diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index cfdf235c..e3483d4a 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Osem
 
     # Set Time.zone default to the specified zone and make Active Record auto-convert to this zone.
     # Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding time zone names. Default is UTC.
-    # config.time_zone = 'Central Time (US & Canada)'
+    config.time_zone = (ENV['OSEM_TIME_ZONE'] || 'UTC')
 
     # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
     # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
diff --git a/dotenv.example b/dotenv.example
index facf09c6..225116fa 100644
--- a/dotenv.example
+++ b/dotenv.example
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 # The ruby version to use
 # OSEM_RUBY_VERSION=2.5.0
 
+# What time is it?
+# OSEM_TIME_ZONE="UTC"
+
 # The name of your OSEM installation
 # OSEM_NAME=OSEM