diff --git a/LibreNMS/DB/Schema.php b/LibreNMS/DB/Schema.php
index 073e6a1ba2..961784bedc 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/DB/Schema.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/DB/Schema.php
@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ class Schema
         $output = [];
         $db_name = DB::connection($connection)->getDatabaseName();
 
+        DB::statement("SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00'"); // set timezone to UTC to avoid timezone issues
+
         foreach (DB::connection($connection)->select(DB::raw("SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '$db_name' ORDER BY TABLE_NAME;")) as $table) {
             $table = $table->TABLE_NAME;
             foreach (DB::connection($connection)->select(DB::raw("SELECT COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_TYPE, IS_NULLABLE, COLUMN_DEFAULT, EXTRA FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '$db_name' AND TABLE_NAME='$table' ORDER BY ORDINAL_POSITION")) as $data) {
diff --git a/LibreNMS/Validations/Database.php b/LibreNMS/Validations/Database.php
index dcdab8540a..2405eb0686 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/Validations/Database.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/Validations/Database.php
@@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ class Database extends BaseValidation
             $schema_update[] = $this->dropTableSql($table);
         }
 
+        // set utc timezone if timestamp issues
+        if (preg_grep('/\d{4}-\d\d-\d\d \d\d:\d\d:\d\d/', $schema_update)) {
+            array_unshift($schema_update, "SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00';");
+        }
+
         if (empty($schema_update)) {
             $validator->ok('Database schema correct');
         } else {