diff --git a/e107_admin/prefs.php b/e107_admin/prefs.php
index 62c35d611..180588451 100644
--- a/e107_admin/prefs.php
+++ b/e107_admin/prefs.php
@@ -727,39 +727,11 @@ $text .= "
 					
 					$text .= "
 						</td>
-					</tr>
-					<tr>
-						<td><label for='time-offset'>".PRFLAN_26."</label></td>
-						<td>
-							".$frm->select_open('time_offset', 'class=tbox select time-offset');//use form handler because of the tabindex
-$toffset = array("-12", "-11", "-10", "-9", "-8", "-7", "-6", "-5", "-4", "-3", "-2", "-1", "0", "+1", "+2", "+3", "+4", "+5", "+6", "+7", "+8", "+9", "+10", "+11", "+12", "+13", "+14", "+15", "+16");
-if(! isset($pref['time_offset']))
-{
-	$pref['time_offset'] = "0";
-}
-
-
-//XXX TODO FIXME - Do we still need this?
-
-foreach($toffset as $o)
-{
-	$text .= "
-								".$frm->option($o, $o, ($o == $pref['time_offset']))."
-	";
-}
-
-
-
-					$timeZones = systemTimeZones();
-
-
+					</tr>";
 
+$timeZones = systemTimeZones();
 
 $text .= "
-							</select>
-							<div class='smalltext field-help'>".PRFLAN_27."</div>
-						</td>
-					</tr>
 					<tr>
 						<td><label for='timezone'>".PRFLAN_56."</label></td>
 						<td>
diff --git a/e107_core/xml/default_install.xml b/e107_core/xml/default_install.xml
index cd1f717f1..18fd42cdf 100644
--- a/e107_core/xml/default_install.xml
+++ b/e107_core/xml/default_install.xml
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ City, State, Country
 		<core name="subnews_resize"></core>
 		<core name="themecss">style.css</core>
 		<core name="thumbnail_quality">75</core>
-		<core name="time_offset">0</core>
 		<core name="timezone">UTC</core>
 		<core name="track_online">1</core>
 		<core name="ue_upgrade">1</core>
diff --git a/e107_plugins/rss_menu/rss.php b/e107_plugins/rss_menu/rss.php
index 3175f1881..42c345369 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/rss_menu/rss.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/rss_menu/rss.php
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ class rssCreate
 		$sql_rs = new db;
 		global $rssgen;
 		$sql = e107::getDb();
-		$pref = e107::getPref();
 		$tp = e107::getParser();
 
 		$this->e107 = e107::getInstance();
@@ -207,7 +206,6 @@ class rssCreate
 		$this -> path = e_PLUGIN."rss_menu/";
 		$this -> rssType = $rss_type;
 		$this -> topicid = $topic_id;
-		$this -> offset = $pref['time_offset'] * 3600;
 		$this -> limit = $row['rss_limit'];
 		$this -> contentType = $row['rss_name'];
 
@@ -422,7 +420,7 @@ class rssCreate
 						<title>".$tp->toRss($rss_title)."</title>
 						<link>".$pref['siteurl']."</link>
 						<description>".$tp->toRss($pref['sitedescription'])."</description>
-						<lastBuildDate>".$itemdate = date("r", ($time + $this -> offset))."</lastBuildDate>
+						<lastBuildDate>".$itemdate = date("r", ($time))."</lastBuildDate>
 						<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>\n";
 
 					foreach($this -> rssItems as $value)
@@ -473,8 +471,8 @@ class rssCreate
 				<copyright>".$tp->toRss(SITEDISCLAIMER)."</copyright>
 				<managingEditor>".$this->nospam($pref['siteadminemail'])." (".$pref['siteadmin'].")</managingEditor>
 				<webMaster>".$this->nospam($pref['siteadminemail'])." (".$pref['siteadmin'].")</webMaster>
-				<pubDate>".date("r",($time + $this -> offset))."</pubDate>
-				<lastBuildDate>".date("r",($time + $this -> offset))."</lastBuildDate>
+				<pubDate>".date("r",($time))."</pubDate>
+				<lastBuildDate>".date("r",($time))."</lastBuildDate>
 				<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs>
 				<generator>e107 (http://e107.org)</generator>
 				<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
@@ -549,7 +547,7 @@ class rssCreate
 						echo "<enclosure url=\"".$value['enc_url']."\" length=\"".$value['enc_leng']."\" type=\"".$value['enc_type']."\"   />\n";
 					}
 
-					echo "<pubDate>".date("r", ($value['pubdate'] + $this -> offset))."</pubDate>\n";
+					echo "<pubDate>".date("r", ($value['pubdate']))."</pubDate>\n";
 
 					if($link)
 					{
@@ -596,7 +594,7 @@ class rssCreate
 				<link>".$pref['siteurl']."</link>
 				<description>".$tp->toRss($pref['sitedescription'])."</description>
 				<dc:language>".CORE_LC.(defined("CORE_LC2") ? "-".CORE_LC2 : "")."</dc:language>
-				<dc:date>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($time + $this -> offset). "</dc:date>
+				<dc:date>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($time). "</dc:date>
 				<dc:creator>".$this->nospam($pref['siteadminemail'])."</dc:creator>
 				<admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource=\"http://e107.org\" />
 				<admin:errorReportsTo rdf:resource=\"mailto:".$this->nospam($pref['siteadminemail'])."\" />
@@ -629,7 +627,7 @@ class rssCreate
 						<item rdf:about=\"".$link."\">
 						<title>".$tp->toRss($value['title'])."</title>
 						<link>".$link."</link>
-						<dc:date>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($time + $this -> offset)."</dc:date>
+						<dc:date>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($time)."</dc:date>
 						<dc:creator>".$value['author']."</dc:creator>
 						<dc:subject>".$tp->toRss($value['category_name'])."</dc:subject>
 						<description>".$tp->toRss($value['description']). "</description>
@@ -653,7 +651,7 @@ class rssCreate
 					echo "
 					<id>".$pref['siteurl']."</id>\n
 					<title type='text'>".$tp->toRss($rss_title)."</title>\n
-					<updated>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($time + $this -> offset)."</updated>\n";
+					<updated>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($time)."</updated>\n";
 
 					// Recommended
 					echo "
@@ -689,7 +687,7 @@ class rssCreate
 						echo "
 						<id>".$value['link']."</id>\n
 						<title type='text'>".$tp->toRss($value['title'])."</title>\n
-						<updated>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($value['pubdate'] + $this -> offset)."</updated>\n";
+						<updated>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($value['pubdate'])."</updated>\n";
 
 						// Recommended
                         $author = ($value['author']) ? $value['author'] : "unknown";
@@ -713,7 +711,7 @@ class rssCreate
 						//<contributor>
 						//	<name>Jane Doe</name>
 						//</contributor>
-						echo "<published>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($value['pubdate'] + $this -> offset)."</published>\n";
+						echo "<published>".$this->get_iso_8601_date($value['pubdate'])."</published>\n";
 						//<source>
 						//	<id>http://example.org/</id>
 						//	<title>Fourty-Two</title>