diff --git a/gobblin-data-management/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/trash/TimeBasedSnapshotCleanupPolicy.java b/gobblin-data-management/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/trash/TimeBasedSnapshotCleanupPolicy.java
index a0c38494ea..e3a999beed 100644
--- a/gobblin-data-management/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/trash/TimeBasedSnapshotCleanupPolicy.java
+++ b/gobblin-data-management/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/trash/TimeBasedSnapshotCleanupPolicy.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
-import org.joda.time.Duration;
 
 
 /**
@@ -43,20 +42,7 @@ public TimeBasedSnapshotCleanupPolicy(Properties props) {
   @Override
   public boolean shouldDeleteSnapshot(FileStatus snapshot, Trash trash) {
     DateTime snapshotTime = Trash.TRASH_SNAPSHOT_NAME_FORMATTER.parseDateTime(snapshot.getPath().getName());
-    System.out.println("Parsed time is " + snapshotTime + " and the timezone is " + snapshotTime.getZone());
-    System.out.println("Target clean up time is " + snapshotTime.plusMinutes(this.retentionMinutes));
-    System.out.println("Current time is  " + new DateTime() + " and the timezone is " + new DateTime().getZone());
-
-    DateTime now = new DateTime().withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC).minusHours(7); // mimic the time in azkaban 
-    DateTime targetCleanupTime = snapshotTime.plusMinutes(this.retentionMinutes);
-    DateTime delta = targetCleanupTime.minus(now.getMillis());
-
-    Duration duration = new Duration(now, targetCleanupTime);
-    duration.toStandardHours();
-    duration.toStandardMinutes();
-    System.out.println("Time delta is " +  duration.toStandardHours() + " hours and " + duration.toStandardMinutes() + " minutes");
-
-
-    return snapshotTime.plusMinutes(this.retentionMinutes).isBeforeNow();
+    // To ensure that the comparison between snapshotTime and the current time is done in the same time zone
+    return snapshotTime.plusMinutes(this.retentionMinutes).isBefore(DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC));
   }
 }