diff --git a/libraries/chain/genesis_state.cpp b/libraries/chain/genesis_state.cpp
index 23d8986e5bd70a038abc28ad80257f5306151ad2..310295a8742e234fff2c45a2e9993ebf2fa108dc 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/genesis_state.cpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/genesis_state.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 namespace eosio { namespace chain {
 
 genesis_state::genesis_state() {
-   initial_timestamp = fc::time_point::from_iso_string( "2018-06-01T12:00:00" );
+   initial_timestamp = fc::time_point::from_iso_string( "2019-03-01T12:00:00" );
    initial_key = fc::variant(eosio_root_key).as<public_key_type>();
 }