diff --git a/doc/82-Changelog.md b/doc/82-Changelog.md
index 4d4eb25b..4946c283 100644
--- a/doc/82-Changelog.md
+++ b/doc/82-Changelog.md
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ before switching to a new version.
 * FEATURE: Preserve _override_servicevars on sync, even when replacing vars (#1307)
 
 ### Internals
+* FIX: problems related to users working from different time zones have been
+  fixed (#1270, #1332)
 * FEATURE: Html/Attribute now allows boolean properties
 * FEATURE: Html/Attribute allows colons in attribute names (required for SVGs)
 * FEATURE: Html/Attributes can be prefixed (helps with data-*)
diff --git a/library/Director/Db.php b/library/Director/Db.php
index d7c18176..bc28e39d 100644
--- a/library/Director/Db.php
+++ b/library/Director/Db.php
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 namespace Icinga\Module\Director;
 
+use DateTime;
+use DateTimeZone;
 use Exception;
+use Icinga\Data\ResourceFactory;
+use Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\Data\Db\DbConnection;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\Objects\IcingaEndpoint;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\Objects\IcingaObject;
-use Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError;
 use RuntimeException;
 use Zend_Db_Expr;
 use Zend_Db_Select;
@@ -47,6 +50,44 @@ class Db extends DbConnection
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public static function fromResourceName($name)
+    {
+        $connection = new static(ResourceFactory::getResourceConfig($name));
+
+        if ($connection->isMysql()) {
+            $connection->setClientTimezoneForMysql();
+        } elseif ($connection->isPgsql()) {
+            $connection->setClientTimezoneForPgsql();
+        }
+
+        return $connection;
+    }
+
+    protected function getTimezoneOffset()
+    {
+        $tz = new DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone_get());
+        $offset = $tz->getOffset(new DateTime());
+        $prefix = $offset >= 0 ? '+' : '-';
+        $offset = abs($offset);
+
+        $hours = (int) floor($offset / 3600);
+        $minutes = (int) floor(($offset % 3600) / 60);
+
+        return sprintf('%s%d:%02d', $prefix, $hours, $minutes);
+    }
+
+    protected function setClientTimezoneForMysql()
+    {
+        $db = $this->getDbAdapter();
+        $db->query($db->quoteInto('SET time_zone = ?', $this->getTimezoneOffset()));
+    }
+
+    protected function setClientTimezoneForPgsql()
+    {
+        $db = $this->getDbAdapter();
+        $db->query($db->quoteInto('SET TIME ZONE INTERVAL ? HOUR TO MINUTE', $this->getTimezoneOffset()));
+    }
+
     public function countActivitiesSinceLastDeployedConfig(IcingaObject $object = null)
     {
         $db = $this->db();
@@ -226,6 +267,7 @@ class Db extends DbConnection
     {
         $sql = 'SELECT id, object_type, object_name, action_name,'
              . ' old_properties, new_properties, author, change_time,'
+             . ' UNIX_TIMESTAMP(change_time) AS change_time_ts,'
              . ' %s AS checksum, %s AS parent_checksum'
              . ' FROM director_activity_log WHERE id = %d';
 
@@ -270,6 +312,7 @@ class Db extends DbConnection
 
         $sql = 'SELECT id, object_type, object_name, action_name,'
              . ' old_properties, new_properties, author, change_time,'
+             . ' UNIX_TIMESTAMP(change_time) AS change_time_ts,'
              . ' %s AS checksum, %s AS parent_checksum'
              . ' FROM director_activity_log WHERE checksum = ?';
 
diff --git a/library/Director/Objects/DirectorActivityLog.php b/library/Director/Objects/DirectorActivityLog.php
index 57b3b625..74f45b62 100644
--- a/library/Director/Objects/DirectorActivityLog.php
+++ b/library/Director/Objects/DirectorActivityLog.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class DirectorActivityLog extends DbObject
             'author'          => static::username(),
             'object_type'     => $type,
             'new_properties'  => $newProps,
-            'change_time'     => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), // TODO -> postgres!
+            'change_time'     => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
             'parent_checksum' => $db->getLastActivityChecksum()
         );
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class DirectorActivityLog extends DbObject
             'object_type'     => $type,
             'old_properties'  => $oldProps,
             'new_properties'  => $newProps,
-            'change_time'     => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), // TODO -> postgres!
+            'change_time'     => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
             'parent_checksum' => $db->getLastActivityChecksum()
         );
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class DirectorActivityLog extends DbObject
             'author'          => static::username(),
             'object_type'     => $type,
             'old_properties'  => $oldProps,
-            'change_time'     => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), // TODO -> postgres!
+            'change_time'     => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
             'parent_checksum' => $db->getLastActivityChecksum()
         );
 
diff --git a/library/Director/Web/Table/DeploymentLogTable.php b/library/Director/Web/Table/DeploymentLogTable.php
index ed3508f6..74bd7d0b 100644
--- a/library/Director/Web/Table/DeploymentLogTable.php
+++ b/library/Director/Web/Table/DeploymentLogTable.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Icinga\Module\Director\Web\Table;
 
 use dipl\Html\Link;
 use dipl\Web\Table\ZfQueryBasedTable;
+use Icinga\Date\DateFormatter;
 
 class DeploymentLogTable extends ZfQueryBasedTable
 {
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class DeploymentLogTable extends ZfQueryBasedTable
                 'director/deployment',
                 ['id' => $row->id]
             )),
-            $this::td(strftime('%H:%M:%S', $row->start_time))
+            $this::td(DateFormatter::formatTime($row->start_time))
         ])->addAttributes(['class' => $this->getMyRowClasses($row)]);
 
         return $tr;
diff --git a/library/Director/Web/Widget/ActivityLogInfo.php b/library/Director/Web/Widget/ActivityLogInfo.php
index 01ddc057..7471af2d 100644
--- a/library/Director/Web/Widget/ActivityLogInfo.php
+++ b/library/Director/Web/Widget/ActivityLogInfo.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Icinga\Module\Director\Web\Widget;
 
 use dipl\Html\HtmlDocument;
 use dipl\Html\HtmlElement;
+use Icinga\Date\DateFormatter;
 use Icinga\Exception\ProgrammingError;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\ConfigDiff;
 use Icinga\Module\Director\Db;
@@ -380,7 +381,9 @@ class ActivityLogInfo extends HtmlDocument
         $table = new NameValueTable();
         $table->addNameValuePairs([
             $this->translate('Author') => $entry->author,
-            $this->translate('Date')   => $entry->change_time,
+            $this->translate('Date')   => DateFormatter::formatDateTime(
+                $entry->change_time_ts
+            ),
 
         ]);
         if (null === $this->name) {