diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/context.py b/sqlmesh/core/context.py
index 402ed22fee..1be6ca1dac 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/context.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/context.py
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@
 from sqlmesh.utils.dag import DAG
 from sqlmesh.utils.date import (
     TimeLike,
-    now_ds,
     to_timestamp,
     format_tz_datetime,
     now_timestamp,
@@ -1001,7 +1000,7 @@ def render(
         Returns:
             The rendered expression.
         """
-        execution_time = execution_time or now_ds()
+        execution_time = execution_time or now()
 
         model = self.get_model(model_or_snapshot, raise_if_missing=True)