diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index 0c4acab8fd..bcb81662c0 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -625,7 +625,9 @@ class OC {
 		@ini_set('display_errors', 0);
 		@ini_set('log_errors', 1);
 
-		date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+		if(!date_default_timezone_set('UTC')) {
+			\OC::$server->getLogger()->error('Could not set timezone to UTC');
+		};
 
 		//try to configure php to enable big file uploads.
 		//this doesn´t work always depending on the webserver and php configuration.