diff --git a/src/view.timeline.js b/src/view.timeline.js
index d00cb577..a2e85308 100644
--- a/src/view.timeline.js
+++ b/src/view.timeline.js
@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@ my.Timeline = Backbone.View.extend({
     if (out.toDate() == 'Invalid Date') {
       return null;
     } else {
-      // fix for moment weirdness around date parsing and time zones
-      // moment('1914-08-01').toDate() => 1914-08-01 00:00 +01:00
-      // which in iso format (with 0 time offset) is 31 July 1914 23:00
-      // meanwhile native new Date('1914-08-01') => 1914-08-01 01:00 +01:00
-      out = out.subtract('minutes', out.zone());
       return out.toDate();
     }
   },
diff --git a/test/view.timeline.test.js b/test/view.timeline.test.js
index 77014a68..4f6faf48 100644
--- a/test/view.timeline.test.js
+++ b/test/view.timeline.test.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test('render etc', function () {
   assertPresent('.vmm-timeline', view.el);
   assertPresent('.timenav', view.el);
   assertPresent('.timenav', view.el);
-  equal('2011', view.el.find('.marker.active h4').text());
+  equal(view.el.find('.marker.active h4').text(), '2011');
   view.remove();
 });