diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 6309a5f9b..bdd8d4f96 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1313,8 +1313,12 @@ function feed_birthday($uid,$tz) {
 	 *
 	 */
 
+	
 	$birthday = '';
 
+	if(! strlen($tz))
+		$tz = 'UTC';
+
 	$p = q("SELECT `dob` FROM `profile` WHERE `is-default` = 1 AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 		intval($uid)
 	);
diff --git a/mod/register.php b/mod/register.php
index 91080b1d8..630c0a675 100755
--- a/mod/register.php
+++ b/mod/register.php
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ function register_post(&$a) {
 	$spubkey = $spkey["key"];
 
 	$r = q("INSERT INTO `user` ( `guid`, `username`, `password`, `email`, `openid`, `nickname`,
-		`pubkey`, `prvkey`, `spubkey`, `sprvkey`, `register_date`, `verified`, `blocked` )
-		VALUES ( '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d )",
+		`pubkey`, `prvkey`, `spubkey`, `sprvkey`, `register_date`, `verified`, `blocked`, `timezone` )
+		VALUES ( '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, 'UTC' )",
 		dbesc(generate_user_guid()),
 		dbesc($username),
 		dbesc($new_password_encoded),