diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java
index 406a58768a84..92e059296c0e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/ozone/test/GenericTestUtils.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
@@ -73,6 +74,18 @@ public abstract class GenericTestUtils {
         "target" + File.separator + "test" + File.separator + "data";
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return current time in millis as an {@code Instant}.  This may be
+   * before {@link Instant#now()}, since the latter includes nanoseconds, too.
+   * This is needed for some tests that verify volume/bucket creation time,
+   * which also uses {@link Instant#ofEpochMilli(long)}.
+   *
+   * @return current time as {@code Instant};
+   */
+  public static Instant getTestStartTime() {
+    return Instant.ofEpochMilli(System.currentTimeMillis());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the (created) base directory for tests.
    *
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/TestOzoneClient.java b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/TestOzoneClient.java
index 42b9d8076710..fc10143a4705 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/TestOzoneClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/TestOzoneClient.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.client.ReplicationFactor.ONE;
+import static org.apache.ozone.test.GenericTestUtils.getTestStartTime;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ public void testCreateVolumeWithMetadata()
   @Test
   public void testCreateBucket()
       throws IOException {
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     store.createVolume(volumeName);
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ public void testCreateBucket()
 
   @Test
   public void testPutKeyRatisOneNode() throws IOException {
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     String value = "sample value";
     OzoneBucket bucket = getOzoneBucket();
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneAtRestEncryption.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneAtRestEncryption.java
index ab09bc24330f..08df9c941144 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneAtRestEncryption.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneAtRestEncryption.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.HddsConfigKeys.OZONE_METADATA_DIRS;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.client.ReplicationFactor.ONE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.client.ReplicationType.RATIS;
+import static org.apache.ozone.test.GenericTestUtils.getTestStartTime;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ void testLinkEncryptedBuckets(BucketLayout bucketLayout) throws Exception {
 
   static void createAndVerifyStreamKeyData(OzoneBucket bucket)
       throws Exception {
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     String keyName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String value = "sample value";
     try (OzoneDataStreamOutput out = bucket.createStreamKey(keyName,
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ static void createAndVerifyStreamKeyData(OzoneBucket bucket)
   }
 
   static void createAndVerifyKeyData(OzoneBucket bucket) throws Exception {
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     String keyName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String value = "sample value";
     try (OzoneOutputStream out = bucket.createKey(keyName,
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ void testKeyWithEncryptionAndGdpr(BucketLayout bucketLayout)
     //Step 1
     String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
 
     String value = "sample value";
     store.createVolume(volumeName);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneRpcClientAbstract.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneRpcClientAbstract.java
index 4e0c9bbf5b10..05c957d78285 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneRpcClientAbstract.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneRpcClientAbstract.java
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.security.acl.IAccessAuthorizer.ACLType.READ;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.security.acl.IAccessAuthorizer.ACLType.WRITE;
+import static org.apache.ozone.test.GenericTestUtils.getTestStartTime;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
@@ -583,7 +584,7 @@ public void testCreateBucketWithMetadata()
   @Test
   public void testCreateBucket()
       throws IOException {
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     store.createVolume(volumeName);
@@ -598,7 +599,7 @@ public void testCreateBucket()
   @Test
   public void testCreateS3Bucket()
       throws IOException {
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     store.createS3Bucket(bucketName);
     OzoneBucket bucket = store.getS3Bucket(bucketName);
@@ -610,7 +611,7 @@ public void testCreateS3Bucket()
   @Test
   public void testDeleteS3Bucket()
       throws Exception {
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     store.createS3Bucket(bucketName);
     OzoneBucket bucket = store.getS3Bucket(bucketName);
@@ -1005,7 +1006,7 @@ public void testPutKeyWithReplicationConfig(String replicationValue,
   public void testPutKey() throws IOException {
     String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
 
     String value = "sample value";
     store.createVolume(volumeName);
@@ -1545,7 +1546,7 @@ public void testValidateBlockLengthWithCommitKey() throws IOException {
   public void testPutKeyRatisOneNode() throws IOException {
     String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
 
     String value = "sample value";
     store.createVolume(volumeName);
@@ -1580,7 +1581,7 @@ public void testPutKeyRatisOneNode() throws IOException {
   public void testPutKeyRatisThreeNodes() throws IOException {
     String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
 
     String value = "sample value";
     store.createVolume(volumeName);
@@ -1617,7 +1618,7 @@ public void testPutKeyRatisThreeNodesParallel() throws IOException,
       InterruptedException {
     String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     store.createVolume(volumeName);
     OzoneVolume volume = store.getVolume(volumeName);
     volume.createBucket(bucketName);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestSecureOzoneRpcClient.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestSecureOzoneRpcClient.java
index e8aece20f4fd..548b1b303501 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestSecureOzoneRpcClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestSecureOzoneRpcClient.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.HddsConfigKeys.OZONE_METADATA_DIRS;
+import static org.apache.ozone.test.GenericTestUtils.getTestStartTime;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ private void testPutKeySuccessWithBlockTokenWithBucketLayout(
       BucketLayout bucketLayout) throws Exception {
     String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     OMMetadataManager omMetadataManager = ozoneManager.getMetadataManager();
 
     String value = "sample value";
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/TestStorageContainerManagerHA.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/TestStorageContainerManagerHA.java
index a0f5bc7834e0..323db6605a32 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/TestStorageContainerManagerHA.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/TestStorageContainerManagerHA.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.client.ReplicationFactor.ONE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.client.ReplicationType.RATIS;
+import static org.apache.ozone.test.GenericTestUtils.getTestStartTime;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ void testAllSCMAreRunning() throws Exception {
   private void doPutKey() throws Exception {
     String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
     String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    Instant testStartTime = Instant.now();
+    Instant testStartTime = getTestStartTime();
     try (OzoneClient client = cluster.newClient()) {
       ObjectStore store = client.getObjectStore();
       String value = "sample value";