diff --git a/gmetad-python/plugins/mongodb.py b/gmetad-python/plugins/mongodb.py
index dfe9e785c..c012d72e6 100644
--- a/gmetad-python/plugins/mongodb.py
+++ b/gmetad-python/plugins/mongodb.py
@@ -75,11 +75,7 @@ def _parseConfig(self, cfgdata):
         self.msci = self.api.msci
 
         self.obj_cache = {}
-        tzoffset = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(-1).hour - datetime.fromtimestamp(0).hour + 1
-        if tzoffset == 24 :
-            tzoffset = 0
-        _now = int(time()) + (3600 * tzoffset)
-        self.last_refresh = str(_now)
+        self.last_refresh = str(time())
 
         self.expid = self.api.cldshow(self.cloud_name, "time")["experiment_id"]
         self.username = self.api.username
@@ -108,11 +104,7 @@ def find_object(self, ip, plugin, name) :
             if verbose :
                 logging.debug("Should refresh returned true!")
             plugin.obj_cache = {}
-            tzoffset = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(-1).hour - datetime.fromtimestamp(0).hour + 1
-            if tzoffset == 24 :
-                tzoffset = 0
-            _now = int(time()) + (3600 * tzoffset)
-            plugin.last_refresh = str(_now)
+            plugin.last_refresh = str(time())
         if ip in plugin.obj_cache :
             (exists, unused_obj) = plugin.obj_cache[ip]
             if verbose : 
@@ -228,13 +220,14 @@ def notify(self, clusterNode) :
                 empty = False
 
             if not empty :
+                # epochs are already timezone-less. It's only the human timestamps that need to be corrected.
                 tzoffset = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(-1).hour - datetime.fromtimestamp(0).hour + 1
                 if tzoffset == 24 :
                     tzoffset = 0
-                _now = int(time()) + (3600 * tzoffset)
+                _data["time"] = time()
+                _now = int(_data["time"]) + (3600 * tzoffset)
                 _data["time_h"] = makeTimestamp(_now)
-                _data["time"] = _now 
-                _data["latest_update"] = _now
+                _data["latest_update"] = _data["time"]
 
                 try :
                     if obj_type == "VM" :