided has TZ but we specifically mention to parse as UTC ', () => {
-    moment.tz.setDefault('America/New_York');
-    // @ts-ignore
-    const value = moment('2099-12-31T00:00:00.000Z');
+    const value = new Date('2099-12-31T00:00:00.000Z');
 
     const result1 = Formatters.dateIso(0, 0, value, { params: { parseDateAsUtc: true } } as Column, {});
     const result2 = Formatters.dateIso(0, 0, value, { params: { parseDateAsUtc: false } } as Column, {});
diff --git a/test/jest-global-setup.js b/test/jest-global-setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d22d08e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jest-global-setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = async () => {
+  process.env.TZ = 'EST';
+};
diff --git a/test/jest.config.js b/test/jest.config.js
index 249c4cc4d..520ef24a0 100644
--- a/test/jest.config.js
+++ b/test/jest.config.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
       tsConfig: '<rootDir>/test/tsconfig.spec.json'
     },
   },
+  globalSetup: '<rootDir>/test/jest-global-setup.js',
   collectCoverage: false,
   collectCoverageFrom: [
     'packages/**/*.ts',