diff --git a/gitweb/Makefile b/gitweb/Makefile
index 7dd1dee55a..5d20515fba 100644
--- a/gitweb/Makefile
+++ b/gitweb/Makefile
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/lib/common-lib.js
 GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/lib/datetime.js
 GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/lib/cookies.js
 GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/javascript-detection.js
+GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/adjust-timezone.js
 GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/blame_incremental.js
 
 
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 67bcfe894e..6651946f54 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -3732,9 +3732,14 @@ sub git_footer_html {
 		      qq!startBlame("!. href(action=>"blame_data", -replay=>1) .qq!",\n!.
 		      qq!           "!. href() .qq!");\n!.
 		      qq!</script>\n!;
-	} elsif (gitweb_check_feature('javascript-actions')) {
+	} else {
 		print qq!<script type="text/javascript">\n!.
-		      qq!window.onload = fixLinks;\n!.
+		      qq!window.onload = function () {\n!.
+		      (gitweb_check_feature('javascript-actions') ?
+		      qq!	fixLinks();\n! : '').
+		      # last parameter to onloadTZSetup must be CSS class used by format_timestamp_html
+		      qq!	onloadTZSetup('local', 'gitweb_tz', 'datetime');\n!.
+		      qq!};\n!.
 		      qq!</script>\n!;
 	}
 
@@ -3940,7 +3945,7 @@ sub git_print_section {
 
 sub format_timestamp_html {
 	my $date = shift;
-	my $strtime = $date->{'rfc2822'};
+	my $strtime = '<span class="datetime">'.$date->{'rfc2822'}.'</span>';
 
 	my $localtime_format = '(%02d:%02d %s)';
 	if ($date->{'hour_local'} < 6) {
diff --git a/gitweb/static/js/adjust-timezone.js b/gitweb/static/js/adjust-timezone.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1577d780f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitweb/static/js/adjust-timezone.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2011, John 'Warthog9' Hawley <warthog9@eaglescrag.net>
+//               2011, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
+
+/**
+ * @fileOverview Manipulate dates in gitweb output, adjusting timezone
+ * @license GPLv2 or later
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Get common timezone and adjust dates to use this common timezone.
+ *
+ * This function is called during onload event (added to window.onload).
+ *
+ * @param {String} tzDefault: default timezone, if there is no cookie
+ * @param {String} tzCookieName: name of cookie to store timezone
+ * @param {String} tzClassName: denotes elements with date to be adjusted
+ */
+function onloadTZSetup(tzDefault, tzCookieName, tzClassName) {
+	var tzCookie = getCookie(tzCookieName);
+	var tz = tzCookie ? tzCookie : tzDefault;
+
+	// server-side of gitweb produces datetime in UTC,
+	// so if tz is 'utc' there is no need for changes
+	if (tz !== 'utc') {
+		fixDatetimeTZ(tz, tzClassName);
+	}
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Replace RFC-2822 dates contained in SPAN elements with tzClassName
+ * CSS class with equivalent dates in given timezone.
+ *
+ * @param {String} tz: numeric timezone in '(-|+)HHMM' format, or 'utc', or 'local'
+ * @param {String} tzClassName: specifies elements to be changed
+ */
+function fixDatetimeTZ(tz, tzClassName) {
+	// sanity check, method should be ensured by common-lib.js
+	if (!document.getElementsByClassName) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// translate to timezone in '(-|+)HHMM' format
+	tz = normalizeTimezoneInfo(tz);
+
+	// NOTE: result of getElementsByClassName should probably be cached
+	var classesFound = document.getElementsByClassName(tzClassName, "span");
+	for (var i = 0, len = classesFound.length; i < len; i++) {
+		var curElement = classesFound[i];
+
+		// we use *.firstChild.data (W3C DOM) instead of *.innerHTML
+		// as the latter doesn't always work everywhere in every browser
+		var epoch = parseRFC2822Date(curElement.firstChild.data);
+		var adjusted = formatDateRFC2882(epoch, tz);
+
+		curElement.firstChild.data = adjusted;
+	}
+}
+
+/* end of adjust-timezone.js */
diff --git a/gitweb/static/js/lib/datetime.js b/gitweb/static/js/lib/datetime.js
index b3dcedb141..f78c60a912 100644
--- a/gitweb/static/js/lib/datetime.js
+++ b/gitweb/static/js/lib/datetime.js
@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@ function formatTimezoneInfo(hours, minutes, sep) {
 	return tzSign + padLeft(hours, 2, '0') + sep + padLeft(minutes, 2, '0');
 }
 
+/**
+ * translate 'utc' and 'local' to numerical timezone
+ * @param {String} timezoneInfo: might be 'utc' or 'local' (browser)
+ */
+function normalizeTimezoneInfo(timezoneInfo) {
+	switch (timezoneInfo) {
+	case 'utc':
+		return '+0000';
+	case 'local': // 'local' is browser timezone
+		return localTimezoneInfo();
+	}
+	return timezoneInfo;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * return date in local time formatted in iso-8601 like format
  * 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS +/-ZZZZ' e.g. '2005-08-07 21:49:46 +0200'