diff --git a/class2.php b/class2.php
index a0bec62a3..e6da00ccd 100644
--- a/class2.php
+++ b/class2.php
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ if (($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] == 'logout')/* || (($pref['user_tracking'] == 'ses
 *
 */
 
-$tz = vartrue($pref['timezone'],'GMT'); //TODO Adjust on the front-end based on user timezone value. 
+$tz = vartrue($pref['timezone'], 'UTC'); //TODO Adjust on the front-end based on user timezone value.
 
 date_default_timezone_set($tz); // Must be set or PHP Warning thrown. 
 
diff --git a/e107_admin/prefs.php b/e107_admin/prefs.php
index 51d15fcc1..6178bd11c 100644
--- a/e107_admin/prefs.php
+++ b/e107_admin/prefs.php
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ foreach($toffset as $o)
 
 
 
-					$timeZones = timezone_identifiers_list();
+					$timeZones = systemTimeZones();
 
 
 
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ $text .= "
 					<tr>
 						<td><label for='timezone'>".PRFLAN_56."</label></td>
 						<td>
-							".$frm->select('timezone', $timeZones, vartrue($pref['timezone'],'GMT'), 'useValues=1')."
+							".$frm->select('timezone', $timeZones, vartrue($pref['timezone'], 'UTC'))."
 						</td>
 					</tr>
 				</tbody>
@@ -772,6 +772,38 @@ $text .= "
 		</fieldset>
 ";
 
+
+/**
+ * Generate an array of time zones.
+ */
+function systemTimeZones()
+{
+	$zonelist = timezone_identifiers_list();
+	$timeNow = date('m/d/Y H:i', $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']);
+
+	$zones = array();
+	foreach($zonelist as $zone)
+	{
+		// Because many time zones exist in PHP only for backward compatibility
+		// reasons and should not be used, the list is filtered by a regular
+		// expression.
+		if(preg_match('!^((Africa|America|Antarctica|Arctic|Asia|Atlantic|Australia|Europe|Indian|Pacific)/|UTC$)!', $zone))
+		{
+			$dateTimeZone = new DateTimeZone($zone);
+			$dateTime = new DateTime($timeNow, $dateTimeZone);
+			$offset = $dateTime->format('O');
+			$offset = chunk_split($offset, 3, ':');
+
+			$zones[$zone] = str_replace('_', ' ', $zone) . ' (' . rtrim($offset, ':') . ')';
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Sort time zones alphabetically.
+	asort($zones);
+	return $zones;
+}
+
+
 // =========== Registration Preferences. ==================