diff --git a/ietf/meeting/views.py b/ietf/meeting/views.py
index 6067ad746..9cf02c55a 100644
--- a/ietf/meeting/views.py
+++ b/ietf/meeting/views.py
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ def ical_agenda(request, num=None):
     q = request.META.get('QUERY_STRING','') or ""
     filter = q.lower().split(',');
     include = set(filter)
+    now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
 
     for slot in timeslots:
         for session in slot.sessions():
@@ -347,5 +348,6 @@ def ical_agenda(request, num=None):
 
     return HttpResponse(render_to_string("meeting/agenda.ics",
         {"filter":set(filter), "timeslots":timeslots, "update":update, "meeting":meeting, "venue":venue, "ads":ads,
-            "plenaryw_agenda":plenaryw_agenda, "plenaryt_agenda":plenaryt_agenda, },
+            "plenaryw_agenda":plenaryw_agenda, "plenaryt_agenda":plenaryt_agenda, 
+            "now":now},
         RequestContext(request)), mimetype="text/calendar")
diff --git a/ietf/templates/meeting/agenda.ics b/ietf/templates/meeting/agenda.ics
index 6a492eeca..10e8bb4aa 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/meeting/agenda.ics
+++ b/ietf/templates/meeting/agenda.ics
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 {% load humanize %}{% autoescape off %}{% load ietf_filters %}BEGIN:VCALENDAR
 VERSION:2.0
 METHOD:PUBLISH
-BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
-TZID:{% now "T" %}
-BEGIN:STANDARD
-TZOFFSETFROM:{% now "O" %}
-TZOFFSETTO:{% now "O" %}
-TZNAME:{% now "T" %}
-DTSTART:19700101T000000
-END:STANDARD
-END:VTIMEZONE
 {% if meeting.time_zone %}BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
 TZID:{{meeting.city}}
 BEGIN:STANDARD
@@ -27,7 +18,7 @@ SUMMARY:{{slot.break_info.name}}
 CLASS:PUBLIC
 DTSTART{% if meeting.time_zone %};TZID="{{meeting.city}}"{%endif%}:{{ slot.meeting_date|date:"Ymd" }}T{{slot.break_info.time_desc|slice:":4"}}00
 DTEND{% if meeting.time_zone %};TZID="{{meeting.city}}"{%endif%}:{{ slot.meeting_date|date:"Ymd" }}T{{slot.break_info.time_desc|slice:"5:9"}}00
-DTSTAMP;TZID="{% now "T" %}":{% now "Ymd" %}T{% now "Gis" %}
+DTSTAMP:{{ now|date:"Ymd" }}T{{ now|date:"His" }}Z
 END:VEVENT
 {% endif %}{% endifchanged %}{% for session in slot.sessions %}{%for f in filter%}{%ifequal f session.acronym%}BEGIN:VEVENT
 UID:ietf-{{meeting.num}}-{{session.acronym}}-{{session.ordinality}}
@@ -37,7 +28,7 @@ STATUS:TENTATIVE
 CLASS:PUBLIC
 DTSTART{% if meeting.time_zone %};TZID="{{meeting.city}}"{%endif%}:{{ slot.meeting_date|date:"Ymd" }}T{{slot.time_desc|slice:":4"}}00
 DTEND{% if meeting.time_zone %};TZID="{{meeting.city}}"{%endif%}:{{ slot.meeting_date|date:"Ymd" }}T{{slot.time_desc|slice:"5:9"}}00
-DTSTAMP;TZID="{% now "T" %}":{% now "Ymd" %}T{% now "Gis" %}
+DTSTAMP:{{ now|date:"Ymd" }}T{{ now|date:"His" }}Z
 {% if session.description %}DESCRIPTION:
  {{ session.description|escapejs }}
 {% endif %}END:VEVENT