Index: shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py
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diff -u -r0aa784ff8329e586d6f038069484da93a6ec5236 -rfa08234fe32d464f02060777ad9bdb3dff2e6255
--- shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision 0aa784ff8329e586d6f038069484da93a6ec5236)
+++ shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision fa08234fe32d464f02060777ad9bdb3dff2e6255)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
  
 
-def get_current_date_and_time(date_format='%Y/%m/%d - %H:%M:%S'):
+def get_current_date_and_time_in_utc(date_format='%Y/%m/%d - %H:%M:%S'):
     """
         Method to get current date and time.
         @input date_format (str) - format of date to be retrieved.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         @return latest_file - (string) returns latest input log file path from sd-data 
     """
     try:
-        current_date = get_current_date_and_time(date_format = "%Y_%m_%d")
+        current_date = get_current_date_and_time_in_utc(date_format = "%Y_%m_%d")
         latest_file = CLOUD_SYNC_LOG_LOCATION+current_date+'_inp.buf'
         return latest_file
     except:
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         @return latest_file - (string) returns latest output log file path from sd-data 
     """
     try:
-        current_date = get_current_date_and_time(date_format = "%Y_%m_%d")
+        current_date = get_current_date_and_time_in_utc(date_format = "%Y_%m_%d")
         latest_file = CLOUD_SYNC_LOG_LOCATION+current_date+'_out.buf'
         return latest_file
     except: