diff --git a/cron/dailyroutine.php b/cron/dailyroutine.php
index 924e4354..27b4bd79 100644
--- a/cron/dailyroutine.php
+++ b/cron/dailyroutine.php
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     FROM people AS p 
     LEFT OUTER JOIN camps AS c ON c.id = p.camp_id 
     WHERE (NOT p.deleted OR p.deleted IS NULL) AND p.parent_id IS NULL');
+
+    // All deletions are logged with the same timestamp
+    $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
     while ($row = db_fetch($result)) {
         $row['touch'] = db_value('
         SELECT GREATEST(COALESCE((
@@ -48,8 +51,8 @@
             $row['diff'] = $date2->diff($date1)->format('%a');
 
             if ($row['diff'] > $row['treshold']) {
-                db_query('UPDATE people SET deleted = NOW() WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $row['id']]);
-                simpleSaveChangeHistory('people', $row['id'], 'Record deleted by daily routine');
+                db_query('UPDATE people SET deleted = :now WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $row['id'], 'now' => $now]);
+                simpleSaveChangeHistory('people', $row['id'], 'Record deleted by daily routine', $now);
                 db_touch('people', $row['id']);
             }
         }
@@ -61,8 +64,8 @@
     FROM people AS p1, people AS p2 
     WHERE p2.parent_id = p1.id AND p1.deleted AND (NOT p2.deleted OR p2.deleted IS NULL)');
     while ($row = db_fetch($result)) {
-        db_query('UPDATE people SET deleted = NOW() WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $row['id']]);
-        simpleSaveChangeHistory('people', $row['id'], 'Record deleted by daily routine because head of family/beneficiary was deleted');
+        db_query('UPDATE people SET deleted = :now WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $row['id'], 'now' => $now]);
+        simpleSaveChangeHistory('people', $row['id'], 'Record deleted by daily routine because head of family/beneficiary was deleted', $now);
         db_touch('people', $row['id']);
     }
 
diff --git a/include/people.php b/include/people.php
index 2d443867..6a82a8d9 100644
--- a/include/people.php
+++ b/include/people.php
@@ -514,14 +514,15 @@ function () use ($cmsmain, $data) {
                     case 'touch':
                         $ids = explode(',', (string) $_POST['ids']);
                         $userId = $_SESSION['user']['id'];
+                        $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
                         // Query speed optimised for 500 records from 6.2 seconds to 0.54 seconds using  transaction blocks over UPDATE and bulk inserts
-                        db_transaction(function () use ($ids, $userId) {
+                        db_transaction(function () use ($ids, $userId, $now) {
                             foreach ($ids as $id) {
-                                db_query('UPDATE people SET modified = NOW(), modified_by = :user WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $id, 'user' => $userId]);
+                                db_query('UPDATE people SET modified = :now, modified_by = :user WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $id, 'user' => $userId, 'now' => $now]);
                             }
                         });
                         // Bulk insert used to insert into history table
-                        simpleBulkSaveChangeHistory('people', $ids, 'Touched');
+                        simpleBulkSaveChangeHistory('people', $ids, 'Touched', $now);
 
                         $success = true;
                         $message = 'Selected people have been touched';
diff --git a/library/ajax/deleteprofile.php b/library/ajax/deleteprofile.php
index 4e72a5a5..30d98582 100644
--- a/library/ajax/deleteprofile.php
+++ b/library/ajax/deleteprofile.php
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 
 db_transaction(function () {
+    $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
     // Only append .deleted suffix if the email doesn't already have it
     // This prevents double-deletion if the query is somehow executed twice
     // Pattern checks for .deleted.<digits> after the @ symbol (e.g., user@domain.com.deleted.123)
-    db_query('UPDATE cms_users SET deleted = NOW(), email = CONCAT(email,".deleted.",id) WHERE id = :id AND (NOT deleted OR deleted IS NULL) AND email NOT REGEXP "@.*\.deleted\.[0-9]+$"', ['id' => $_POST['cms_user_id']]);
+    db_query('UPDATE cms_users SET deleted = :now, email = CONCAT(email,".deleted.",id) WHERE id = :id AND (NOT deleted OR deleted IS NULL) AND email NOT REGEXP "@.*\.deleted\.[0-9]+$"', ['now' => $now, 'id' => $_POST['cms_user_id']]);
     updateAuth0UserFromDb($_POST['cms_user_id']);
+    simpleSaveChangeHistory('cms_users', $_POST['cms_user_id'], 'Record deleted without undelete', $now);
 });
 
-simpleSaveChangeHistory('cms_users', $_POST['cms_user_id'], 'Record deleted without undelete');
 // when a user deactive its account we need to ensure that user logged out immediately and then redirected to Auth0 login page
 global $settings;
 logout();
diff --git a/library/ajax/testdbdelete.php b/library/ajax/testdbdelete.php
index a370a03c..e3ebfbe4 100644
--- a/library/ajax/testdbdelete.php
+++ b/library/ajax/testdbdelete.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
         if ('true' == $return) {
             db_transaction(function () use ($ids, $return) {
-                [$return, $msg, $redirect] = listRealDelete($_POST['table'], $ids);
+                [$return, $msg, $redirect] = listBulkRealDelete($_POST['table'], $ids);
                 foreach ($ids as $id) {
                     deleteAuth0User($id);
                 }
diff --git a/library/functions.php b/library/functions.php
index 8da48bd8..3d44619b 100644
--- a/library/functions.php
+++ b/library/functions.php
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ function move_boxes($ids, $newlocationid, $mobile = false)
 {
     [$count, $action_label, $mobile_message] = db_transaction(function () use ($ids, $newlocationid) {
         $count = 0;
+        $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
         foreach ($ids as $id) {
             $box = db_row('
                 SELECT 
@@ -311,23 +312,24 @@ function move_boxes($ids, $newlocationid, $mobile = false)
                     '
                     UPDATE stock 
                     SET 
-                        modified = NOW(), 
+                        modified = :now,
                         modified_by = :user_id , 
                         location_id = :location 
                     WHERE id = :id',
-                    ['location' => $newlocationid, 'id' => $id, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id']]
+                    ['location' => $newlocationid, 'id' => $id, 'now' => $now, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id']]
                 );
 
                 $from['int'] = $box['location_id'];
                 $to['int'] = $newlocationid;
-                simpleSaveChangeHistory('stock', $id, 'location_id', $from, $to);
+                simpleSaveChangeHistory('stock', $id, 'location_id', $now, $from, $to);
                 db_query(
                     '
                     INSERT INTO itemsout (product_id, size_id, count, movedate, from_location, to_location) 
-                        VALUES (:product_id, :size_id, :count, NOW(), :from_location, :to_location)',
+                        VALUES (:product_id, :size_id, :count, :now, :from_location, :to_location)',
                     ['product_id' => $box['product_id'],
                         'size_id' => $box['size_id'],
                         'count' => $box['items'],
+                        'now' => $now,
                         'from_location' => $box['location_id'],
                         'to_location' => $newlocationid, ]
                 );
@@ -343,12 +345,12 @@ function move_boxes($ids, $newlocationid, $mobile = false)
                     UPDATE stock 
                     SET 
                         box_state_id = :box_state_id, 
-                        modified = NOW(), 
+                        modified = :now,
                         modified_by = :user_id 
                     WHERE id = :id',
-                    ['box_state_id' => $newlocation['box_state_id'], 'id' => $id, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id']]
+                    ['box_state_id' => $newlocation['box_state_id'], 'id' => $id, 'now' => $now, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id']]
                 );
-                simpleSaveChangeHistory('stock', $id, 'box_state_id', $from, $to);
+                simpleSaveChangeHistory('stock', $id, 'box_state_id', $now, $from, $to);
                 $mobile_message .= ' and its state changed to '.$newlocation['box_state_name'];
             }
 
diff --git a/library/lib/list.php b/library/lib/list.php
index 1bb50ebb..f8106d95 100644
--- a/library/lib/list.php
+++ b/library/lib/list.php
@@ -91,28 +91,6 @@ function listBulkMove($table, $ids, $regardparent = true, $hook = '', $updatetra
     return [true, $return, false, $aftermove];
 }
 
-function listRealDelete($table, $ids, $uri = false)
-{
-    global $translate, $action;
-
-    $hasPrevent = db_fieldexists($table, 'preventdelete');
-    $hasTree = db_fieldexists($table, 'parent_id');
-    $count = 0;
-    foreach ($ids as $id) {
-        $result = db_query('DELETE FROM '.$table.' WHERE id = :id'.($hasPrevent ? ' AND NOT preventdelete' : ''), ['id' => $id]);
-        $count += $result->rowCount();
-        if ($result->rowCount()) {
-            simpleSaveChangeHistory($table, $id, 'Record deleted without undelete');
-        }
-    }
-
-    if ($count) {
-        return [true, $translate['cms_list_deletesuccess'], true];
-    }
-
-    return [false, $translate['cms_list_deleteerror'], false];
-}
-
 function listBulkRealDelete($table, $ids, $uri = false)
 {
     global $translate, $action;
@@ -147,6 +125,7 @@ function listDelete($table, $ids, $uri = false, $fktables = null, $saveHistory =
     $hasPrevent = db_fieldexists($table, 'preventdelete');
     $hasTree = db_fieldexists($table, 'parent_id');
     $count = 0;
+    $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
 
     try {
         foreach ($ids as $id) {
@@ -181,12 +160,12 @@ function listDelete($table, $ids, $uri = false, $fktables = null, $saveHistory =
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                $count += listDeleteAction($table, $id, 0, $hasTree);
+                $count += listDeleteAction($table, $id, $now, 0, $hasTree);
             } else {
                 $result = db_query('DELETE FROM '.$table.' WHERE id = :id'.($hasPrevent ? ' AND NOT preventdelete' : ''), ['id' => $id]);
                 $count += $result->rowCount();
                 if ($result->rowCount() && $saveHistory) {
-                    simpleSaveChangeHistory($table, $id, 'Record deleted');
+                    simpleSaveChangeHistory($table, $id, 'Record deleted', $now);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -226,28 +205,29 @@ function listDeleteMessage($table, $id, $foreignkey, $restricted)
     return 'This '.$table_name[$table].' cannot be removed since '.$object_table_name[$foreignkey['TABLE_NAME']].''.$object_name.' '.$id_name.' is still active. Please edit or remove it first!';
 }
 
-function listDeleteAction($table, $id, $count = 0, $recursive = false)
+function listDeleteAction($table, $id, $now, $count = 0, $recursive = false)
 {
     $hasPrevent = db_fieldexists($table, 'preventdelete');
     // prevent deletion of deleted records
     $hasDeleted = db_fieldexists($table, 'deleted');
 
-    $query = 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET deleted = NOW(), modified = NOW(), modified_by = :user_id WHERE id = :id';
+    $query = 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET deleted = :now, modified = :now, modified_by = :user_id WHERE id = :id';
     $query .= ($hasPrevent ? ' AND NOT preventdelete' : '');
     $query .= ($hasDeleted ? ' AND (NOT deleted OR deleted IS NULL)' : '');
     $result = db_query($query, [
+        'now' => $now,
         'id' => $id,
         'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id'],
     ]);
     $count += $result->rowCount();
     if (1 === $result->rowCount()) {
-        simpleSaveChangeHistory($table, $id, 'Record deleted');
+        simpleSaveChangeHistory($table, $id, 'Record deleted', $now);
     }
 
     if ($recursive) {
         $childs = db_array('SELECT id FROM '.$table.' WHERE parent_id = :id'.($hasPrevent ? ' AND NOT preventdelete' : ''), ['id' => $id]);
         foreach ($childs as $child) {
-            $count += listDeleteAction($table, $child['id'], $count, true);
+            $count += listDeleteAction($table, $child['id'], $now, $count, true);
         }
     }
 
@@ -259,6 +239,7 @@ function listUndelete($table, $ids, $uri = false, $overwritehastree = false)
     global $translate, $action;
 
     $count = 0;
+    $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
 
     $hasDeletefield = db_fieldexists($table, 'deleted');
     $hasPrevent = db_fieldexists($table, 'preventdelete');
@@ -270,7 +251,7 @@ function listUndelete($table, $ids, $uri = false, $overwritehastree = false)
 
     foreach ($ids as $id) {
         if ($hasDeletefield) {
-            $count += listUndeleteAction($table, $id, 0, $hasTree, db_nullable($table, 'deleted'));
+            $count += listUndeleteAction($table, $id, $now, 0, $hasTree, db_nullable($table, 'deleted'));
         }
     }
 
@@ -281,18 +262,18 @@ function listUndelete($table, $ids, $uri = false, $overwritehastree = false)
     return [false, $translate['cms_list_undeleteerror'], false];
 }
 
-function listUnDeleteAction($table, $id, $count = 0, $recursive = false, $null = true)
+function listUndeleteAction($table, $id, $now, $count = 0, $recursive = false, $null = true)
 {
-    $result = db_query('UPDATE '.$table.' SET deleted = '.($null ? 'NULL' : '0').', modified = NOW(), modified_by = :user_id WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $id, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id']]);
+    $result = db_query('UPDATE '.$table.' SET deleted = '.($null ? 'NULL' : '0').', modified = :now, modified_by = :user_id WHERE id = :id', ['now' => $now, 'id' => $id, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id']]);
     $count += $result->rowCount();
     if ($result->rowCount()) {
-        simpleSaveChangeHistory($table, $id, 'Record recovered');
+        simpleSaveChangeHistory($table, $id, 'Record recovered', $now);
     }
 
     if ($recursive) {
         $childs = db_array('SELECT id FROM '.$table.' WHERE parent_id = :id', ['id' => $id]);
         foreach ($childs as $child) {
-            $count += listUnDeleteAction($table, $child['id'], $count, true);
+            $count += listUndeleteAction($table, $child['id'], $now, $count, true);
         }
     }
 
@@ -320,12 +301,13 @@ function listBulkUndelete($table, $ids, $uri = false, $overwritehastree = false)
     return [false, $translate['cms_list_undeleteerror'], false];
 }
 
-function listBulkUnDeleteAction($table, $ids, $count = 0, $hasTree = false)
+function listBulkUndeleteAction($table, $ids, $count = 0, $hasTree = false)
 {
-    [$finalIds, $count] = db_transaction(function () use ($table, $ids, $count, $hasTree) {
+    $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+    [$finalIds, $count] = db_transaction(function () use ($table, $ids, $count, $hasTree, $now) {
         $finalIds = [];
         foreach ($ids as $id) {
-            $result = db_query('UPDATE '.$table.' SET deleted = 0, modified = NOW(), modified_by = :user_id WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $id, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id']]);
+            $result = db_query('UPDATE '.$table.' SET deleted = 0, modified = :now, modified_by = :user_id WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $id, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id'], 'now' => $now]);
             $count += $result->rowCount();
             if ($result->rowCount()) {
                 $finalIds[] = $id;
@@ -334,7 +316,7 @@ function listBulkUnDeleteAction($table, $ids, $count = 0, $hasTree = false)
             if ($hasTree) {
                 $childs = db_array('SELECT id FROM '.$table.' WHERE parent_id = :id', ['id' => $id]);
                 foreach ($childs as $child) {
-                    $result = db_query('UPDATE '.$table.' SET deleted = 0, modified = NOW(), modified_by = :user_id WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $child['id'], 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id']]);
+                    $result = db_query('UPDATE '.$table.' SET deleted = 0, modified = :now, modified_by = :user_id WHERE id = :id', ['id' => $child['id'], 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id'], 'now' => $now]);
                     $count += $result->rowCount();
                     if ($result->rowCount()) {
                         $finalIds[] = $child['id'];
@@ -346,7 +328,7 @@ function listBulkUnDeleteAction($table, $ids, $count = 0, $hasTree = false)
         return [$finalIds, $count];
     });
 
-    simpleBulkSaveChangeHistory($table, $finalIds, 'Record recovered');
+    simpleBulkSaveChangeHistory($table, $finalIds, 'Record recovered', $now);
 
     return $count;
 }
diff --git a/library/lib/tools.php b/library/lib/tools.php
index 02ed012b..47705ab2 100644
--- a/library/lib/tools.php
+++ b/library/lib/tools.php
@@ -286,33 +286,38 @@ function utf8_decode_array($array)
     return $array;
 }
 
-function simpleSaveChangeHistory($table, $record, $changes, $from = [], $to = [])
+function simpleSaveChangeHistory($table, $record, $changes, $now = null, $from = [], $to = [])
 {
     // from and to variable must be arrays with entry 'int' or 'float'
     if (!db_tableexists('history')) {
         return;
     }
-    db_query('INSERT INTO history (tablename, record_id, changes, user_id, ip, changedate, from_int, from_float, to_int, to_float) VALUES (:table,:id,:change,:user_id,:ip,NOW(), :from_int, :from_float, :to_int, :to_float)', ['table' => $table, 'id' => $record, 'change' => $changes, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id'], 'ip' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], 'from_int' => $from['int'], 'from_float' => $from['float'], 'to_int' => $to['int'], 'to_float' => $to['float']]);
+    if (null === $now) {
+        $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+    }
+    db_query('INSERT INTO history (tablename, record_id, changes, user_id, ip, changedate, from_int, from_float, to_int, to_float) VALUES (:table,:id,:change,:user_id,:ip,:now, :from_int, :from_float, :to_int, :to_float)', ['table' => $table, 'id' => $record, 'change' => $changes, 'user_id' => $_SESSION['user']['id'], 'ip' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], 'now' => $now, 'from_int' => $from['int'], 'from_float' => $from['float'], 'to_int' => $to['int'], 'to_float' => $to['float']]);
 }
 
-function simpleBulkSaveChangeHistory($table, $records, $changes, $from = [], $to = [])
+function simpleBulkSaveChangeHistory($table, $records, $changes, $now = null)
 {
-    // from and to variable must be arrays with entry 'int' or 'float'
     if (!db_tableexists('history')) {
         return;
     }
+    if (null === $now) {
+        $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+    }
     $query = '';
-    $params = [];
+    $params = ['now' => $now];
     if (is_iterable($records)) {
         for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($records); ++$i) {
-            $query .= "(:table{$i},:id{$i},:change{$i},:user_id{$i},:ip{$i},NOW(), :from_int{$i}, :from_float{$i}, :to_int{$i}, :to_float{$i})";
-            $params = array_merge($params, ['table'.$i => $table, 'id'.$i => $records[$i], 'change'.$i => $changes, 'user_id'.$i => $_SESSION['user']['id'], 'ip'.$i => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], 'from_int'.$i => $from['int'], 'from_float'.$i => $from['float'], 'to_int'.$i => $to['int'], 'to_float'.$i => $to['float']]);
+            $query .= "(:table{$i},:id{$i},:change{$i},:user_id{$i},:ip{$i},:now)";
+            $params = array_merge($params, ['table'.$i => $table, 'id'.$i => $records[$i], 'change'.$i => $changes, 'user_id'.$i => $_SESSION['user']['id'], 'ip'.$i => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']]);
             if ($i !== sizeof($records) - 1) {
                 $query .= ',';
             }
         }
     }
     if (strlen($query) > 0) {
-        db_query("INSERT INTO history (tablename, record_id, changes, user_id, ip, changedate, from_int, from_float, to_int, to_float) VALUES {$query}", $params);
+        db_query("INSERT INTO history (tablename, record_id, changes, user_id, ip, changedate) VALUES {$query}", $params);
     }
 }
diff --git a/php.ini b/php.ini
index e482c7d9..79d8327c 100644
--- a/php.ini
+++ b/php.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+date.timezone = UTC
 short_open_tag = On
 ; the following setting was required for smarty templates in google cloud, 
 ; but is now deprecated with php7.4. In php8.2 seems to work without it, too.