diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0bb42a2..680d059 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.14
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78 // indirect
+	github.com/carmo-evan/strtotime v0.0.0-20200108203155-3136cf889e3b // indirect
 	github.com/docker/docker v0.0.0-20180805161158-f57f260b49b6 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/machine v0.16.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 231e0e3..96601d6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78 h1:w+iIsaOQNcT7OZ575w+acHgRric5iCyQh+xv+KJ4HB8=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78/go.mod h1:LmzpDX56iTiv29bbRTIsUNlaFfuhWRQBWjQdVyAevI8=
+github.com/carmo-evan/strtotime v0.0.0-20200108203155-3136cf889e3b h1:U3vQoEOmB8zQ34LR8jQt6XMIdOiq49OZ1aPGjG1fJKE=
+github.com/carmo-evan/strtotime v0.0.0-20200108203155-3136cf889e3b/go.mod h1:IqY2NtbgybBNEdxOZLXCF/OAAisAOiB4+F7/ovbQN8M=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/metal/metal.go b/pkg/drivers/metal/metal.go
index fbff425..090f4a8 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/metal/metal.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/metal/metal.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/carmo-evan/strtotime"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/log"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/mcnflag"
@@ -173,12 +174,14 @@ func (d *Driver) SetConfigFromFlags(flags drivers.DriverOptions) error {
 		if TerminationTime == "" {
 			d.TerminationTime = nil
 		} else {
-			layout := "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z"
-			TerminationTime, err := time.Parse(layout, TerminationTime)
+			Timestamp, err := strtotime.Parse(TerminationTime, time.Now().Unix())
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			d.TerminationTime.Time = TerminationTime
+			if Timestamp <= time.Now().Unix() {
+				return fmt.Errorf("--metal-termination-time cannot be in the past")
+			}
+			d.TerminationTime = &packngo.Timestamp{Time: time.Unix(Timestamp, 0)}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -267,6 +270,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 		Tags:                  d.Tags,
 		SpotInstance:          d.SpotInstance,
 		SpotPriceMax:          d.SpotPriceMax,
+		TerminationTime:       d.TerminationTime,
 	}
 
 	log.Info("Provisioning Equinix Metal server...")