diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 96d96447..abf702fe 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <phpunit backupGlobals="false"
-         backupStaticAttributes="false"
+         backupStaticProperties="false"
          bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
          colors="true"
-         convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
-         convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
-         convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
          processIsolation="false"
          stopOnFailure="false"
-         syntaxCheck="true"
 >
 
     <testsuites>
@@ -17,12 +13,6 @@
         </testsuite>
     </testsuites>
 
-    <filter>
-        <whitelist addUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="false">
-            <directory suffix=".php">src/</directory>
-        </whitelist>
-    </filter>
-
     <php>
         <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
     </php>
diff --git a/src/Venturecraft/Revisionable/Revisionable.php b/src/Venturecraft/Revisionable/Revisionable.php
index 5134af12..cecb7b24 100644
--- a/src/Venturecraft/Revisionable/Revisionable.php
+++ b/src/Venturecraft/Revisionable/Revisionable.php
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?php namespace Venturecraft\Revisionable;
 
-use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model as Eloquent;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 
 /*
  * This file is part of the Revisionable package by Venture Craft
@@ -163,8 +164,8 @@ public function postSave()
                     'old_value'             => Arr::get($this->originalData, $key),
                     'new_value'             => $this->updatedData[$key],
                     'user_id'               => $this->getSystemUserId(),
-                    'created_at'            => new \DateTime(),
-                    'updated_at'            => new \DateTime(),
+                    'created_at'            => Carbon::now(),
+                    'updated_at'            => Carbon::now(),
                 );
             }
 
@@ -198,8 +199,8 @@ public function postCreate()
                 'old_value' => null,
                 'new_value' => $this->{self::CREATED_AT},
                 'user_id' => $this->getSystemUserId(),
-                'created_at' => new \DateTime(),
-                'updated_at' => new \DateTime(),
+                'created_at' => Carbon::now(),
+                'updated_at' => Carbon::now(),
             );
 
             $revision = static::newModel();
@@ -222,8 +223,8 @@ public function postDelete()
                 'old_value' => null,
                 'new_value' => $this->{$this->getDeletedAtColumn()},
                 'user_id' => $this->getSystemUserId(),
-                'created_at' => new \DateTime(),
-                'updated_at' => new \DateTime(),
+                'created_at' => Carbon::now(),
+                'updated_at' => Carbon::now(),
             );
             $revision = static::newModel();
             \DB::table($revision->getTable())->insert($revisions);
@@ -251,8 +252,8 @@ public function postForceDelete()
                 'old_value' => $this->{self::CREATED_AT},
                 'new_value' => null,
                 'user_id' => $this->getSystemUserId(),
-                'created_at' => new \DateTime(),
-                'updated_at' => new \DateTime(),
+                'created_at' => Carbon::now(),
+                'updated_at' => Carbon::now(),
             );
 
             $revision = Revisionable::newModel();
diff --git a/src/Venturecraft/Revisionable/RevisionableTrait.php b/src/Venturecraft/Revisionable/RevisionableTrait.php
index 0def63f2..e91af15c 100644
--- a/src/Venturecraft/Revisionable/RevisionableTrait.php
+++ b/src/Venturecraft/Revisionable/RevisionableTrait.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Venturecraft\Revisionable;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 
 /*
@@ -195,8 +196,8 @@ public function postSave()
                     'old_value' => Arr::get($this->originalData, $key),
                     'new_value' => $this->updatedData[$key],
                     'user_id' => $this->getSystemUserId(),
-                    'created_at' => new \DateTime(),
-                    'updated_at' => new \DateTime(),
+                    'created_at' => Carbon::now(),
+                    'updated_at' => Carbon::now(),
                 );
 
                 $revisions[] = array_merge($original, $this->getAdditionalFields());
@@ -239,8 +240,8 @@ public function postCreate()
                 'old_value' => null,
                 'new_value' => $this->{self::CREATED_AT},
                 'user_id' => $this->getSystemUserId(),
-                'created_at' => new \DateTime(),
-                'updated_at' => new \DateTime(),
+                'created_at' => Carbon::now(),
+                'updated_at' => Carbon::now(),
             );
 
             //Determine if there are any additional fields we'd like to add to our model contained in the config file, and
@@ -270,8 +271,8 @@ public function postDelete()
                 'old_value' => null,
                 'new_value' => $this->{$this->getDeletedAtColumn()},
                 'user_id' => $this->getSystemUserId(),
-                'created_at' => new \DateTime(),
-                'updated_at' => new \DateTime(),
+                'created_at' => Carbon::now(),
+                'updated_at' => Carbon::now(),
             );
 
             //Since there is only one revision because it's deleted, let's just merge into revision[0]
@@ -304,8 +305,8 @@ public function postForceDelete()
                 'old_value' => $this->{self::CREATED_AT},
                 'new_value' => null,
                 'user_id' => $this->getSystemUserId(),
-                'created_at' => new \DateTime(),
-                'updated_at' => new \DateTime(),
+                'created_at' => Carbon::now(),
+                'updated_at' => Carbon::now(),
             );
 
             $revision = Revisionable::newModel();
diff --git a/tests/RevisionTest.php b/tests/RevisionTest.php
index 7c29b8b5..e20f258f 100644
--- a/tests/RevisionTest.php
+++ b/tests/RevisionTest.php
@@ -2,22 +2,19 @@
 
 namespace Venturecraft\Revisionable\Tests;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Venturecraft\Revisionable\Tests\Models\User;
 
 class RevisionTest extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
 {
-    /**
-     * Setup the test environment.
-     */
-    protected function setUp()
+    protected function setUp(): void
     {
         parent::setUp();
-        $this->loadLaravelMigrations(['--database' => 'testing']);
+        $this->loadLaravelMigrations();
 
         // call migrations specific to our tests, e.g. to seed the db
         // the path option should be an absolute path.
         $this->loadMigrationsFrom([
-            '--database' => 'testing',
             '--path' => realpath(__DIR__.'/../src/migrations'),
         ]);
     }
@@ -78,6 +75,49 @@ public function testRevisionsStored()
 
         // we should have two revisions to my name
         $this->assertCount(2, $user->revisionHistory);
+
+        $firstRevision = $user->revisionHistory->first();
+        $this->assertEquals('name', $firstRevision->key);
+        $this->assertEquals('James Judd', $firstRevision->old_value);
+        $this->assertEquals('Judd', $firstRevision->new_value);
+        $secondRevision = $user->revisionHistory->last();
+        $this->assertEquals('name', $secondRevision->key);
+        $this->assertEquals('Judd', $secondRevision->old_value);
+        $this->assertEquals('James', $secondRevision->new_value);
+    }
+
+    public function testDatesRespectCarbonConfiguration(): void
+    {
+        $testDate1 = Carbon::create(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0);
+        Carbon::setTestNow($testDate1);
+
+        $user = User::create([
+            'name' => 'James Judd',
+            'email' => 'james.judd@revisionable.test',
+            'password' => \Hash::make('456'),
+        ]);
+
+        $user->update([
+            'name' => 'Judd'
+        ]);
+
+        $testDate2 = Carbon::create(2026, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0);
+        Carbon::setTestNow($testDate2);
+
+        $user->update([
+            'name' => 'James'
+        ]);
+
+        $firstRevision = $user->revisionHistory->first();
+        static::assertInstanceOf(Carbon::class, $firstRevision->created_at);
+        static::assertInstanceOf(Carbon::class, $firstRevision->updated_at);
+        $this->assertEquals($testDate1, $firstRevision->created_at);
+        $this->assertEquals($testDate1, $firstRevision->updated_at);
+        $secondRevision = $user->revisionHistory->last();
+        static::assertInstanceOf(Carbon::class, $secondRevision->created_at);
+        static::assertInstanceOf(Carbon::class, $secondRevision->updated_at);
+        $this->assertEquals($testDate2, $secondRevision->created_at);
+        $this->assertEquals($testDate2, $secondRevision->updated_at);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,7 +126,6 @@ public function testRevisionsStored()
     public function testRevisionStoredAdditionalFields()
     {
         $this->loadMigrationsFrom([
-            '--database' => 'testing',
             '--path' => realpath(__DIR__.'/migrations'),
         ]);
 
@@ -117,7 +156,6 @@ public function testRevisionStoredAdditionalFields()
     public function testRevisionSkipsAdditionalFieldsWhenNotAvailable()
     {
         $this->loadMigrationsFrom([
-            '--database' => 'testing',
             '--path' => realpath(__DIR__.'/migrations'),
         ]);
 
@@ -147,7 +185,6 @@ public function testRevisionSkipsAdditionalFieldsWhenNotAvailable()
     public function testRevisionSkipsAdditionalFieldsWhenMisconfigured()
     {
         $this->loadMigrationsFrom([
-            '--database' => 'testing',
             '--path' => realpath(__DIR__.'/migrations'),
         ]);