diff --git a/modules/databricks-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/databricks/Databricks.scala b/modules/databricks-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/databricks/Databricks.scala
index 503d0b997..9a262da4b 100644
--- a/modules/databricks-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/databricks/Databricks.scala
+++ b/modules/databricks-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/databricks/Databricks.scala
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@ import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.rdbloader.discovery.{DataDiscovery, Shredd
 import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.rdbloader.loading.EventsTable
 import doobie.Fragment
 import doobie.implicits._
-import doobie.implicits.javasql._
 import io.circe.syntax._
 
-import java.sql.Timestamp
-
 object Databricks {
 
   val AlertingTempTableName = "rdb_folder_monitoring"
@@ -133,19 +130,16 @@ object Databricks {
               case Statement.ManifestAdd(message) =>
                 val tableName = Fragment.const(qualify(Manifest.Name))
                 val types     = message.types.asJson.noSpaces
+                val jobStarted: String = message.timestamps.jobStarted.toString
+                val jobCompleted: String = message.timestamps.jobCompleted.toString
+                val minTstamp: String = message.timestamps.min.map(_.toString).getOrElse("")
+                val maxTstamp: String = message.timestamps.max.map(_.toString).getOrElse("")
                 sql"""INSERT INTO $tableName
                       (base, types, shredding_started, shredding_completed,
                       min_collector_tstamp, max_collector_tstamp, ingestion_tstamp,
                       compression, processor_artifact, processor_version, count_good)
-                      VALUES (${message.base}, $types,
-                      ${Timestamp.from(message.timestamps.jobStarted)}, ${Timestamp.from(
-                  message.timestamps.jobCompleted
-                )},
-                      ${message.timestamps.min.map(Timestamp.from)}, ${message.timestamps.max.map(Timestamp.from)},
-                      current_timestamp(),
-                      ${message.compression.asString}, ${message.processor.artifact}, ${message
-                  .processor
-                  .version}, ${message.count})"""
+                      VALUES (${message.base}, $types, $jobStarted, $jobCompleted, $minTstamp, $maxTstamp, current_timestamp(),
+                      ${message.compression.asString}, ${message.processor.artifact}, ${message.processor.version}, ${message.count})"""
               case Statement.ManifestGet(base) =>
                 sql"""SELECT ingestion_tstamp,
                       base, types, shredding_started, shredding_completed,
diff --git a/modules/loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/rdbloader/config/StorageTarget.scala b/modules/loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/rdbloader/config/StorageTarget.scala
index adecf571c..535ad3439 100644
--- a/modules/loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/rdbloader/config/StorageTarget.scala
+++ b/modules/loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/rdbloader/config/StorageTarget.scala
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ object StorageTarget {
       props.put("warehouse", warehouse)
       props.put("db", database)
       props.put("application", appName)
+      props.put("timezone", "UTC")
       role.foreach(r => props.put("role", r))
       props
     }
diff --git a/modules/snowflake-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/snowflake/Snowflake.scala b/modules/snowflake-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/snowflake/Snowflake.scala
index 82299ac67..88d9e24b2 100644
--- a/modules/snowflake-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/snowflake/Snowflake.scala
+++ b/modules/snowflake-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/snowflake/Snowflake.scala
@@ -32,12 +32,8 @@ import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.rdbloader.discovery.{DataDiscovery, Shredd
 import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.rdbloader.loading.EventsTable
 import doobie.Fragment
 import doobie.implicits._
-import doobie.implicits.javasql._
 import io.circe.syntax._
 
-import java.sql.Timestamp
-
-
 object Snowflake {
 
   val EventFieldSeparator = Fragment.const0("\t")
@@ -209,15 +205,16 @@ object Snowflake {
               case Statement.ManifestAdd(message) =>
                 val tableName = Fragment.const(qualify(Manifest.Name))
                 val types = Fragment.const0(s"parse_json('${message.types.asJson.noSpaces}')")
+                val jobStarted: String = message.timestamps.jobStarted.toString
+                val jobCompleted: String = message.timestamps.jobCompleted.toString
+                val minTstamp: String = message.timestamps.min.map(_.toString).getOrElse("")
+                val maxTstamp:String = message.timestamps.max.map(_.toString).getOrElse("")
                 // Redshift JDBC doesn't accept java.time.Instant
                 sql"""INSERT INTO $tableName
                   (base, types, shredding_started, shredding_completed,
                   min_collector_tstamp, max_collector_tstamp, ingestion_tstamp,
                   compression, processor_artifact, processor_version, count_good)
-                  SELECT ${message.base}, $types,
-                  ${Timestamp.from(message.timestamps.jobStarted)}, ${Timestamp.from(message.timestamps.jobCompleted)},
-                  ${message.timestamps.min.map(Timestamp.from)}, ${message.timestamps.max.map(Timestamp.from)},
-                  getdate(),
+                  SELECT ${message.base}, $types, $jobStarted, $jobCompleted, $minTstamp, $maxTstamp, sysdate(),
                   ${message.compression.asString}, ${message.processor.artifact}, ${message.processor.version}, ${message.count}"""
               case Statement.ManifestGet(base) =>
                 sql"""SELECT ingestion_tstamp,
diff --git a/modules/snowflake-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/snowflake/ast/SnowflakeDatatype.scala b/modules/snowflake-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/snowflake/ast/SnowflakeDatatype.scala
index a335b0e14..d9084253f 100644
--- a/modules/snowflake-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/snowflake/ast/SnowflakeDatatype.scala
+++ b/modules/snowflake-loader/src/main/scala/com/snowplowanalytics/snowplow/loader/snowflake/ast/SnowflakeDatatype.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ object SnowflakeDatatype {
   }
 
   final case object Timestamp extends SnowflakeDatatype {
-    def toDdl: Fragment = fr0"TIMESTAMP"
+    def toDdl: Fragment = fr0"TIMESTAMP_NTZ"
   }
 
   final case class Char(size: Int) extends SnowflakeDatatype {