diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index deaf20af..7bf61976 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 10/01/2009
+- removed default timezone setting
 - reactivated PHP resource for simple PHP templates. Must set allow_php_templates = true to enable
 - {PHP} tag can be enabled by allow_php_tag = true
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 89debee6..ff54eaf1 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -215,9 +215,6 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase {
         if (is_callable('mb_internal_encoding')) {
             mb_internal_encoding(SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET);
         } 
-        if (function_exists("date_default_timezone_set")) {
-            date_default_timezone_set(date_default_timezone_get());
-        } 
         $this->start_time = $this->_get_time(); 
         // set exception handler
         if (!empty($this->exception_handler))