diff --git a/application/config/config.sample.php b/application/config/config.sample.php
index 2ae041aa8..b50c36e50 100644
--- a/application/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/application/config/config.sample.php
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ $config['compress_output'] = FALSE;
 |
 */
 $config['time_reference'] = 'UTC';
-
+date_default_timezone_set($config['time_reference']);
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Rewrite PHP Short Tags