diff --git a/lib/Config/Env.php b/lib/Config/Env.php
index a64c8e48bd..ec43e0a41a 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Env.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Env.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Env {
   static $db_username;
   static $db_password;
   static $db_charset;
+  static $db_timezone_offset;
 
   static function init($file, $version) {
     global $wpdb;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ class Env {
     self::$db_password = DB_PASSWORD;
     self::$db_charset = $wpdb->get_charset_collate();
     self::$db_source_name = self::dbSourceName(self::$db_host, self::$db_socket, self::$db_port);
+    self::$db_timezone_offset = self::getDbTimezoneOffset();
   }
 
   private static function dbSourceName($host, $socket, $port) {
@@ -73,4 +75,13 @@ class Env {
     );
     return implode('', $source_name);
   }
+
+  private static function getDbTimezoneOffset() {
+    $mins = get_option('gmt_offset') * 60;
+    $sgn = ($mins < 0 ? -1 : 1);
+    $mins = abs($mins);
+    $hrs = floor($mins / 60);
+    $mins -= $hrs * 60;
+    return sprintf('%+d:%02d', $hrs * $sgn, $mins);
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Config/Initializer.php b/lib/Config/Initializer.php
index 091312ca40..f325dc4020 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Initializer.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Initializer.php
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ class Initializer {
 
     \ORM::configure('driver_options', array(
       \PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES utf8',
-      \PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET TIME_ZONE = "+00:00"'
+      \PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND =>
+        'SET TIME_ZONE = "' . Env::$db_timezone_offset. '"'
     ));
 
     $subscribers = Env::$db_prefix . 'subscribers';