diff --git a/atst/domain/requests.py b/atst/domain/requests.py
index 468878a4..4c922629 100644
--- a/atst/domain/requests.py
+++ b/atst/domain/requests.py
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ from enum import Enum
 from sqlalchemy import exists, and_, exc
 from sqlalchemy.sql import text
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
-from sqlalchemy.orm.attributes import flag_modified
 from werkzeug.datastructures import FileStorage
-import pendulum
+import dateutil
 
 from atst.database import db
 from atst.domain.authz import Authorization
@@ -20,11 +19,11 @@ from .exceptions import NotFoundError, UnauthorizedError
 
 def create_revision_from_request_body(body):
     body = {k: v for p in body.values() for k, v in p.items()}
-    TIMESTAMPS = ["start_date", "date_latest_training"]
+    DATES = ["start_date", "date_latest_training"]
     coerced_timestamps = {
-        k: pendulum.parse(v)
+        k: dateutil.parser.parse(v)
         for k, v in body.items()
-        if k in TIMESTAMPS and isinstance(v, str)
+        if k in DATES and isinstance(v, str)
     }
     body = {**body, **coerced_timestamps}
     return RequestRevision(**body)
diff --git a/atst/models/request.py b/atst/models/request.py
index 51825ebf..b64908f8 100644
--- a/atst/models/request.py
+++ b/atst/models/request.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from atst.models import Base
 from atst.models.types import Id
 from atst.models.request_status_event import RequestStatus
 from atst.utils import deep_merge, first_or_none
+from atst.models.request_revision import RequestRevision
 
 
 def map_properties_to_dict(properties, instance):
diff --git a/atst/models/request_revision.py b/atst/models/request_revision.py
index 193e2ca3..373c755e 100644
--- a/atst/models/request_revision.py
+++ b/atst/models/request_revision.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import pendulum
 from sqlalchemy import (
     Column,
-    func,
     ForeignKey,
     String,
     Boolean,
@@ -10,8 +8,6 @@ from sqlalchemy import (
     BigInteger,
     Sequence,
 )
-from sqlalchemy.types import DateTime
-from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSONB
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
 from atst.models import Base
diff --git a/tests/factories.py b/tests/factories.py
index 4a90649b..5f94da13 100644
--- a/tests/factories.py
+++ b/tests/factories.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class RequestFactory(factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory):
             fname_poc=user.first_name,
             lname_poc=user.last_name,
             jedi_usage="adf",
-            start_date=datetime.datetime(2018, 8, 8, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc),
+            start_date=datetime.date(2018, 8, 8),
             cloud_native="yes",
             dollar_value=dollar_value,
             dod_component=SERVICE_BRANCHES[2][1],
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ class RequestFactory(factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory):
             fname_request=user.first_name,
             lname_request=user.last_name,
             service_branch=SERVICE_BRANCHES[1][1],
-            date_latest_training=datetime.datetime(
-                2018, 8, 6, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc
-            ),
+            date_latest_training=datetime.date(2018, 8, 6),
         )
 
         data = (