diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/common/time.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/common/time.ts
index 893fa03dc6..ce56ab8605 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/common/time.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/common/time.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function timeInputToHrTime(time: api.TimeInput): api.HrTime {
       return numberToHrtime(time);
     }
   } else if (time instanceof Date) {
-    return [time.getTime(), 0];
+    return numberToHrtime(time.getTime());
   } else {
     throw TypeError('Invalid input type');
   }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/common/time.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/common/time.test.ts
index bfbace2df3..8cbe355c4a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/common/time.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/common/time.test.ts
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ describe('time', () => {
 
   describe('#timeInputToHrTime', () => {
     it('should convert Date hrTime', () => {
-      const timeInput = new Date();
+      const timeInput = new Date(1609297640313);
       const output = timeInputToHrTime(timeInput);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(output, [timeInput.getTime(), 0]);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(output, [1609297640, 312999964]);
     });
 
     it('should convert epoch milliseconds hrTime', () => {