StartDateTime always in UTC while EndDateTime is in correct system timezone.

[ricardo-buelna]

Describe Your Environment

• Version of ZoneMinder = 1.38.1
• How you installed ZoneMinder = Via RPM Fusion
• Full name and version of OS = Rocky Linux 9

Describe the bug
StartDateTime in the MariaDB is being stored in UTC time while EndDateTime is being stored correctly in PDT.

For example:
MariaDB [zm]> select Name, StartDateTime, EndDateTime from Events limit 1;
+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
| Name | StartDateTime | EndDateTime |
+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
| Event-1 | 2026-05-06 15:43:33 | 2026-05-06 08:44:59 |
+---------+---------------------+---------------------+

Timezone is also incorrect on the zoneminder OSD.

There are no errors or warnings in the zoneminder logs.

Expected behavior
StartDateTime and EndDateTime both stored as PDT.

Steps already taken with no result

1. Ensured php.ini has the correct time zone and restarted, its set to "date.timezone = America/Los_Angeles"
2. Updated time zone in ZM UI to not use system default and restarted ZoneMinder: Options -> System -> Timezone -> (GMT-07:00) America, Los Angeles
3. Ensured Locale default was set to en_US and that the locale exists on the system (locale -a), then restarted zoneminder, php-fpm, httpd.
4. Installed mysql time zone data and manually set timezone in the DB then restarted server.
   MariaDB [(none)]> SELECT @@global.time_zone, @@session.time_zone;
   +---------------------+---------------------+
   | @@global.time_zone | @@session.time_zone |
   +---------------------+---------------------+
   | America/Los_Angeles | America/Los_Angeles |
   +---------------------+---------------------+

[ricardo-buelna]

Reinstalled OS and ZoneMinder and the problem was resolved not sure what the cause was, must have been the OS configuration. Reinstalling ZoneMinder and leaving the OS didnt make a difference.