diff --git a/import-marc.bat b/import-marc.bat
index dc1ba203a380382531f956ce4f3f4fdbff1dd179..711c49ab6ee3a1dc74da3c1d42c1f94a8a5d4446 100644
--- a/import-marc.bat
+++ b/import-marc.bat
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ set JAR_FILE=%VUFIND_HOME%\import\SolrMarc.jar
 rem #####################################################
 rem # Execute Importer
 rem #####################################################
-set RUN_CMD=%JAVA% %INDEX_OPTIONS% -Dsolr.core.name=%SOLRCORE% %EXTRA_SOLRMARC_SETTINGS% -jar %JAR_FILE% %PROPERTIES_FILE% %1
+set RUN_CMD=%JAVA% %INDEX_OPTIONS% -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dsolr.core.name=%SOLRCORE% %EXTRA_SOLRMARC_SETTINGS% -jar %JAR_FILE% %PROPERTIES_FILE% %1
 echo Now Importing %1 ...
 echo %RUN_CMD%
 %RUN_CMD%
diff --git a/import-marc.sh b/import-marc.sh
index 9f2b3a8eb35d5a6f0612d2044bbdae7f1a43d437..0c34e683c6238b3b48bbd8944c242c61083f03de 100755
--- a/import-marc.sh
+++ b/import-marc.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ MARC_FILE=`basename $1`
 # Execute Importer
 #####################################################
 
-RUN_CMD="$JAVA $INDEX_OPTIONS -Dsolr.core.name=$SOLRCORE $EXTRA_SOLRMARC_SETTINGS -jar $JAR_FILE $PROPERTIES_FILE $MARC_PATH/$MARC_FILE"
+RUN_CMD="$JAVA $INDEX_OPTIONS -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dsolr.core.name=$SOLRCORE $EXTRA_SOLRMARC_SETTINGS -jar $JAR_FILE $PROPERTIES_FILE $MARC_PATH/$MARC_FILE"
 echo "Now Importing $1 ..."
 # solrmarc writes log messages to stderr, write RUN_CMD to the same place
 echo "`date '+%h %d, %H:%M:%S'` $RUN_CMD" >&2