diff --git a/datascout/tests/test_timeconversion.py b/datascout/tests/test_timeconversion.py
index 8f71426b93dcfc6a7f3d4cb95c535fa92b27aeea..a77249478e9f12addf3b6c5a533883a9453a76cf 100644
--- a/datascout/tests/test_timeconversion.py
+++ b/datascout/tests/test_timeconversion.py
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ import datetime
 
 def test_time():
     reference_stamp = 1645617457640238425
-    reference_time  = datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 23, 12, 57, 37, 640238)
+    reference_time  = datetime.datetime(2022, 2, 23, 11, 57, 37, 640238, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
 
     myDateTime_utc     = ds.unixtime_to_datetime(reference_stamp, time_zone = 'utc')
     myDateTime_local   = ds.unixtime_to_datetime(reference_stamp, time_zone = 'local')
     myDateTime_cern    = ds.unixtime_to_datetime(reference_stamp, time_zone = 'CERN')
     myDateTime_unaware = ds.unixtime_to_datetime(reference_stamp, time_zone = None)
 
-    # the unaware time should be as the ref time created above
-    assert (myDateTime_unaware == reference_time)
+    # those should be the same
+    assert (myDateTime_utc == reference_time)
 
     # Note that datetime object are precise only down to the microsecond!
     reference_stamp_us_precision = round(reference_stamp/1000.)*1000