Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/locale-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/locale-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.8 -r1.9
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/locale-procs.tcl	3 Dec 2002 17:26:54 -0000	1.8
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/locale-procs.tcl	6 Dec 2002 11:13:02 -0000	1.9
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         @return  a timezone name from acs-reference package (e.g., Asia/Tokyo, America/New_York)
     } {
         set package_id [apm_package_id_from_key "acs-lang"]
-        return [parameter::get -package_id $package_id -parameter SystemTimezone -default "America/New_York"]
+        return [parameter::get -package_id $package_id -parameter SystemTimezone -default "Etc/UTC"]
     }
         
     ad_proc -public set_timezone {