diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/trigger/schedule/tool/CronEvalTool.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/trigger/schedule/tool/CronEvalTool.java
index d513bd1cd77f2..9ebc3adc291a1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/trigger/schedule/tool/CronEvalTool.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/trigger/schedule/tool/CronEvalTool.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 public class CronEvalTool extends LoggingAwareCommand {
 
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     private static final DateTimeFormatter UTC_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss")
         .withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC).withLocale(Locale.ROOT);
     private static final DateTimeFormatter LOCAL_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z")
-        .withZone(DateTimeZone.forTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault()));
+        .withZone(DateTimeZone.forTimeZone(null));
 
     private final OptionSpec<Integer> countOption;
     private final OptionSpec<String> arguments;