diff --git a/cms/templates/edit_subsection.html b/cms/templates/edit_subsection.html
index 80385de829..c48787c34a 100644
--- a/cms/templates/edit_subsection.html
+++ b/cms/templates/edit_subsection.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
             <p class="notice">The date above differs from the release date of ${parent_item.display_name_with_default}, which is unset.
             % else:
             <p class="notice">The date above differs from the release date of ${parent_item.display_name_with_default} –
-                ${get_time_struct_display(parent_item.lms.start, '%m/%d/%Y at %I:%M %p')}.
+                ${get_time_struct_display(parent_item.lms.start, '%m/%d/%Y at %H:%M UTC')}.
             % endif
             <a href="#" class="sync-date no-spinner">Sync to ${parent_item.display_name_with_default}.</a></p>
         % endif
diff --git a/cms/templates/overview.html b/cms/templates/overview.html
index 04aae12f4a..b3162a111a 100644
--- a/cms/templates/overview.html
+++ b/cms/templates/overview.html
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
               <div class="section-published-date">
                 <%
                   start_date_str = get_time_struct_display(section.lms.start, '%m/%d/%Y')
-                  start_time_str = get_time_struct_display(section.lms.start, '%I:%M %p')
+                  start_time_str = get_time_struct_display(section.lms.start, '%H:%M UTC')
                 %>
                 %if section.lms.start is None:
                   <span class="published-status">This section has not been released.</span>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_date_utils.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_date_utils.py
index 2b294e028f..de004107b3 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_date_utils.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_date_utils.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def test_get_time_struct_display():
 def test_get_default_time_display():
     assert_equals("", date_utils.get_default_time_display(None))
     test_time = time.struct_time((1992, 3, 12, 15, 3, 30, 1, 71, 0))
-    assert_equals("Mar 12, 1992 at 03:03 PM",
+    assert_equals("Mar 12, 1992 at 15:03 UTC",
         date_utils.get_default_time_display(test_time))
 
 
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/util/date_utils.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/util/date_utils.py
index 3db44b3ee6..601c4cee42 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/util/date_utils.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/util/date_utils.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ def get_default_time_display(time_struct):
     """
     Converts a time struct to a string representation. This is the default
     representation used in Studio and LMS.
-    It is of the form "Apr 09, 2013 at 04:00 PM".
+    It is of the form "Apr 09, 2013 at 16:00 UTC".
 
     If None is passed in, an empty string will be returned.
     """
-    return get_time_struct_display(time_struct, "%b %d, %Y at %I:%M %p")
+    return get_time_struct_display(time_struct, "%b %d, %Y at %H:%M UTC")
 
 
 def get_time_struct_display(time_struct, format):