diff --git a/application/Bootstrap.php b/application/Bootstrap.php
index f7ee988d0..cce62ae14 100644
--- a/application/Bootstrap.php
+++ b/application/Bootstrap.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require_once 'propel/runtime/lib/Propel.php';
 Propel::init(__DIR__."/configs/propel-config.php");
 
 //DateTime in PHP 5.3.0+ need a default timezone set.
-$tz = ini_get('date.timezone') ? ini_get('date.timezone') : 'America/Toronto';
+$tz = ini_get('date.timezone') ? ini_get('date.timezone') : 'UTC';
 date_default_timezone_set($tz);
 
 require_once (__DIR__."/configs/constants.php");