diff --git a/modules/txn/src/main/java/org/jpos/transaction/TxnId.java b/modules/txn/src/main/java/org/jpos/transaction/TxnId.java
index 79f5194ff7..92fde8e9ed 100644
--- a/modules/txn/src/main/java/org/jpos/transaction/TxnId.java
+++ b/modules/txn/src/main/java/org/jpos/transaction/TxnId.java
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ public class TxnId {
     private static final long NMUL = 100000L;
     private static final long MAX_VALUE = Long.parseLong("zzzzzzzzzzzz", 36);
     private static Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^([\\d]{3})-([\\d]{3})-([\\d]{5})-([\\d]{3})-([\\d]{5})$");
+    private static ZoneId UTC = ZoneId.of("UTC");
 
     private TxnId() {
         super();
@@ -140,6 +144,13 @@ public static TxnId create (DateTime dt, int node, long transactionId) {
         return id.init (dt.getYear()-2000, dt.getDayOfYear(), dt.getSecondOfDay(), node, transactionId);
     }
 
+    public static TxnId create (Instant instant, int node, long transactionId) {
+        TxnId id = new TxnId();
+        ZonedDateTime utc = instant.atZone(UTC);
+        int seconds = (utc.getHour() * 3600) + (utc.getMinute()*60) + utc.getSecond();
+        return id.init (utc.getYear()-2000, utc.getDayOfYear(), seconds, node, transactionId);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param idString TxnId in YYYY-DDD-SSS-NN-TTTTT format
      *
diff --git a/modules/txn/src/test/java/org/jpos/transaction/TxnIdTest.java b/modules/txn/src/test/java/org/jpos/transaction/TxnIdTest.java
index 4510fe17c5..ae620b4383 100644
--- a/modules/txn/src/test/java/org/jpos/transaction/TxnIdTest.java
+++ b/modules/txn/src/test/java/org/jpos/transaction/TxnIdTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
+
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
@@ -76,4 +78,13 @@ public void testMaxValue() {
         assertEquals(txnId2.toString(), txnId3.toString());
         assertEquals(12, txnId.toRrn().length());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testJodaTimeCompatibility() {
+        DateTime now = DateTime.now();
+        Instant instant = now.toDate().toInstant();
+        TxnId txnId1 = TxnId.create(now, 0, 1L);
+        TxnId txnId2 = TxnId.create(instant, 0, 1L);
+        assertEquals(txnId1, txnId2);
+    }
 }