diff --git a/app/Traits/Recurring.php b/app/Traits/Recurring.php
index 7035bc1d4..5e07980f6 100644
--- a/app/Traits/Recurring.php
+++ b/app/Traits/Recurring.php
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace App\Traits;
 
-use DateTime;
-use DateTimeZone;
 use Recurr\Rule;
 use Recurr\Transformer\ArrayTransformer;
 use Recurr\Transformer\ArrayTransformerConfig;
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ trait Recurring
 
     public function getRuleStartDate()
     {
-        return new DateTime($this->started_at, new DateTimeZone($this->getRuleTimeZone()));
+        return new \DateTime($this->started_at, new \DateTimeZone($this->getRuleTimeZone()));
     }
 
     public function getRuleTimeZone()