diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0271d09..4272c92f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ To attach access management tags to resources in this module, you need the follo
 | <a name="input_name"></a> [name](#input\_name) | The name to give the Postgresql instance. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_pg_version"></a> [pg\_version](#input\_pg\_version) | Version of the PostgreSQL instance to provision. If no value is passed, the current preferred version of IBM Cloud Databases is used. | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_pitr_id"></a> [pitr\_id](#input\_pitr\_id) | (Optional) The ID of the source deployment PostgreSQL instance that you want to recover back to. The PostgreSQL instance is expected to be in an up and in running state. | `string` | `null` | no |
-| <a name="input_pitr_time"></a> [pitr\_time](#input\_pitr\_time) | (Optional) The timestamp in UTC format (%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) that you want to restore to. To retrieve the timestamp, run the command (ibmcloud cdb postgresql earliest-pitr-timestamp <deployment name or CRN>). For more info on Point-in-time Recovery, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-postgresql?topic=databases-for-postgresql-pitr | `string` | `null` | no |
+| <a name="input_pitr_time"></a> [pitr\_time](#input\_pitr\_time) | (Optional) The timestamp in UTC format (%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) for any time in the last 7 days that you want to restore to. To retrieve the timestamp, run the command (ibmcloud cdb postgresql earliest-pitr-timestamp <deployment name or CRN>). For more info on Point-in-time Recovery, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-postgresql?topic=databases-for-postgresql-pitr | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_plan_validation"></a> [plan\_validation](#input\_plan\_validation) | Enable or disable validating the database parameters for PostgreSQL during the plan phase. | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_region"></a> [region](#input\_region) | The region where you want to deploy your instance. | `string` | `"us-south"` | no |
 | <a name="input_remote_leader_crn"></a> [remote\_leader\_crn](#input\_remote\_leader\_crn) | A CRN of the leader database to make the replica(read-only) deployment. The leader database is created by a database deployment with the same service ID. A read-only replica is set up to replicate all of your data from the leader deployment to the replica deployment by using asynchronous replication. For more information, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-postgresql?topic=databases-for-postgresql-read-only-replicas | `string` | `null` | no |
diff --git a/examples/pitr/main.tf b/examples/pitr/main.tf
index 4377dc0b..fb1d3401 100644
--- a/examples/pitr/main.tf
+++ b/examples/pitr/main.tf
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ module "resource_group" {
   existing_resource_group_name = var.resource_group
 }
 
-data "ibm_database_point_in_time_recovery" "database_pitr" {
-  deployment_id = var.pitr_id
-}
-
 # New ICD postgresql database instance pointing to a PITR time
 module "postgresql_db_pitr" {
   source            = "../.."
@@ -28,5 +24,5 @@ module "postgresql_db_pitr" {
   members           = var.members
   pg_version        = var.pg_version
   pitr_id           = var.pitr_id
-  pitr_time         = data.ibm_database_point_in_time_recovery.database_pitr.earliest_point_in_time_recovery_time
+  pitr_time         = var.pitr_time == "" ? " " : var.pitr_time
 }
diff --git a/examples/pitr/outputs.tf b/examples/pitr/outputs.tf
index a2b13432..9ff73d40 100644
--- a/examples/pitr/outputs.tf
+++ b/examples/pitr/outputs.tf
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ output "pitr_postgresql_db_version" {
 
 output "pitr_time" {
   description = "PITR timestamp in UTC format (%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) used to create PITR instance"
-  value       = data.ibm_database_point_in_time_recovery.database_pitr.earliest_point_in_time_recovery_time
+  value       = var.pitr_time
 }
diff --git a/examples/pitr/variables.tf b/examples/pitr/variables.tf
index 46ee2980..41df341d 100644
--- a/examples/pitr/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/pitr/variables.tf
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ variable "pitr_id" {
   description = "The ID of the source deployment PostgreSQL instance that you want to recover back to. The PostgreSQL instance is expected to be in an up and in running state."
 }
 
+variable "pitr_time" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "The timestamp in UTC format (%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) for any time in the last 7 days that you want to restore to. If empty string (\"\") or spaced string (\" \") is passed, latest_point_in_time_recovery_time will be used as pitr_time. To retrieve the timestamp, run the command (ibmcloud cdb postgresql earliest-pitr-timestamp <deployment name or CRN>). For more info on Point-in-time Recovery, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-postgresql?topic=databases-for-postgresql-pitr"
+}
+
 variable "members" {
   type        = number
   description = "Allocated number of members. Members must be same or higher than the source deployment PostgreSQL instance."
diff --git a/module-metadata.json b/module-metadata.json
index 74e99385..77472b0c 100644
--- a/module-metadata.json
+++ b/module-metadata.json
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     "pitr_time": {
       "name": "pitr_time",
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "(Optional) The timestamp in UTC format (%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) that you want to restore to. To retrieve the timestamp, run the command (ibmcloud cdb postgresql earliest-pitr-timestamp \u003cdeployment name or CRN\u003e). For more info on Point-in-time Recovery, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-postgresql?topic=databases-for-postgresql-pitr",
+      "description": "(Optional) The timestamp in UTC format (%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) for any time in the last 7 days that you want to restore to. To retrieve the timestamp, run the command (ibmcloud cdb postgresql earliest-pitr-timestamp \u003cdeployment name or CRN\u003e). For more info on Point-in-time Recovery, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-postgresql?topic=databases-for-postgresql-pitr",
       "source": [
         "ibm_database.postgresql_db.point_in_time_recovery_time"
       ],
diff --git a/tests/other_test.go b/tests/other_test.go
index 6332bf0b..088acb59 100644
--- a/tests/other_test.go
+++ b/tests/other_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func TestRunPointInTimeRecoveryDBExample(t *testing.T) {
 		Region:        fmt.Sprint(permanentResources["postgresqlPITRRegion"]),
 		TerraformVars: map[string]interface{}{
 			"pitr_id":    permanentResources["postgresqlPITRCrn"],
+			"pitr_time":  " ",
 			"pg_version": permanentResources["postgresqlPITRVersion"],
 			"members":    "3", // Lock members to 3 as the permanent postgres instances has 3 members
 		},
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 39cbb165..afc2e4db 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -277,6 +277,6 @@ variable "pitr_id" {
 
 variable "pitr_time" {
   type        = string
-  description = "(Optional) The timestamp in UTC format (%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) that you want to restore to. To retrieve the timestamp, run the command (ibmcloud cdb postgresql earliest-pitr-timestamp <deployment name or CRN>). For more info on Point-in-time Recovery, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-postgresql?topic=databases-for-postgresql-pitr"
+  description = "(Optional) The timestamp in UTC format (%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ) for any time in the last 7 days that you want to restore to. To retrieve the timestamp, run the command (ibmcloud cdb postgresql earliest-pitr-timestamp <deployment name or CRN>). For more info on Point-in-time Recovery, see https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-postgresql?topic=databases-for-postgresql-pitr"
   default     = null
 }