diff --git a/oscar/SleepLib/loader_plugins/edfparser.cpp b/oscar/SleepLib/loader_plugins/edfparser.cpp
index f9944568..e1c64926 100644
--- a/oscar/SleepLib/loader_plugins/edfparser.cpp
+++ b/oscar/SleepLib/loader_plugins/edfparser.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ EDFInfo::~EDFInfo()
 //    	delete  a;
 }
 
+// Set timezone to UTC
+void EDFInfo::setTimeZoneUTC () {
+    TZ_offset = 0;
+    EDFInfo::localNoDST = QTimeZone(TZ_offset);
+}
+
 bool EDFInfo::Open(const QString & name)
 {
     if (hdrPtr != nullptr) {
diff --git a/oscar/SleepLib/loader_plugins/edfparser.h b/oscar/SleepLib/loader_plugins/edfparser.h
index 1fc5eaf3..c84c49fe 100644
--- a/oscar/SleepLib/loader_plugins/edfparser.h
+++ b/oscar/SleepLib/loader_plugins/edfparser.h
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ class EDFInfo
 
     static QDateTime getStartDT(const QString str);                    //! \brief Returns the start time using noLocalDST
 
+    static void setTimeZoneUTC();                                      //! \brief Sets noLocalDST to UTC (for EDF files using UTC time)
+
+
 //  The data members follow
 
     static int  TZ_offset;