diff --git a/.github/workflows/windos-fix.yml b/.github/workflows/windos-fix.yml
index 9645e50c23..c2413fbb3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windos-fix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windos-fix.yml
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Verify the action took less than 1 minute
         run: |
-          $timestamp = Get-Content -Path "timestamp.txt"
+          $timestampContent = Get-Content -Path "timestamp.txt"
+          $timestamp = [DateTime]::Parse($timestampContent)
           $now = Get-Date
-          $diff = $now - $timestamp
-          if ($diff.TotalMinutes -gt 1) {
+
+          $diff = New-TimeSpan -Start $timestamp  -End $now      
+          if ($diff.Minutes -gt 1) {
               throw "The action took longer than 1 minute to run"
           }