diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java
index 708b0d1e622..e2f11c34d19 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ public class ApiConstants {
     public static final String ISO_ID = "isoid";
     public static final String TIMEOUT = "timeout";
     public static final String TIMEZONE = "timezone";
+    public static final String TIMEZONEOFFSET = "timezoneoffset";
     public static final String TYPE = "type";
     public static final String TRUST_STORE = "truststore";
     public static final String TRUST_STORE_PASSWORD = "truststorepass";
diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/LoginCmdResponse.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/LoginCmdResponse.java
index 55eb2c40a38..d2d122efb66 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/LoginCmdResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/LoginCmdResponse.java
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ public class LoginCmdResponse extends AuthenticationCmdResponse {
     @Param(description = "user time zone")
     private String timeZone;
 
+    @SerializedName(value = ApiConstants.TIMEZONEOFFSET)
+    @Param(description = "user time zoneoffset")
+    private String timeZoneOffset;
+
     @SerializedName(value = ApiConstants.REGISTERED)
     @Param(description = "Is user registered")
     private String registered;
@@ -138,6 +142,12 @@ public class LoginCmdResponse extends AuthenticationCmdResponse {
         this.timeZone = timeZone;
     }
 
+    public String getTimeZoneOffset() {
+        return timeZoneOffset;
+    }
+
+    public void setTimeZoneOffset(String timeZoneOffset) { this.timeZoneOffset = timeZoneOffset; }
+
     public String getRegistered() {
         return registered;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
index 4c39f5093f4..75bf380b135 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiServer.java
@@ -987,6 +987,9 @@ public class ApiServer extends ManagerBase implements HttpRequestHandler, ApiSer
                 if (ApiConstants.TIMEZONE.equalsIgnoreCase(attrName)) {
                     response.setTimeZone(attrObj.toString());
                 }
+                if (ApiConstants.TIMEZONEOFFSET.equalsIgnoreCase(attrName)) {
+                    response.setTimeZoneOffset(attrObj.toString());
+                }
                 if (ApiConstants.REGISTERED.equalsIgnoreCase(attrName)) {
                     response.setRegistered(attrObj.toString());
                 }
diff --git a/ui/scripts/cloudStack.js b/ui/scripts/cloudStack.js
index b712d6cdfc2..119013326fb 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/cloudStack.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/cloudStack.js
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
                     g_username = unBoxCookieValue('username');
                     g_userfullname = unBoxCookieValue('userfullname');
                     g_timezone = unBoxCookieValue('timezone');
+                    g_timezoneoffset = unBoxCookieValue('timezoneoffset');
                 } else { //single-sign-on (bypass login screen)
                     g_sessionKey = encodeURIComponent(g_loginResponse.sessionkey);
                     g_role = g_loginResponse.type;
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@
                     g_domainid = g_loginResponse.domainid;
                     g_userfullname = g_loginResponse.firstname + ' ' + g_loginResponse.lastname;
                     g_timezone = g_loginResponse.timezone;
+                    g_timezoneoffset = g_loginResponse.timezoneoffset;
                 }
 
                 var userValid = false;
@@ -258,6 +260,7 @@
                         g_account = loginresponse.account;
                         g_domainid = loginresponse.domainid;
                         g_timezone = loginresponse.timezone;
+                        g_timezoneoffset = loginresponse.timezoneoffset;
                         g_userfullname = loginresponse.firstname + ' ' + loginresponse.lastname;
 
                         $.cookie('username', g_username, {
@@ -275,6 +278,9 @@
                         $.cookie('timezone', g_timezone, {
                             expires: 1
                         });
+                        $.cookie('timezoneoffset', g_timezoneoffset, {
+                            expires: 1
+                        });
                         $.cookie('userfullname', g_userfullname, {
                             expires: 1
                         });