diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index cbfb0bdea9063..da935554ad1ce 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ sass:
 permalink: /:categories/:title/
 # paginate: 5 # amount of posts to show
 # paginate_path: /page:num/
-timezone: America/Los_Angeles # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
+timezone: America/New_York # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
 
 
 # Plugins