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index 4dd02ec69f..cc898e7468 100644
--- a/e2e/src/api/specs/asset.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/src/api/specs/asset.e2e-spec.ts
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+          fileCreatedAt: '2016-09-22T21:10:29.060Z',
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             longitude: null,
             orientation: '1',
-            timeZone: 'UTC-5',
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index 63eab6eb45..5e04f9fc0e 100644
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