diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 09b02aeb5..752f253e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2006-08-30  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
+	* SoObjects/Appointments/SOGoAppointmentObject.m
+	([SOGoAppointmentObject -changeParticipationStatus:inContext:]):
+	set default timezone to EST, although this code should be
+	rewritten to handle a system and a user default value.
+
 	* UI/Scheduler/UIxTimeDateControl.m ([UIxTimeDateControl
 	-takeValuesFromRequest:_rqinContext:_ctx]): enhanced method to
 	take the values from the hour and minute INPUTs when data is
diff --git a/SoObjects/Appointments/SOGoAppointmentObject.m b/SoObjects/Appointments/SOGoAppointmentObject.m
index a563ceed2..dec6c8da8 100644
--- a/SoObjects/Appointments/SOGoAppointmentObject.m
+++ b/SoObjects/Appointments/SOGoAppointmentObject.m
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 static id<NSObject,SaxXMLReader> parser  = nil;
 static SaxObjectDecoder          *sax    = nil;
 static NGLogger                  *logger = nil;
-static NSTimeZone                *MET    = nil;
+static NSTimeZone                *EST    = nil;
 static NSString                  *mailTemplateDefaultLanguage = nil;
 
 + (void)initialize {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static NSString                  *mailTemplateDefaultLanguage = nil;
   [parser setContentHandler:sax];
   [parser setErrorHandler:sax];
 
-  MET = [[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"MET"] retain];
+  EST = [[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"EST"] retain];
   
   ud = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
   mailTemplateDefaultLanguage = [[ud stringForKey:@"SOGoDefaultLanguage"]
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static NSString                  *mailTemplateDefaultLanguage = nil;
   /* TODO: get this from user config as soon as this is available and only
    *       fall back to default timeZone if config data is not available
    */
-  return MET;
+  return EST;
 }