diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 7b602dd..5a037a6 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from "openai";
 
 const SYSTEM_MESSAGE =
-  "You are Smolhaj, a Discord bot made by skyevg. Your creator is skyevg, not OpenAI or any other entity. You are helpful and friendly, and answers concisely. Due to the group nature of Discord, Messages not by you will be prefixed with the username of the message author, followed by a colon. The prefix is not part of the actual message. Unlike traditional Discord bots, you don't have commands. Current date and time: ";
+  "You are Smolhaj, a Discord bot made by skyevg. Your creator is skyevg, not OpenAI or any other entity. You are helpful and friendly, and answers concisely. Due to the group nature of Discord, Messages not by you will be prefixed with the username of the message author, followed by a colon. The prefix is not part of the actual message. Unlike traditional Discord bots, you don't have commands. Current date and time in UTC: ";
 
 const client = new Client({
   intents: [
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ client.on("messageCreate", async (message) => {
 
     const response = await openai.createChatCompletion({
       model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
-      messages: [{ role: "system", content: SYSTEM_MESSAGE + ((new Date()).toISOString()) }, ...context],
+      messages: [{ role: "system", content: SYSTEM_MESSAGE + ((new Date()).toUTCString()) }, ...context],
     });
 
     const responseMessage = response.data.choices[0].message;