diff --git a/include/mysqli.php b/include/mysqli.php
index 3d51be1f3e72830e860cc8d075fdbbbf809d413c..c38b55211007479fe44e4bc8c890473e1e361d07 100644
--- a/include/mysqli.php
+++ b/include/mysqli.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function db_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $options = array()) {
         'CHARACTER SET'         => 'utf8',
         'COLLATION_CONNECTION'  => 'utf8_general_ci',
         'SQL_MODE'              => '',
-        'TIME_ZONE'             => '@@global.time_zone',
+        'TIME_ZONE'             => 'SYSTEM',
     ), 'session');
     $__db->set_charset('utf8');