diff --git a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/azure/communication/sms/_sms_client.py b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/azure/communication/sms/_sms_client.py
index 7ee29a39d2c6..7f2976e5dd2c 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/azure/communication/sms/_sms_client.py
+++ b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/azure/communication/sms/_sms_client.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from uuid import uuid4
-from datetime import datetime
 from azure.core.tracing.decorator import distributed_trace
 from azure.communication.sms._generated.models import (
     SendMessageRequest,
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
 from azure.communication.sms._models import SmsSendResult
 
 from ._generated._azure_communication_sms_service import AzureCommunicationSMSService
-from ._shared.utils import parse_connection_str, get_authentication_policy
+from ._shared.utils import parse_connection_str, get_authentication_policy, get_current_utc_time
 from ._version import SDK_MONIKER
 
 class SmsClient(object):
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ def send(self, from_, # type: str
                 SmsRecipient(
                     to=p,
                     repeatability_request_id=str(uuid4()),
-                    repeatability_first_sent=datetime.utcnow()
+                    repeatability_first_sent=get_current_utc_time()
                 ) for p in to
             ],
             message=message,
diff --git a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/azure/communication/sms/aio/_sms_client_async.py b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/azure/communication/sms/aio/_sms_client_async.py
index 30c1ab7c789f..920519a343b7 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/azure/communication/sms/aio/_sms_client_async.py
+++ b/sdk/communication/azure-communication-sms/azure/communication/sms/aio/_sms_client_async.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from uuid import uuid4
-from datetime import datetime
 from azure.core.tracing.decorator_async import distributed_trace_async
 from azure.communication.sms._generated.models import (
     SendMessageRequest,
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
 from azure.communication.sms._models import SmsSendResult
 
 from .._generated.aio._azure_communication_sms_service import AzureCommunicationSMSService
-from .._shared.utils import parse_connection_str, get_authentication_policy
+from .._shared.utils import parse_connection_str, get_authentication_policy, get_current_utc_time
 from .._version import SDK_MONIKER
 
 class SmsClient(object):
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ async def send(self, from_, # type: str
                 SmsRecipient(
                     to=p,
                     repeatability_request_id=str(uuid4()),
-                    repeatability_first_sent=datetime.utcnow()
+                    repeatability_first_sent=get_current_utc_time()
                 ) for p in to
             ],
             message=message,