diff --git a/parkkihubi/middleware.py b/parkkihubi/middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6faa2744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parkkihubi/middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import contextlib
+from functools import lru_cache
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+# No-op context manager
+#
+# Usable like the one coming in Python 3.7, see
+# https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0784a2e5b174d2dbf7b144d480559e650c5cf64c
+nullcontext = contextlib.ExitStack
+
+
+class AdminTimezoneMiddleware:
+    def __init__(self, get_response):
+        self.get_response = get_response
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        tz_overrider = nullcontext()
+        if request.path.startswith(get_admin_url_path_prefix()):
+            admin_tz = getattr(settings, 'ADMIN_TIME_ZONE', None)
+            if admin_tz:
+                tz_overrider = timezone.override(admin_tz)
+        with tz_overrider:
+            return self.get_response(request)
+
+
+@lru_cache()
+def get_admin_url_path_prefix():
+    return reverse('admin:index')
diff --git a/parkkihubi/settings.py b/parkkihubi/settings.py
index f8f98c22..365f874a 100644
--- a/parkkihubi/settings.py
+++ b/parkkihubi/settings.py
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@
 ##############
 # Middleware #
 ##############
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
+MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'parkkihubi.middleware.AdminTimezoneMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
@@ -133,7 +134,8 @@
 # Languages & Localization #
 ############################
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en'
-TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Helsinki'
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+ADMIN_TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Helsinki'
 USE_I18N = True
 USE_L10N = True
 USE_TZ = True