diff --git a/conf/php.ini b/conf/php.ini
index db3c2891..910755db 100644
--- a/conf/php.ini
+++ b/conf/php.ini
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ default_socket_timeout = 60
 [Date]
 ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
 ; http://php.net/date.timezone
-;date.timezone =
+date.timezone = Australia/Sydney
 
 ; http://php.net/date.default-latitude
 ;date.default_latitude = 31.7667