diff --git a/jkube-kit/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/KubernetesHelper.java b/jkube-kit/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/KubernetesHelper.java
index 2d71e19917..a5a344e81e 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/KubernetesHelper.java
+++ b/jkube-kit/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/KubernetesHelper.java
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@
 
 
 public class KubernetesHelper {
-    protected static final String DATE_TIME_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssX";
+    protected static final DateTimeFormatter DATE_TIME_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss[.n]X");
     private static final String FILENAME_PATTERN_REGEX = "^(?<name>.*?)(-(?<type>[^-]+))?\\.(?<ext>yaml|yml|json)$";
     private static final String PROFILES_PATTERN_REGEX = "^profiles?\\.ya?ml$";
     public static final Pattern FILENAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(FILENAME_PATTERN_REGEX, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
@@ -544,12 +543,12 @@ private static LabelSelector toLabelSelector(Map<String, String> matchLabels) {
     }
 
     public static boolean isNewerResource(HasMetadata newer, HasMetadata older) {
-        Date t1 = getCreationTimestamp(newer);
-        Date t2 = getCreationTimestamp(older);
+        Instant t1 = getCreationTimestamp(newer);
+      Instant t2 = getCreationTimestamp(older);
         return t1 != null && (t2 == null || t1.compareTo(t2) > 0);
     }
 
-    public static Date getCreationTimestamp(HasMetadata hasMetadata) {
+    public static Instant getCreationTimestamp(HasMetadata hasMetadata) {
         ObjectMeta metadata = hasMetadata.getMetadata();
         if (metadata != null) {
             return parseTimestamp(metadata.getCreationTimestamp());
@@ -557,19 +556,15 @@ public static Date getCreationTimestamp(HasMetadata hasMetadata) {
         return null;
     }
 
-    private static Date parseTimestamp(String text) {
+    private static Instant parseTimestamp(String text) {
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(text)) {
             return null;
         }
         return parseDate(text);
     }
 
-    public static Date parseDate(String text) {
-        try {
-            return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_TIME_FORMAT).parse(text);
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
-            return null;
-        }
+    public static Instant parseDate(String text) {
+          return Instant.from(DATE_TIME_FORMATTER.parse(text));
     }
 
     public static Pod getNewestPod(Collection<Pod> pods) {
@@ -578,8 +573,8 @@ public static Pod getNewestPod(Collection<Pod> pods) {
         }
         List<Pod> sortedPods = new ArrayList<>(pods);
         sortedPods.sort((p1, p2) -> {
-            Date t1 = getCreationTimestamp(p1);
-            Date t2 = getCreationTimestamp(p2);
+          Instant t1 = getCreationTimestamp(p1);
+          Instant t2 = getCreationTimestamp(p2);
             if (t1 != null) {
                 if (t2 == null) {
                     return 1;
diff --git a/jkube-kit/common/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/KubernetesHelperTest.java b/jkube-kit/common/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/KubernetesHelperTest.java
index 36b4d0af40..30f9c5ff4d 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/common/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/KubernetesHelperTest.java
+++ b/jkube-kit/common/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/KubernetesHelperTest.java
@@ -15,15 +15,19 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Pod;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.authorization.v1.SelfSubjectAccessReview;
@@ -482,6 +486,24 @@ static Stream<Arguments> getKindTestCases() {
         );
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{index}: {0} returns {1}")
+    @MethodSource("getCreationTimestampTestCases")
+    void getCreationTimestamp(String timestamp, LocalDateTime expectedDate) {
+        final ConfigMap cm = new ConfigMapBuilder().withNewMetadata().withCreationTimestamp(timestamp).endMetadata()
+          .build();
+        assertThat(KubernetesHelper.getCreationTimestamp(cm))
+          .isEqualTo(expectedDate.atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC).toInstant());
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> getCreationTimestampTestCases() {
+        return Stream.of(
+          Arguments.of("1955-11-12T06:38:00Z", LocalDateTime.of(1955, 11, 12, 6, 38)),
+          Arguments.of("1955-11-12T06:38:00+01", LocalDateTime.of(1955, 11, 12,  5, 38)),
+          Arguments.of("1955-11-12T06:38:00.123456789Z", LocalDateTime.of(1955, 11, 12, 6, 38, 0, 123456789)),
+          Arguments.of("1955-11-12T06:38:00.625Z", LocalDateTime.of(1955, 11, 12, 6, 38, 0, 625))
+        );
+    }
+
     private void assertLocalFragments(File[] fragments, int expectedSize) {
         assertThat(fragments).hasSize(expectedSize);
         assertThat(Arrays.stream(fragments).anyMatch( f -> f.getName().equals("deployment.yml"))).isTrue();
diff --git a/jkube-kit/config/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/config/service/PodLogService.java b/jkube-kit/config/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/config/service/PodLogService.java
index f057bead25..432970f1c7 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/config/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/config/service/PodLogService.java
+++ b/jkube-kit/config/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/config/service/PodLogService.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jkube.kit.common.util.KubernetesHelper;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -145,8 +146,8 @@ private void waitAndLogPods(final NamespacedKubernetesClient kc, LabelSelector s
                     if (KubernetesHelper.isPodRunning(pod) || KubernetesHelper.isPodWaiting(pod)) {
                         if (latestPod == null || KubernetesHelper.isNewerResource(pod, latestPod)) {
                             if (ignorePodsOlderThan != null) {
-                                Date podCreateTime = KubernetesHelper.getCreationTimestamp(pod);
-                                if (podCreateTime != null && podCreateTime.compareTo(ignorePodsOlderThan) > 0) {
+                                Instant podCreateTime = KubernetesHelper.getCreationTimestamp(pod);
+                                if (podCreateTime != null && Date.from(podCreateTime).compareTo(ignorePodsOlderThan) > 0) {
                                     latestPod = pod;
                                 }
                             } else {