diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/event/ActionEventUtils.java b/server/src/com/cloud/event/ActionEventUtils.java
index 1cdcf1c5021..60f5633fc3c 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/event/ActionEventUtils.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/event/ActionEventUtils.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class ActionEventUtils {
         eventDescription.put("entityuuid", entityUuid);
         eventDescription.put("description", description);
 
-        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(new Date());
+        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z").format(new Date());
         eventDescription.put("eventDateTime", eventDate);
 
         event.setDescription(eventDescription);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/event/AlertGenerator.java b/server/src/com/cloud/event/AlertGenerator.java
index 6e670def9bd..d896e53188a 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/event/AlertGenerator.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/event/AlertGenerator.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class AlertGenerator {
         eventDescription.put("subject", subject);
         eventDescription.put("body", body);
 
-        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(new Date());
+        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z").format(new Date());
         eventDescription.put("eventDateTime", eventDate);
 
         event.setDescription(eventDescription);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/event/UsageEventUtils.java b/server/src/com/cloud/event/UsageEventUtils.java
index 4ac433d0493..b1301a826e7 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/event/UsageEventUtils.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/event/UsageEventUtils.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class UsageEventUtils {
         eventDescription.put("resource", resourceType);
         eventDescription.put("id", resourceUUID);
 
-        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(new Date());
+        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z").format(new Date());
         eventDescription.put("eventDateTime", eventDate);
 
         event.setDescription(eventDescription);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkStateListener.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkStateListener.java
index 674c5e50df5..520244c12e0 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkStateListener.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkStateListener.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class NetworkStateListener implements StateListener<State, Event, Network
         eventDescription.put("old-state", oldState.name());
         eventDescription.put("new-state", newState.name());
 
-        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(new Date());
+        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z").format(new Date());
         eventDescription.put("eventDateTime", eventDate);
 
         eventMsg.setDescription(eventDescription);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/listener/VolumeStateListener.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/listener/VolumeStateListener.java
index 9940aae5ea7..c8b9f4d6f1f 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/listener/VolumeStateListener.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/listener/VolumeStateListener.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class VolumeStateListener implements StateListener<State, Event, Volume>
         eventDescription.put("old-state", oldState.name());
         eventDescription.put("new-state", newState.name());
 
-        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(new Date());
+        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z").format(new Date());
         eventDescription.put("eventDateTime", eventDate);
 
         eventMsg.setDescription(eventDescription);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmStateListener.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmStateListener.java
index c61f1ed571b..6c0c5e996a6 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmStateListener.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmStateListener.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class UserVmStateListener implements StateListener<State, VirtualMachine.
         eventDescription.put("old-state", oldState.name());
         eventDescription.put("new-state", newState.name());
 
-        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(new Date());
+        String eventDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z").format(new Date());
         eventDescription.put("eventDateTime", eventDate);
 
         eventMsg.setDescription(eventDescription);