diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ff0ef8f145..1e7ab9acbc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Version TBD
+- Fix expire to formatTz in create account session [#4985](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4985)
 - Fix not storing function's response on response codes 5xx [#4610](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/4610)
 
 # Version 1.2.1
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/account.php b/app/controllers/api/account.php
index 6b1d11167a..ae3b30479a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/account.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/account.php
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ App::post('/v1/account/sessions/email')
 
         $detector = new Detector($request->getUserAgent('UNKNOWN'));
         $record = $geodb->get($request->getIP());
-        $expire = DateTime::addSeconds(new \DateTime(), $duration);
+        $expire = DateTime::formatTz(DateTime::addSeconds(new \DateTime(), $duration));
         $secret = Auth::tokenGenerator();
         $session = new Document(array_merge(
             [
diff --git a/tests/e2e/Services/Account/AccountBase.php b/tests/e2e/Services/Account/AccountBase.php
index 5b5c1ccc12..785b2af097 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/Services/Account/AccountBase.php
+++ b/tests/e2e/Services/Account/AccountBase.php
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ trait AccountBase
         ]);
 
         $this->assertEquals($response['headers']['status-code'], 201);
+        $this->assertNotFalse(\DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uP', $response['body']['expire']));
 
         $sessionId = $response['body']['$id'];
         $session = $this->client->parseCookie((string)$response['headers']['set-cookie'])['a_session_' . $this->getProject()['$id']];
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ trait AccountBase
         ]);
 
         $this->assertEquals($response['headers']['status-code'], 201);
+        $this->assertNotFalse(\DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uP', $response['body']['expire']));
 
         /**
          * Test for FAILURE