diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/elections/components/registration-election-components/election-schedule-segment.tsx b/packages/webapp/src/elections/components/registration-election-components/election-schedule-segment.tsx
index 7f3c8ca35..995db0aa4 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/elections/components/registration-election-components/election-schedule-segment.tsx
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/elections/components/registration-election-components/election-schedule-segment.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const ElectionScheduleSegment = () => {
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             </Text>
             <Text type="info">
-                All times are local ({electionDates.startDateTime.format("z")})
+                All times are UTC ({electionDates.startDateTime})
             </Text>
             <Schedule>
                 <ScheduleEntry timeUtc="12:00">
diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/elections/components/registration-election-components/participation-card.tsx b/packages/webapp/src/elections/components/registration-election-components/participation-card.tsx
index dc9c3d0a4..f271e8d84 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/elections/components/registration-election-components/participation-card.tsx
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/elections/components/registration-election-components/participation-card.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useState } from "react";
 import { useQueryClient } from "react-query";
 import dayjs from "dayjs";
-import utc from "dayjs/plugin/utc";
-
-dayjs.extend(utc);
 
 import {
     delay,
@@ -91,11 +88,11 @@ export const ParticipationCard = ({ election }: Props) => {
         return <Text>{(e as Error).message}</Text>;
     }
 
-    const electionDate = electionDates.startDateTime.utc().format("LL");
-    const electionStartTime = electionDates.startDateTime.utc().format("LT");
-    const electionParticipationLimitTime = electionDates.participationTimeLimit
-        .utc()
-        .format("LLL");
+    const electionDate = electionDates.startDateTime.format("LL");
+    const electionStartTime = `${electionDates.startDateTime.format("LT")} UTC`;
+    const electionParticipationLimitTime = `${electionDates.participationTimeLimit.format(
+        "LLL"
+    )} UTC`;
 
     const isPastElectionParticipationTimeLimit = dayjs().isAfter(
         electionDates.participationTimeLimit
diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/elections/utils.ts b/packages/webapp/src/elections/utils.ts
index c6d06c32f..a330b6f89 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/elections/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/elections/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import dayjs, { Dayjs } from "dayjs";
+import utc from "dayjs/plugin/utc";
+
+dayjs.extend(utc);
 
 import { ActiveStateConfigType, SimpleVoteData } from "./interfaces";
 import { getMemberGroupFromIndex } from "./api";
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ export const extractElectionDates = (election: any) => {
         throw new Error("Error parsing the Election start date.");
     }
 
-    const startDateTime = dayjs(rawStartDateTime);
+    const startDateTime = dayjs(rawStartDateTime).utc();
     const participationTimeLimit = startDateTime.subtract(24, "hour");
     const estimatedEndDateTime = startDateTime.add(
         10, // TODO: estimate and calculate this value properly based on round numbers