diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux_nightly.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux_nightly.ctest
index 8fd4a693e54315fb673227c5cec54911ab56327c..0bc6d9988a0d80e834a2e110356203003d25e404 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux_nightly.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux_nightly.ctest
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See the LICENSE.txt file for license information. Please report all
 # bugs and problems to <gmsh@geuz.org>.
 
-set(CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME "00:00:00 UTC")
+set(CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME "22:00:00 UTC")
 set(CDASH_MODEL "Nightly")
 set(EXTRA_VERSION "-svn")
 include(gmsh_linux.ctest)
diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac_nightly.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac_nightly.ctest
index dd455a3c8e21d6c6b08d9b4abce04bb315b30fb6..c499c4a422915a82334ea6bc2ce87dbc6b12648a 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac_nightly.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac_nightly.ctest
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See the LICENSE.txt file for license information. Please report all
 # bugs and problems to <gmsh@geuz.org>.
 
-set(CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME "00:00:00 UTC")
+set(CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME "22:00:00 UTC")
 set(CDASH_MODEL "Nightly")
 set(EXTRA_VERSION "-svn")
 include(gmsh_mac.ctest)
diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_win_nightly.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_win_nightly.ctest
index b4b6eeaa9ec578c616bd184b67a0d6a3db9885e2..a494d6daec128e137ba360dbf8972e5ba421be5a 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_win_nightly.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_win_nightly.ctest
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See the LICENSE.txt file for license information. Please report all
 # bugs and problems to <gmsh@geuz.org>.
 
-set(CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME "00:00:00 UTC")
+set(CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME "22:00:00 UTC")
 set(CDASH_MODEL "Nightly")
 set(EXTRA_VERSION "-svn")
 include(gmsh_win.ctest)