diff --git a/make-new-file.cgi b/make-new-file.cgi
index 3585304..c9e9fc4 100755
--- a/make-new-file.cgi
+++ b/make-new-file.cgi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 echo "Content-type: text/html"
 echo ""
 
-date_now=$(date +'%b %d, %Y at %H:%M')
+date_now=$(TZ='Asia/Beirut' date +'%b %d, %Y at %H:%M')
 
 if [[ $(cat state.txt) = "ON" ]]
 then