diff --git a/libraries/joomla/date/date.php b/libraries/joomla/date/date.php
index 924eb12bbf63c..4a415a932024b 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/date/date.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/date/date.php
@@ -107,13 +107,6 @@ public function __construct($date = 'now', $tz = null)
 		date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 		$date = is_numeric($date) ? date('c', $date) : $date;
 
-		// If php version below 7.1 and current time, add the microseconds to date.
-		// See http://php.net/manual/en/migration71.incompatible.php#migration71.incompatible.datetime-microseconds
-		if ($date === 'now' && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.1.0', '<'))
-		{
-			$date = parent::createFromFormat('U.u', number_format(microtime(true), 6, '.', ''), $tz)->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u');
-		}
-
 		// Call the DateTime constructor.
 		parent::__construct($date, $tz);
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/suites/libraries/joomla/date/JDateTest.php b/tests/unit/suites/libraries/joomla/date/JDateTest.php
index 57de18d5fb9f7..58426f1068e6e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/suites/libraries/joomla/date/JDateTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/suites/libraries/joomla/date/JDateTest.php
@@ -541,6 +541,44 @@ public function test__construct($date, $tz, $expectedTime)
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Testing the Constructor for now when not using UTC
+	 *
+	 * @return  void
+	 *
+	 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 * @covers  JDate::__construct
+	 */
+	public function test__constructForNowWhenNotUsingUTC()
+	{
+		$jdate   = new JDate('now', new DateTimeZone('US/Central'));
+		$phpdate = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('US/Central'));
+
+		$this->assertSame(
+			$jdate->format('D m/d/Y H:i', true),
+			$phpdate->format('D m/d/Y H:i')
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Testing the Constructor for now when using UTC
+	 *
+	 * @return  void
+	 *
+	 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 * @covers  JDate::__construct
+	 */
+	public function test__constructForNowWhenUsingUTC()
+	{
+		$jdate   = new JDate('now', new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+		$phpdate = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+
+		$this->assertSame(
+			$jdate->format('D m/d/Y H:i'),
+			$phpdate->format('D m/d/Y H:i')
+		);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Testing the Constructor
 	 *