diff --git a/src/img2pdf.py b/src/img2pdf.py
index 0e5fbda..80158e1 100755
--- a/src/img2pdf.py
+++ b/src/img2pdf.py
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ class pdfdoc(object):
 
         def datetime_to_pdfdate(dt):
             dt_utc = dt.astimezone(tz=timezone.utc)
-            return dt_utc.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S%z")
+            return dt_utc.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S+00'00'")
 
         for k in ["Title", "Author", "Creator", "Producer", "Subject"]:
             v = locals()[k.lower()]
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ class pdfdoc(object):
 
         def datetime_to_xmpdate(dt):
             dt_utc = dt.astimezone(tz=timezone.utc)
-            return dt_utc.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z")
+            return dt_utc.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S+00:00")
 
         self.xmp = b"""<?xpacket begin='\xef\xbb\xbf' id='W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d'?>
 <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x='adobe:ns:meta/' x:xmptk='XMP toolkit 2.9.1-13, framework 1.6'>