The timezone on Gaia OS is set to "UTC" when the zone is entered with a space character in the sysconfig menu:

1. Go to the sysconfig menu:
   [Expert@HostName]# sysconfig
2. Select (4) Time and Date
3. Select (1) Set time zone
4. Select (11) I want to specify the time zone
5. Enter the timezone with a space, e.g., "GMT +2" (instead of "GMT+2")
6. The timezone is defaulted to "UTC"