diff --git a/eventtracking/backends/event_bus.py b/eventtracking/backends/event_bus.py
index 8315f91..ca42988 100644
--- a/eventtracking/backends/event_bus.py
+++ b/eventtracking/backends/event_bus.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 """Event tracker backend that emits events to the event-bus."""
 import json
 import logging
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from openedx_events.analytics.data import TrackingLogData
 from openedx_events.analytics.signals import TRACKING_EVENT_EMITTED
 from openedx_events.event_bus import get_producer
-from datetime import datetime
 
 from eventtracking.backends.routing import RoutingBackend
 from eventtracking.config import SEND_TRACKING_EVENT_EMITTED_SIGNAL
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ def send(self, event):
 
         metadata = TRACKING_EVENT_EMITTED.generate_signal_metadata()
 
-        logger.info(
-            f"Sending tracking lof {tracking_log.name} to the event bus."
-        )
+        logger.info(f"Sending tracking lof {tracking_log.name} to the event bus.")
         get_producer().send(
             signal=TRACKING_EVENT_EMITTED,
             topic="analytics",
diff --git a/eventtracking/backends/tests/test_event_bus.py b/eventtracking/backends/tests/test_event_bus.py
index 83bb6f5..c16a7ab 100644
--- a/eventtracking/backends/tests/test_event_bus.py
+++ b/eventtracking/backends/tests/test_event_bus.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Test the async routing backend.
 """
 import json
+from datetime import datetime
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch, sentinel
 
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ def test_successful_send_event(self, mock_get_producer):
                 "event_data": {
                     "tracking_log": TrackingLogData(
                         name=self.sample_event["name"],
-                        timestamp=self.sample_event["timestamp"],
+                        timestamp=datetime.strptime(
+                            self.sample_event["timestamp"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z"
+                        ),
                         data=json.dumps(self.sample_event["data"]),
                         context=json.dumps(self.sample_event["context"]),
                     )