diff --git a/src/server/cachecleaner.cpp b/src/server/cachecleaner.cpp
--- a/src/server/cachecleaner.cpp
+++ b/src/server/cachecleaner.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     qb.addJoin(QueryBuilder::InnerJoin, PimItem::tableName(), Part::pimItemIdColumn(), PimItem::idFullColumnName());
     qb.addJoin(QueryBuilder::InnerJoin, PartType::tableName(), Part::partTypeIdFullColumnName(), PartType::idFullColumnName());
     qb.addValueCondition(PimItem::collectionIdFullColumnName(), Query::Equals, collection.id());
-    qb.addValueCondition(PimItem::atimeFullColumnName(), Query::Less, QDateTime::currentDateTime().addSecs(-60 * collection.cachePolicyCacheTimeout()));
+    qb.addValueCondition(PimItem::atimeFullColumnName(), Query::Less, QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc().addSecs(-60 * collection.cachePolicyCacheTimeout()));
     qb.addValueCondition(Part::dataFullColumnName(), Query::IsNot, QVariant());
     qb.addValueCondition(PartType::nsFullColumnName(), Query::Equals, QLatin1String("PLD"));
     qb.addValueCondition(PimItem::dirtyFullColumnName(), Query::Equals, false);
diff --git a/src/server/handler/akappend.cpp b/src/server/handler/akappend.cpp
--- a/src/server/handler/akappend.cpp
+++ b/src/server/handler/akappend.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     }
     item.setRemoteRevision(cmd.remoteRevision());
     item.setGid(cmd.gid());
-    item.setAtime(QDateTime::currentDateTime());
+    item.setAtime(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc());
 
     return true;
 }
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 
     if (needsUpdate) {
         currentItem.setRev(qMax(newItem.rev(), currentItem.rev()) + 1);
-        currentItem.setAtime(QDateTime::currentDateTime());
+        currentItem.setAtime(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc());
         // Only mark dirty when merged from application
         currentItem.setDirty(!connection()->context()->resource().isValid());
 
diff --git a/src/server/handler/copy.cpp b/src/server/handler/copy.cpp
--- a/src/server/handler/copy.cpp
+++ b/src/server/handler/copy.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
     PimItem newItem = item;
     newItem.setId(-1);
     newItem.setRev(0);
-    newItem.setDatetime(QDateTime::currentDateTime());
-    newItem.setAtime(QDateTime::currentDateTime());
+    newItem.setDatetime(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc());
+    newItem.setAtime(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc());
     newItem.setRemoteId(QString());
     newItem.setRemoteRevision(QString());
     newItem.setCollectionId(target.id());
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     }
 
     DataStore *store = connection()->storageBackend();
-    if (!store->appendPimItem(parts, item.flags(), item.mimeType(), target, QDateTime::currentDateTime(), QString(), QString(), item.gid(), newItem)) {
+    if (!store->appendPimItem(parts, item.flags(), item.mimeType(), target, QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc(), QString(), QString(), item.gid(), newItem)) {
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/server/handler/move.cpp b/src/server/handler/move.cpp
--- a/src/server/handler/move.cpp
+++ b/src/server/handler/move.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     ItemQueryHelper::itemSetToQuery(ImapSet(ids), qb);
     qb.addValueCondition(PimItem::collectionIdFullColumnName(), Query::NotEquals, mDestination.id());
 
-    const QDateTime mtime = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+    const QDateTime mtime = QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc();
 
     if (!qb.exec()) {
         failureResponse("Unable to execute query");
diff --git a/src/server/storage/akonadidb.xml b/src/server/storage/akonadidb.xml
--- a/src/server/storage/akonadidb.xml
+++ b/src/server/storage/akonadidb.xml
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@
     <column name="gid" type="QString"/>
     <column name="collectionId" type="qint64" refTable="Collection" refColumn="id"/>
     <column name="mimeTypeId" type="qint64" refTable="MimeType" refColumn="id" onDelete="Restrict"/>
-    <column name="datetime" type="QDateTime" default="QDateTime::currentDateTime()">
+    <column name="datetime" type="QDateTime" default="QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc()">
       <comment>create/modified time</comment>
     </column>
-    <column name="atime" type="QDateTime" default="QDateTime::currentDateTime()">
+    <column name="atime" type="QDateTime" default="QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc()">
       <comment>read access time</comment>
     </column>
     <column name="dirty" type="bool">
diff --git a/src/server/storage/datastore.cpp b/src/server/storage/datastore.cpp
--- a/src/server/storage/datastore.cpp
+++ b/src/server/storage/datastore.cpp
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@
     qb.addValueCondition(PimItem::collectionIdColumn(), Query::Equals, collection.id());
     qb.setColumnValue(PimItem::remoteIdColumn(), QVariant());
     qb.setColumnValue(PimItem::remoteRevisionColumn(), QVariant());
-    const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+    const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc();
     qb.setColumnValue(PimItem::datetimeColumn(), now);
     qb.setColumnValue(PimItem::atimeColumn(), now);
     qb.setColumnValue(PimItem::dirtyColumn(), true);
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@
     }
     pimItem.setRemoteRevision(remoteRevision);
     pimItem.setGid(gid);
-    pimItem.setAtime(QDateTime::currentDateTime());
+    pimItem.setAtime(QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc());
 
     if (!pimItem.insert()) {
         return false;
diff --git a/src/server/storage/dbinitializer.cpp b/src/server/storage/dbinitializer.cpp
--- a/src/server/storage/dbinitializer.cpp
+++ b/src/server/storage/dbinitializer.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 
 QString DbInitializer::sqlValue(const ColumnDescription &col, const QString &value) const
 {
-    if (col.type == QLatin1String("QDateTime") && value == QLatin1String("QDateTime::currentDateTime()")) {
+    if (col.type == QLatin1String("QDateTime") && value == QLatin1String("QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc()")) {
         return QStringLiteral("CURRENT_TIMESTAMP");
     } else if (col.isEnum) {
         return QString::number(col.enumValueMap[value]);