Index: sources/view/settings/VDateTime.cpp
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diff -u -rbcb57845e03fef70d9268623e93219cd160546ef -r41887ec41419f06574e4c83a09ff7f7582aed247
--- sources/view/settings/VDateTime.cpp	(.../VDateTime.cpp)	(revision bcb57845e03fef70d9268623e93219cd160546ef)
+++ sources/view/settings/VDateTime.cpp	(.../VDateTime.cpp)	(revision 41887ec41419f06574e4c83a09ff7f7582aed247)
@@ -77,22 +77,25 @@
     hour    ( vHour   );
     minute  ( vMinute );
 
-    const QDateTime currentDateTime ( QDate(_year     .toInt() ,
-                                            _month    .toInt() ,
-                                            _day      .toInt()),
-                                      QTime(_hour     .toInt() ,
-                                            _minute   .toInt()));
+    const QDateTime currentDateTimeLocal ( QDate(_year     .toInt() ,
+                                           _month    .toInt() ,
+                                           _day      .toInt()),
+                                     QTime(_hour     .toInt() ,
+                                           _minute   .toInt()));
+    const QString dateTimeLocalStr = currentDateTimeLocal.toString(_UIDateTimeStringFormat);
 
-    quint32 epoch = currentDateTime.toSecsSinceEpoch();
-    QString mDateTime = currentDateTime.toString(_UIDateTimeStringFormat);
+    // Get the current UTC datetime
+    QDateTime currentDateTimeUTC(currentDateTimeLocal);
+    currentDateTimeUTC.setTimeSpec(Qt::UTC);
+    const quint32 epochUTC_sec = currentDateTimeUTC.toSecsSinceEpoch();
 
-    LOG_DEBUG(tr("SetDateTime %1").arg(mDateTime));
+    LOG_DEBUG(tr("SetDateTime %1").arg(dateTimeLocalStr));
 
     status("Setting date and time ...");
 
-    dateTimeUI(mDateTime);
-    dateTimeHD(epoch    );
-    dateTimeDG(epoch    );
+    dateTimeUI(dateTimeLocalStr);
+    dateTimeHD(epochUTC_sec     );
+    dateTimeDG(epochUTC_sec     );
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -253,11 +256,14 @@
     if ( !_hasDoneHDSyncRTC ) {
         QDateTime hdRTCTime;
         hdRTCTime.setSecsSinceEpoch(vData.mEpoch);
+        hdRTCTime.setTimeSpec(Qt::UTC);
 
-        QString newDateTimeString = hdRTCTime.toString(_UIDateTimeStringFormat);
+        QDateTime localDateTime = hdRTCTime.toLocalTime();
+
+        QString newDateTimeString = localDateTime.toString(_UIDateTimeStringFormat);
         dateTimeUI(newDateTimeString);
 
-        qDebug() << "Sync HD-UI RTC | HD Epoch: " << vData.mEpoch << " | datetime : " << newDateTimeString;
+        //DEBUG: qDebug() << "Sync HD-UI RTC | HD Epoch: " << vData.mEpoch << " | HD datetime: " << hdRTCTime.toString(_UIDateTimeStringFormat) <<" | datetime : " << newDateTimeString;
 
         _hasDoneHDSyncRTC = true; // indicate HD-UI RTC sync'd
     }