Index: lams_admin/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/admin/web/action/UserAction.java
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diff -u -rea468047360bafebf291bee0d19af6174e434ce6 -r47a4a9f46103424c2329951d316c316eefe138b3
--- lams_admin/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/admin/web/action/UserAction.java	(.../UserAction.java)	(revision ea468047360bafebf291bee0d19af6174e434ce6)
+++ lams_admin/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/admin/web/action/UserAction.java	(.../UserAction.java)	(revision 47a4a9f46103424c2329951d316c316eefe138b3)
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@
 	    // can not make a part of form as in JSP it can only be accessed by <bean:write>
 	    // and we need the Date object to put into <lams:Date>
 	    request.setAttribute("createDate", user.getCreateDate());
-	} else { // create a user
+	    
+	// create a user
+	} else { 
 	    try {
 		SupportedLocale locale = LanguageUtil.getDefaultLocale();
 		userForm.set("localeId", locale.getLocaleId());
@@ -195,6 +197,9 @@
 	    } catch (Exception e) {
 		log.debug(e);
 	    }
+
+	    Timezone serverTimezone = timezoneService.getServerTimezone();
+	    userForm.set("timeZone", serverTimezone.getTimezoneId());
 	}
 	userForm.set("orgId", (org == null ? null : org.getOrganisationId()));