diff --git a/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Logging/EventManager.java b/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Logging/EventManager.java
index fddbfcec001be..4fc338539f422 100644
--- a/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Logging/EventManager.java
+++ b/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Logging/EventManager.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ public class EventManager {
 
     public EventManager(@NonNull SessionManager.ISessionIdQueryHandler l) {
         mSessionIdHandler = l;
+        sDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
     }
 
     public void event(Loggable recordEntry, String event, Object data) {