@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 Koha/DateUtils.pm | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/Koha/DateUtils.pm	
+++ a/Koha/DateUtils.pm	
@@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ sub dt_from_string {
     my $server_tz = C4::Context->tz;
     $tz = C4::Context->tz unless $tz;
 
-    return DateTime->now( time_zone => $tz ) unless $date_string;
+    unless( $date_string ) {
+        # my $dt = DateTime->now( time_zone => $tz );
+        my $dt = DateTime->now( time_zone => $server_tz );
+        warn "L069 ". $dt->time_zone_short_name;
+        return $dt;
+    }
 
     $date_format = C4::Context->preference('dateformat') unless $date_format;
 
@@ -245,6 +250,8 @@ sub dt_from_string {
 
     # Convert to configured timezone (unless we started with a dateonly string or had to drop to floating time)
     $dt->set_time_zone($server_tz) unless ( $date_only || $floating );
+    # $dt->set_time_zone($server_tz) unless $floating;
+warn "L249 ". $server_tz->name.' '.$dt->time_zone_short_name;
 
     return $dt;
 }
--