diff --git a/src/GitHub.Api/Helpers/Constants.cs b/src/GitHub.Api/Helpers/Constants.cs
index 1f3fbe7022e1bc7cb50830e6626447e49b08ca0f..80a83535740d0b81bf833ca71c855cef242ffa61 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.Api/Helpers/Constants.cs
+++ b/src/GitHub.Api/Helpers/Constants.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Unity
         public const string UsageFile = "usage.json";
         public const string GitInstallPathKey = "GitInstallPath";
         public const string TraceLoggingKey = "EnableTraceLogging";
+        public const string Iso8601Format = "o";
 
         public static readonly Version MinimumGitVersion = new Version(2, 11, 0);
         public static readonly Version MinimumGitLfsVersion = new Version(2, 3, 4);
diff --git a/src/GitHub.Api/OutputProcessors/LogEntryOutputProcessor.cs b/src/GitHub.Api/OutputProcessors/LogEntryOutputProcessor.cs
index 101af58477eb533b6a11dd80dfe1652f15e46b60..b165b82a57e107d5aa7e0040c47e6c4743b17a7b 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.Api/OutputProcessors/LogEntryOutputProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/GitHub.Api/OutputProcessors/LogEntryOutputProcessor.cs
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Unity
                     Summary = summary,
                     Description = description,
                     CommitID = commitId,
-                    TimeString = time.Value.ToString(DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo),
-                    CommitTimeString = committerTime.Value.ToString(DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo)
+                    TimeString = time.Value.ToString(Constants.Iso8601Format),
+                    CommitTimeString = committerTime.Value.ToString(Constants.Iso8601Format)
                 });
             }
 
diff --git a/src/UnityExtension/Assets/Editor/GitHub.Unity/ApplicationCache.cs b/src/UnityExtension/Assets/Editor/GitHub.Unity/ApplicationCache.cs
index 55c9ffd38870c1d1dacde05e6424aa1814e57911..d96413ef02bc3a446699c7e32920ef3f0b635519 100644
--- a/src/UnityExtension/Assets/Editor/GitHub.Unity/ApplicationCache.cs
+++ b/src/UnityExtension/Assets/Editor/GitHub.Unity/ApplicationCache.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
-using Octokit;
 using UnityEditor;
 using UnityEngine;
 using Application = UnityEngine.Application;
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Unity
         private static readonly TimeSpan DataTimeout = TimeSpan.MaxValue;
 
         [NonSerialized] private DateTimeOffset? lastUpdatedAtValue;
-
         [NonSerialized] private DateTimeOffset? lastVerifiedAtValue;
 
         public event Action CacheInvalidated;
@@ -148,14 +147,22 @@ namespace GitHub.Unity
             {
                 if (!lastUpdatedAtValue.HasValue)
                 {
-                    lastUpdatedAtValue = DateTimeOffset.Parse(LastUpdatedAtString);
+                    DateTimeOffset result;
+                    if (DateTimeOffset.TryParseExact(LastUpdatedAtString, Constants.Iso8601Format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out result))
+                    {
+                        lastUpdatedAtValue = result;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        lastUpdatedAtValue = DateTimeOffset.MinValue;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 return lastUpdatedAtValue.Value;
             }
             set
             {
-                LastUpdatedAtString = value.ToString();
+                LastUpdatedAtString = value.ToString(Constants.Iso8601Format);
                 lastUpdatedAtValue = null;
             }
         }
@@ -166,14 +173,22 @@ namespace GitHub.Unity
             {
                 if (!lastVerifiedAtValue.HasValue)
                 {
-                    lastVerifiedAtValue = DateTimeOffset.Parse(LastVerifiedAtString);
+                    DateTimeOffset result;
+                    if (DateTimeOffset.TryParseExact(LastVerifiedAtString, Constants.Iso8601Format, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out result))
+                    {
+                        lastVerifiedAtValue = result;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        lastVerifiedAtValue = DateTimeOffset.MinValue;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 return lastVerifiedAtValue.Value;
             }
             set
             {
-                LastVerifiedAtString = value.ToString();
+                LastVerifiedAtString = value.ToString(Constants.Iso8601Format);
                 lastVerifiedAtValue = null;
             }
         }