diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
index dd1e25c087..9435087f17 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 # In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
 
 # Always use local computer's time zone
-#TIME_ZONE = ''
+import time
+TIME_ZONE = time.tzname[0]
 
 # Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
 # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ USE_I18N = True
 USE_L10N = True
 
 # If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
-USE_TZ = False
+USE_TZ = True
 
 # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
 # Example: "/var/www/example.com/media/"