Index: shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py
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diff -u -r26e68731c53ee0097db3de98b80c687727d3540b -r1d66c49edd3c57ed1f4846f71505abb89fe2a86e
--- shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision 26e68731c53ee0097db3de98b80c687727d3540b)
+++ shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision 1d66c49edd3c57ed1f4846f71505abb89fe2a86e)
@@ -11,25 +11,26 @@
 # @date    (last)      08-July-2022
 #
 ############################################################################
-from datetime import datetime
+
 import os
 import csv
 import test
-
+from datetime import timezone
+from datetime import datetime
       
 CLOUD_CREDENTIALS_LOCATION = '/home/denali/Desktop/cloudsync/credentials'
 CLOUD_SYNC_LOG_LOCATION = '/home/denali/Desktop/sd-card/cloudsync/'
 
 
 PEM_FILES = ['1.pem', '2.pem', '3.pem' ]
 
-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.
         @return (str) - date in specified format.
     """
-    date = datetime.now()
+    date = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
     return str(date.strftime(date_format))
 
 def append_cloudsync_credentials_file():
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
         @return latest_file - (string) returns latest file that append on log folder 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: