Index: shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py
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diff -u -r813fdad9fdbc6060ecd1669a811ef9171b122741 -r0ab5cc6cd76c2c4f86d8004a210220596ff1c6a6
--- shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision 813fdad9fdbc6060ecd1669a811ef9171b122741)
+++ shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision 0ab5cc6cd76c2c4f86d8004a210220596ff1c6a6)
@@ -14,17 +14,28 @@
 
 import csv
 import test
+from datetime import timezone
 from datetime import datetime
 
-def get_current_date_and_time(date_format='%Y/%b/%d - %H:%M:%S'):
+# def get_current_date_and_time(date_format='%Y/%b/%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()
+#     return str(date.strftime(date_format))
+
+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 get_extracted_input_buf_file():
     """
         This function is the handler for getting file from cloudsync folder. 
@@ -34,7 +45,7 @@
         @return latest_file - (string) returns latest file that append in cloudsync folder 
     """
     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 = '/home/denali/Desktop/sd-card/cloudsync/'+current_date+'_inp.buf'
         return latest_file
     except: