diff --git a/Snowflake.Data.Tests/UnitTests/Tools/DirectoryInformationTest.cs b/Snowflake.Data.Tests/UnitTests/Tools/DirectoryInformationTest.cs
index 16a87a619..b8baa2e68 100644
--- a/Snowflake.Data.Tests/UnitTests/Tools/DirectoryInformationTest.cs
+++ b/Snowflake.Data.Tests/UnitTests/Tools/DirectoryInformationTest.cs
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ public class DirectoryInformationTest
     {
         [Test]
         [TestCaseSource(nameof(OldCreatingDatesTestCases))]
-        public void TestIsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(DateTime? createdDate)
+        public void TestIsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(DateTime? createdDate, DateTime utcNow)
         {
             // arrange
             var directoryInformation = new DirectoryInformation(true, createdDate);
 
             // act
-            var result = directoryInformation.IsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(60);
+            var result = directoryInformation.IsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(60, utcNow);
 
             // assert
             Assert.AreEqual(true, result);
@@ -24,30 +24,38 @@ public void TestIsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(DateTime? createdDate)
 
         [Test]
         [TestCaseSource(nameof(NewCreatingDatesTestCases))]
-        public void TestIsNotCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(bool dirExists, DateTime? createdDate)
+        public void TestIsNotCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(bool dirExists, DateTime? createdDate, DateTime utcNow)
         {
             // arrange
             var directoryInformation = new DirectoryInformation(dirExists, createdDate);
 
             // act
-            var result = directoryInformation.IsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(60);
+            var result = directoryInformation.IsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(60, utcNow);
 
             // assert
             Assert.AreEqual(false, result);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestCompareDates() // for debugging
+        {
+            var condition = DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(-30).AddSeconds(60) < DateTime.UtcNow;
+            Assert.IsFalse(condition);
+        }
+
         internal static IEnumerable<object[]> OldCreatingDatesTestCases()
         {
-            yield return new object[] { DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-2) };
-            yield return new object[] { DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(-61) };
+            yield return new object[] { DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-2), DateTime.UtcNow };
+            yield return new object[] { DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(-61), DateTime.UtcNow };
         }
 
         internal static IEnumerable<object[]> NewCreatingDatesTestCases()
         {
-            yield return new object[] { true, DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(-30) };
-            yield return new object[] { true, DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(30) };
-            yield return new object[] { true, DateTime.UtcNow };
-            yield return new object[] { false, null };
+            yield return new object[] { true, DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(-30), DateTime.UtcNow };
+            yield return new object[] { true, DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(30), DateTime.UtcNow };
+            yield return new object[] { true, DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(1000), DateTime.UtcNow };
+            yield return new object[] { true, DateTime.UtcNow, DateTime.UtcNow };
+            yield return new object[] { false, null, DateTime.UtcNow };
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Snowflake.Data/Core/CredentialManager/Infrastructure/SFCredentialManagerFileImpl.cs b/Snowflake.Data/Core/CredentialManager/Infrastructure/SFCredentialManagerFileImpl.cs
index 4ba4b251a..2c7e4e8c4 100644
--- a/Snowflake.Data/Core/CredentialManager/Infrastructure/SFCredentialManagerFileImpl.cs
+++ b/Snowflake.Data/Core/CredentialManager/Infrastructure/SFCredentialManagerFileImpl.cs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ private bool AcquireLock()
                 _directoryOperations.CreateDirectory(_jsonCacheDirectory);
             }
             var lockDirectoryInfo = _directoryOperations.GetDirectoryInfo(_jsonCacheLockPath);
-            if (lockDirectoryInfo.IsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(CredentialCacheLockDurationSeconds))
+            if (lockDirectoryInfo.IsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(CredentialCacheLockDurationSeconds, DateTime.UtcNow))
             {
                 s_logger.Warn($"File cache lock directory {_jsonCacheLockPath} created more than {CredentialCacheLockDurationSeconds} seconds ago. Removing the lock directory.");
                 ReleaseLock();
diff --git a/Snowflake.Data/Core/Tools/DirectoryInformation.cs b/Snowflake.Data/Core/Tools/DirectoryInformation.cs
index 3a00a132e..84a242ed5 100644
--- a/Snowflake.Data/Core/Tools/DirectoryInformation.cs
+++ b/Snowflake.Data/Core/Tools/DirectoryInformation.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using Snowflake.Data.Log;
 
 namespace Snowflake.Data.Core.Tools
 {
     public class DirectoryInformation
     {
+        private static readonly SFLogger s_logger = SFLoggerFactory.GetLogger<DirectoryInformation>();
+
         private readonly bool _exists;
 
         private readonly DateTime? _creationTimeUtc;
@@ -21,7 +24,14 @@ internal DirectoryInformation(bool exists, DateTime? creationTimeUtc)
             _creationTimeUtc = creationTimeUtc;
         }
 
-        public bool IsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(int seconds) => _exists && _creationTimeUtc?.AddSeconds(seconds) < DateTime.UtcNow;
+        public bool IsCreatedEarlierThanSeconds(int seconds, DateTime utcNow)
+        {
+            s_logger.Warn($"Now is {utcNow}");
+            s_logger.Warn($"CreationTimeUtc is {_creationTimeUtc}");
+            s_logger.Warn($"CreationTimeUtc + {60} seconds is {_creationTimeUtc?.AddSeconds(seconds)}");
+            s_logger.Warn($"Result of date comparison is {_creationTimeUtc?.AddSeconds(seconds) < utcNow}");
+            return _exists && _creationTimeUtc?.AddSeconds(seconds) < utcNow;
+        }
 
         public bool Exists() => _exists;
     }