diff --git a/date.field.inc b/date.field.inc
index b104702..82a37c7 100644
--- a/date.field.inc
+++ b/date.field.inc
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function date_field_info() {
     'settings' => array(
       'todate' => '',
       'granularity' => drupal_map_assoc(array('year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute')),
-      'tz_handling' => 'site',
+      'tz_handling' => 'none',
       'timezone_db' => 'UTC',
     ),
     'instance_settings' => array(
diff --git a/date_migrate/date_migrate_example/date_migrate_example.features.field.inc b/date_migrate/date_migrate_example/date_migrate_example.features.field.inc
index 4d97981..eb65be3 100644
--- a/date_migrate/date_migrate_example/date_migrate_example.features.field.inc
+++ b/date_migrate/date_migrate_example/date_migrate_example.features.field.inc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function date_migrate_example_field_default_fields() {
         'repeat' => 0,
         'timezone_db' => 'UTC',
         'todate' => '',
-        'tz_handling' => 'site',
+        'tz_handling' => 'none',
       ),
       'translatable' => '1',
       'type' => 'date',
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ function date_migrate_example_field_default_fields() {
         'repeat' => 0,
         'timezone_db' => 'UTC',
         'todate' => 'required',
-        'tz_handling' => 'site',
+        'tz_handling' => 'none',
       ),
       'translatable' => '1',
       'type' => 'date',
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ function date_migrate_example_field_default_fields() {
         'repeat' => 1,
         'timezone_db' => 'UTC',
         'todate' => '',
-        'tz_handling' => 'site',
+        'tz_handling' => 'none',
       ),
       'translatable' => '1',
       'type' => 'date',
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ function date_migrate_example_field_default_fields() {
         'repeat' => 0,
         'timezone_db' => 'UTC',
         'todate' => '',
-        'tz_handling' => 'site',
+        'tz_handling' => 'none',
       ),
       'translatable' => '1',
       'type' => 'datestamp',
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ function date_migrate_example_field_default_fields() {
         'repeat' => 0,
         'timezone_db' => 'UTC',
         'todate' => 'optional',
-        'tz_handling' => 'site',
+        'tz_handling' => 'none',
       ),
       'translatable' => '1',
       'type' => 'datestamp',
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ function date_migrate_example_field_default_fields() {
         'repeat' => 0,
         'timezone_db' => 'UTC',
         'todate' => '',
-        'tz_handling' => 'site',
+        'tz_handling' => 'none',
       ),
       'translatable' => '1',
       'type' => 'datetime',
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ function date_migrate_example_field_default_fields() {
         'repeat' => 0,
         'timezone_db' => 'UTC',
         'todate' => 'required',
-        'tz_handling' => 'site',
+        'tz_handling' => 'none',
       ),
       'translatable' => '1',
       'type' => 'datetime',
diff --git a/date_tools/tests/date_tools.test b/date_tools/tests/date_tools.test
index 47c0564..1b54be8 100644
--- a/date_tools/tests/date_tools.test
+++ b/date_tools/tests/date_tools.test
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class DateToolsTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
       'todate' => 'optional',
       'field_type' => 'date',
       'granularity[]' => array('year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute'),
-      'tz_handling' => 'site',
+      'tz_handling' => 'none',
       'year_range' => '2010:+2',
     );
     $this->drupalPost('admin/config/date/tools/date_wizard', $edit, t('Save'));
diff --git a/date_views/date_views.module b/date_views/date_views.module
index 03a80dd..3669b40 100644
--- a/date_views/date_views.module
+++ b/date_views/date_views.module
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function date_views_date_views_fields($field) {
     // The type of date: DATE_UNIX, DATE_ISO, DATE_DATETIME.
     'sql_type' => DATE_UNIX,
     // Timezone handling options: 'none', 'site', 'date', 'utc' .
-    'tz_handling' => 'site',
+    'tz_handling' => 'none',
     // Needed only for dates that use 'date' tz_handling.
     'timezone_field' => '',
     // Needed only for dates that use 'date' tz_handling.