diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/header_area/open_mr_badge.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/header_area/open_mr_badge.vue
index efacb3a9282b117aced3c6c73210ee0ee0377e4e..f090c02d9258587660b9f993d82384034982fba6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/header_area/open_mr_badge.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repository/components/header_area/open_mr_badge.vue
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { visitUrl } from '~/lib/utils/url_utility';
 import getOpenMrCountForBlobPath from '~/repository/queries/open_mr_count.query.graphql';
 import getOpenMrsForBlobPath from '~/repository/queries/open_mrs.query.graphql';
 import { nDaysBefore } from '~/lib/utils/datetime/date_calculation_utility';
-import { toYmd } from '~/analytics/shared/utils';
+import { formatDate } from '~/lib/utils/datetime/date_format_utility';
 import { logError } from '~/lib/logger';
 import * as Sentry from '~/sentry/sentry_browser_wrapper';
 import MergeRequestListItem from './merge_request_list_item.vue';
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default {
     },
     createdAfter() {
       const lookbackDate = nDaysBefore(new Date(), OPEN_MR_AGE_LIMIT_DAYS - 1, { utc: true });
-      return toYmd(lookbackDate);
+      return formatDate(lookbackDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss Z', true);
     },
     isLoading() {
       return this.$apollo.queries.loading;
diff --git a/spec/frontend/repository/components/header_area/open_mr_badge_spec.js b/spec/frontend/repository/components/header_area/open_mr_badge_spec.js
index 31705252a6ea48c7a65e0af642ededb646a58e5b..dcb493b2936fd95cfd1eb1010c5595a901333240 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/repository/components/header_area/open_mr_badge_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/repository/components/header_area/open_mr_badge_spec.js
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ describe('OpenMrBadge', () => {
     blobPath: 'path/to/file.js',
   };
 
+  useFakeDate('2020-04-15 09:00:00 GMT+2');
+
   function createComponent(
     props = {},
     mockResolver = openMRQueryResult,
@@ -81,8 +83,6 @@ describe('OpenMrBadge', () => {
   });
 
   describe('computed properties', () => {
-    useFakeDate();
-
     beforeEach(() => {
       createComponent({});
     });
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe('OpenMrBadge', () => {
     it('computes queryVariables correctly', () => {
       expect(openMrsCountQueryHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         blobPath: 'path/to/file.js',
-        createdAfter: '2020-06-07',
+        createdAfter: '2020-03-17 07:00:00 UTC',
         projectPath: 'group/project',
         targetBranch: ['main'],
       });
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe('OpenMrBadge', () => {
 
         expect(openMrsQueryHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
           blobPath: 'path/to/file.js',
-          createdAfter: '2020-06-07',
+          createdAfter: '2020-03-17 07:00:00 UTC',
           projectPath: 'group/project',
           targetBranch: ['main'],
         });