diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b07ea8a47..21be3b1ad 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ results/idObfuscation_salt.php
 backend/getIP_serverLocation.php
 db-dir/
 .vscode/
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e4ea1c8e7..cfd0a94f3 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ RUN rm -f /usr/src/php.tar.xz /usr/src/php.tar.xz.asc \
     && apt autoremove -y \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Set the timezone
+ENV TZ=UTC
+RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
+
 # Prepare files and folders
 RUN mkdir -p /speedtest/
 
diff --git a/results/telemetry_db.php b/results/telemetry_db.php
index b5db86b5a..3f850e921 100755
--- a/results/telemetry_db.php
+++ b/results/telemetry_db.php
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
 require_once 'idObfuscation.php';
 
 define('TELEMETRY_SETTINGS_FILE', 'telemetry_settings.php');
-
+$tz = getenv('TZ');
+//Set timezone to UTC if Environment variables are not set
+if ($tz !== false) {
+    // If the TZ environment variable exists, set the default timezone for PHP to its value
+    date_default_timezone_set($tz);
+} else {
+    // If the TZ environment variable does not exist, set a default timezone or handle the error
+    // Set it to the UTC timezone
+    date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+}
 /**
  * @return PDO|false
  */
@@ -185,15 +194,18 @@ function insertSpeedtestUser($ip, $ispinfo, $extra, $ua, $lang, $dl, $ul, $ping,
     }
 
     try {
+        $currentTimestamp = new DateTime('now'); // This will automatically use the timezone configured in PHP
+        $formattedTimestamp = $currentTimestamp->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+    
         $stmt = $pdo->prepare(
             'INSERT INTO speedtest_users
-        (ip,ispinfo,extra,ua,lang,dl,ul,ping,jitter,log)
-        VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)'
+            (ip,ispinfo,extra,ua,lang,dl,ul,ping,jitter,log,timestamp)
+            VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)' // Added the timestamp field here
         );
         $stmt->execute([
-            $ip, $ispinfo, $extra, $ua, $lang, $dl, $ul, $ping, $jitter, $log
+            $ip, $ispinfo, $extra, $ua, $lang, $dl, $ul, $ping, $jitter, $log, $formattedTimestamp // Added $formattedTimestamp in the execute parameters
         ]);
-        $id = $pdo->lastInsertId();
+        $id = $pdo->lastInsertId();   
     } catch (Exception $e) {
 		if($returnExceptionOnError){
 			return $e;