diff --git a/apier/v1/stats_it_test.go b/apier/v1/stats_it_test.go
index ce5566b6b..55ba3e544 100644
--- a/apier/v1/stats_it_test.go
+++ b/apier/v1/stats_it_test.go
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ func testV1STSSetStatQueueProfile(t *testing.T) {
 		ID:        "TEST_PROFILE1",
 		FilterIDs: []string{"FLTR_1"},
 		ActivationInterval: &utils.ActivationInterval{
-			ActivationTime: time.Date(2014, 7, 14, 14, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC).Local(),
-			ExpiryTime:     time.Date(2014, 7, 14, 14, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC).Local(),
+			ActivationTime: time.Date(2014, 7, 14, 14, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+			ExpiryTime:     time.Date(2014, 7, 14, 14, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 		},
 		QueueLength: 10,
 		TTL:         time.Duration(10) * time.Second,
diff --git a/apier/v1/thresholds_it_test.go b/apier/v1/thresholds_it_test.go
index 26cefe23f..762c99c19 100644
--- a/apier/v1/thresholds_it_test.go
+++ b/apier/v1/thresholds_it_test.go
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ func testV1TSSetThresholdProfile(t *testing.T) {
 		ID:        "TEST_PROFILE1",
 		FilterIDs: []string{"FilterID1", "FilterID2"},
 		ActivationInterval: &utils.ActivationInterval{
-			ActivationTime: time.Date(2014, 7, 14, 14, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC).Local(),
-			ExpiryTime:     time.Date(2014, 7, 14, 14, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC).Local(),
+			ActivationTime: time.Date(2014, 7, 14, 14, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+			ExpiryTime:     time.Date(2014, 7, 14, 14, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 		},
 		Recurrent: true,
 		MinSleep:  time.Duration(5 * time.Minute),
diff --git a/utils/cgrevent.go b/utils/cgrevent.go
index 55b91b708..eee4b05d7 100644
--- a/utils/cgrevent.go
+++ b/utils/cgrevent.go
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ func (ev *CGREvent) FieldAsDuration(fldName string) (d time.Duration, err error)
 	if d, canCast = iface.(time.Duration); canCast {
 		return
 	}
+	if f, canCast := iface.(float64); canCast {
+		return time.Duration(int64(f)), nil
+	}
 	s, canCast := iface.(string)
 	if !canCast {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("cannot cast %s to string", fldName)