diff --git a/code/ddns-lambda.py b/code/ddns-lambda.py
index 069122d..064c1b3 100755
--- a/code/ddns-lambda.py
+++ b/code/ddns-lambda.py
@@ -67,12 +67,13 @@
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from pprint import pformat
+from dateutil.parser import parse as date_parse
 
 # Setting Global Variables
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger()
 ACCOUNT = None
 REGION = None
-VERSION = '0.1.15'
+VERSION = '0.1.16'
 
 # Adjust the logging level [logging.INFO, logging.DEBUG, logging.WARNING, etc]
 LOGGER.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
@@ -271,13 +272,14 @@ def lambda_handler(
     try:
         private_ip = instance['Reservations'][0]['Instances'][0]['PrivateIpAddress']
         launch_time = instance['Reservations'][0]['Instances'][0]['LaunchTime']
+        launch_time_date = date_parse(str(launch_time))
         private_dns_name = instance['Reservations'][0]['Instances'][0]['PrivateDnsName']
         private_host_name = private_dns_name.split('.')[0]
 
         LOGGER.debug("private ip: %s", str(private_ip) + lineno())
         LOGGER.debug("launch time: %s", str(launch_time) + lineno())
         LOGGER.debug("launch time timestamp: %s", str(
-            int(launch_time.timestamp())) + lineno())
+            int(launch_time_date.timestamp())) + lineno())
         LOGGER.debug("private_dns_name: %s", str(private_dns_name) + lineno())
         LOGGER.debug("private_host_name: %s", str(private_host_name) + lineno())
     except:
@@ -627,7 +629,7 @@ def lambda_handler(
                                        'instance_id': instance_id,
                                    })
     add_heritage_item_timestamp(heritage, 'create_time',
-                                int(launch_time.timestamp()))
+                                int(launch_time_date.timestamp()))
     heritage_value = format_heritage(heritage)
     heritage_value = '"{}"'.format(heritage_value) if len(
         heritage_value) else heritage_value