diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/data/DeletionDao.java b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/data/DeletionDao.java
index c77761f0c..2dda5ae74 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/data/DeletionDao.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/data/DeletionDao.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public abstract class DeletionDao {
   }
 
   @Query("UPDATE tasks "
-      + "SET modified = datetime('now', 'localtime'), deleted = datetime('now', 'localtime') "
+      + "SET modified = (strftime('%s','now')*1000), deleted = (strftime('%s','now')*1000)"
       + "WHERE _id IN(:ids)")
   abstract void markDeletedInternal(List<Long> ids);