diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/ApplicationBootstrap.php b/library/Icinga/Application/ApplicationBootstrap.php
index e0837bba9..36d28649b 100755
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/ApplicationBootstrap.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/ApplicationBootstrap.php
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ namespace Icinga\Application;
 
 use \DateTimeZone;
 use \Exception;
+use Zend_Loader_Autoloader;
 use Icinga\Application\Modules\Manager as ModuleManager;
 use Icinga\Application\Platform;
 use \Icinga\Application\Config;
 use Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError;
-use Zend_Loader_Autoloader;
+use Icinga\Util\DateTimeFactory;
 
 /**
  * This class bootstraps a thin Icinga application layer
@@ -340,20 +341,21 @@ abstract class ApplicationBootstrap
     }
 
     /**
-     * Setup timezone
+     * Setup time zone
      *
      * @return self
-     * @throws \Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError if the timezone in config.ini isn't valid
+     * @throws ConfigurationError if the timezone in config.ini isn't valid
      */
     protected function setupTimezone()
     {
         $tz = $this->config->global->get('timezone', 'UTC');
         try {
-            new DateTimeZone($tz);
+            $tz = new DateTimeZone($tz);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             throw new ConfigurationError(t('Invalid timezone') . ' "' . $tz . '"');
         }
         date_default_timezone_set($tz);
+        DateTimeFactory::setConfig(array('timezone' => $tz));
         return $this;
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Util/ConfigAwareFactory.php b/library/Icinga/Util/ConfigAwareFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a40c4200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Util/ConfigAwareFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Util;
+
+/**
+ * Interface defining a factory which is configured at runtime
+ */
+interface ConfigAwareFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * Set the factory's config
+     *
+     * @param   mixed   $config
+     * @throws  \Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError if the given config is not valid
+     */
+    public static function setConfig($config);
+}
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Util/DateTimeFactory.php b/library/Icinga/Util/DateTimeFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d93dcbe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Util/DateTimeFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Util;
+
+use \DateTime;
+use \DateTimeZone;
+use Icinga\Util\ConfigAwareFactory;
+use Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError;
+
+class DateTimeFactory implements ConfigAwareFactory
+{
+    private static $timeZone;
+
+    /**
+     * Set the factory's config
+     *
+     * Set the factory's time zone via key timezone in the given config array
+     *
+     * @param   array   $config
+     * @throws  \Icinga\Exception\ConfigurationError if the given config is not valid
+     */
+    public static function setConfig($config)
+    {
+        if (!array_key_exists('timezome', $config)) {
+            throw new ConfigurationError(t('"DateTimeFactory" expects a valid time zone to be set via "setConfig"'));
+        }
+        self::$timeZone = $config['timezone'];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return new DateTime object using the set time zone
+     *
+     * Wraps DateTime::__construct()
+     *
+     * @param   string          $time
+     * @param   DateTimeZone    $timeZone
+     * @return  DateTime
+     * @see     DateTime::__construct()
+     */
+    public static function create($time = 'now', DateTimeZone $timeZone = null)
+    {
+        return new DateTime($time, $timeZone !== null ? $timeZone : self::$timeZone);
+    }
+}