diff --git a/fromgplus/fromgplus.php b/fromgplus/fromgplus.php
index fa6c0e39..a65be286 100644
--- a/fromgplus/fromgplus.php
+++ b/fromgplus/fromgplus.php
@@ -520,12 +520,12 @@ function fromgplus_fetch($a, $uid) {
 						if (function_exists("share_header"))
 							$post .= share_header($item->object->actor->displayName, $item->object->actor->url,
 										$item->object->actor->image->url, "",
-										Temporal::convert($item->object->published),$item->object->url);
+										Temporal::utc($item->object->published),$item->object->url);
 						else
 							$post .= "[share author='".str_replace("'", "'",$item->object->actor->displayName).
 									"' profile='".$item->object->actor->url.
 									"' avatar='".$item->object->actor->image->url.
-									"' posted='".Temporal::convert($item->object->published).
+									"' posted='".Temporal::utc($item->object->published).
 									"' link='".$item->object->url."']";
 
 						$post .= fromgplus_html2bbcode($item->object->content);
diff --git a/public_server/public_server.php b/public_server/public_server.php
index 23777654..29cf0f60 100644
--- a/public_server/public_server.php
+++ b/public_server/public_server.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function public_server_register_account($a,$b) {
 		return;
 
 	$r = q("UPDATE user set account_expires_on = '%s', expire = %d where uid = %d",
-		dbesc(Temporal::convert('now +' . $days . ' days')),
+		dbesc(Temporal::utc('now +' . $days . ' days')),
 		intval($days_posts),
 		intval($uid)
 	);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function public_server_cron($a,$b) {
 		if(count($r)) {
 			foreach($r as $rr)
 				q("update user set account_expires_on = '%s' where uid = %d",
-					dbesc(Temporal::convert('now +' . '6 days')),
+					dbesc(Temporal::utc('now +' . '6 days')),
 					intval($rr['uid'])
 			);
 		}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function public_server_cron($a,$b) {
 		if(count($r)) {
 			foreach($r as $rr)
 				q("update user set account_expires_on = '%s' where uid = %d",
-					dbesc(Temporal::convert('now +' . '6 days')),
+					dbesc(Temporal::utc('now +' . '6 days')),
 					intval($rr['uid'])
 				);
 		}
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function public_server_login($a,$b) {
 	if(! $days)
 		return;
 	$r = q("UPDATE user set account_expires_on = '%s' where uid = %d and account_expires_on > '0000-00-00 00:00:00'",
-	dbesc(Temporal::convert('now +' . $days . ' days')),
+	dbesc(Temporal::utc('now +' . $days . ' days')),
 	local_user()
 	);
 }
diff --git a/pumpio/pumpio.php b/pumpio/pumpio.php
index afdd3455..45dd5749 100644
--- a/pumpio/pumpio.php
+++ b/pumpio/pumpio.php
@@ -1211,11 +1211,11 @@ function pumpio_dopost(&$a, $client, $uid, $self, $post, $own_id, $threadcomplet
 	if ($post->object->displayName != "")
 		$postarray['title'] = $post->object->displayName;
 
-	$postarray['created'] = Temporal::convert($post->published);
+	$postarray['created'] = Temporal::utc($post->published);
 	if (isset($post->updated))
-		$postarray['edited'] = Temporal::convert($post->updated);
+		$postarray['edited'] = Temporal::utc($post->updated);
 	elseif (isset($post->received))
-		$postarray['edited'] = Temporal::convert($post->received);
+		$postarray['edited'] = Temporal::utc($post->received);
 	else
 		$postarray['edited'] = $postarray['created'];
 
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ function pumpio_dopost(&$a, $client, $uid, $self, $post, $own_id, $threadcomplet
 
 			$postarray['body'] = share_header($share_author, $post->object->author->url,
 							$post->object->author->image->url, "",
-							Temporal::convert($post->object->created),
+							Temporal::utc($post->object->created),
 							$post->links->self->href).
 						$postarray['body']."[/share]";
 
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index ee0a6dab..ae54e2fd 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ function statusnet_fetch_contact($uid, $contact, $create_user)
 	} else {
 		// update profile photos once every two weeks as we have no notification of when they change.
 		//$update_photo = (($r[0]['avatar-date'] < Temporal::convert('now -2 days', '', '', )) ? true : false);
-		$update_photo = ($r[0]['avatar-date'] < Temporal::convert('now -12 hours'));
+		$update_photo = ($r[0]['avatar-date'] < Temporal::utc('now -12 hours'));
 
 		// check that we have all the photos, this has been known to fail on occasion
 		if ((!$r[0]['photo']) || (!$r[0]['thumb']) || (!$r[0]['micro']) || ($update_photo)) {
@@ -1197,8 +1197,8 @@ function statusnet_createpost(App $a, $uid, $post, $self, $create_user, $only_ex
 	$postarray['body'] = $converted["body"];
 	$postarray['tag'] = $converted["tags"];
 
-	$postarray['created'] = Temporal::convert($content->created_at);
-	$postarray['edited'] = Temporal::convert($content->created_at);
+	$postarray['created'] = Temporal::utc($content->created_at);
+	$postarray['edited'] = Temporal::utc($content->created_at);
 
 	if (is_string($content->place->name)) {
 		$postarray["location"] = $content->place->name;
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index cc12e8de..0bffa4eb 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ function twitter_fetch_contact($uid, $contact, $create_user)
 	} else {
 		// update profile photos once every two weeks as we have no notification of when they change.
 		//$update_photo = (($r[0]['avatar-date'] < Temporal::convert('now -2 days', '', '', )) ? true : false);
-		$update_photo = ($r[0]['avatar-date'] < Temporal::convert('now -12 hours'));
+		$update_photo = ($r[0]['avatar-date'] < Temporal::utc('now -12 hours'));
 
 		// check that we have all the photos, this has been known to fail on occasion
 		if ((!$r[0]['photo']) || (!$r[0]['thumb']) || (!$r[0]['micro']) || ($update_photo)) {
@@ -1490,8 +1490,8 @@ function twitter_createpost(App $a, $uid, $post, $self, $create_user, $only_exis
 	$converted = twitter_expand_entities($a, $postarray['body'], $post, false, $picture);
 	$postarray['body'] = $converted["body"];
 	$postarray['tag'] = $converted["tags"];
-	$postarray['created'] = Temporal::convert($post->created_at);
-	$postarray['edited'] = Temporal::convert($post->created_at);
+	$postarray['created'] = Temporal::utc($post->created_at);
+	$postarray['edited'] = Temporal::utc($post->created_at);
 
 	$statustext = $converted["plain"];