diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index f39fb9d1..50200984 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
     config.load_defaults 6.1
 
+    config.time_zone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'
+
     config.on_call = config_for(:on_call)
   end
 end