diff --git a/core-utils/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/utils/TimeUtil.java b/core-utils/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/utils/TimeUtil.java
index 4de96515a9..e0492fdf40 100644
--- a/core-utils/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/utils/TimeUtil.java
+++ b/core-utils/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/utils/TimeUtil.java
@@ -19,18 +19,14 @@
  */
 package org.neo4j.gds.core.utils;
 
-import org.neo4j.gds.settings.Neo4jSettings;
-
 import java.time.Clock;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 
 public final class TimeUtil {
 
-    public static ZonedDateTime now() {
-        var zoneId = Neo4jSettings.dbTemporalTimezone().defaultValue();
+    public static ZonedDateTime now(ZoneId zoneId) {
         return ZonedDateTime.now(Clock.system(zoneId != null ? zoneId : ZoneId.systemDefault()));
     }
-
     private TimeUtil() {}
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/CSRGraphStore.java b/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/CSRGraphStore.java
index ecfeee05e6..2b1428c317 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/CSRGraphStore.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/CSRGraphStore.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.gds.core.utils.TimeUtil;
 import org.neo4j.gds.utils.StringJoining;
 
+import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ public final class CSRGraphStore implements GraphStore {
 
     private NodePropertyStore nodeProperties;
 
+    private final ZoneId zoneId;
     private final ZonedDateTime creationTime;
     private ZonedDateTime modificationTime;
 
@@ -105,7 +107,8 @@ private CSRGraphStore(
         NodePropertyStore nodeProperties,
         Map<RelationshipType, SingleTypeRelationships> relationships,
         GraphPropertyStore graphProperties,
-        Concurrency concurrency
+        Concurrency concurrency,
+        ZoneId zoneId
     ) {
         this.databaseInfo = databaseInfo;
         this.capabilities = capabilities;
@@ -121,7 +124,8 @@ private CSRGraphStore(
         this.relationships = new HashMap<>(relationships);
 
         this.concurrency = concurrency;
-        this.creationTime = TimeUtil.now();
+        this.zoneId = zoneId;
+        this.creationTime = TimeUtil.now(zoneId);
         this.modificationTime = this.creationTime;
     }
 
@@ -133,7 +137,8 @@ public static CSRGraphStore of(
         Nodes nodes,
         RelationshipImportResult relationshipImportResult,
         Optional<GraphPropertyStore> graphProperties,
-        Concurrency concurrency
+        Concurrency concurrency,
+        Optional<ZoneId> zoneId
     ) {
         return new CSRGraphStore(
             databaseInfo,
@@ -143,7 +148,8 @@ public static CSRGraphStore of(
             nodes.properties(),
             relationshipImportResult.importResults(),
             graphProperties.orElseGet(GraphPropertyStore::empty),
-            concurrency
+            concurrency,
+            zoneId.orElseGet(ZoneId::systemDefault)
         );
     }
 
@@ -585,7 +591,7 @@ public long nodeCount() {
 
     private synchronized void updateGraphStore(Consumer<CSRGraphStore> updateFunction) {
         updateFunction.accept(this);
-        this.modificationTime = TimeUtil.now();
+        this.modificationTime = TimeUtil.now(zoneId);
     }
 
     private CSRGraph createGraph(
diff --git a/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/TrainingPipeline.java b/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/TrainingPipeline.java
index 60178f369b..2c0f2df5fa 100644
--- a/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/TrainingPipeline.java
+++ b/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/TrainingPipeline.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.gds.ml.models.automl.TunableTrainerConfig;
 import org.neo4j.gds.core.utils.TimeUtil;
 
+import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumMap;
@@ -52,10 +53,10 @@ public static Map<String, List<Map<String, Object>>> toMapParameterSpace(Map<Tra
             ));
     }
 
-    protected TrainingPipeline(TrainingType trainingType) {
+    protected TrainingPipeline(TrainingType trainingType, ZoneId zoneId) {
         this.nodePropertySteps = new ArrayList<>();
         this.featureSteps = new ArrayList<>();
-        this.creationTime = TimeUtil.now();
+        this.creationTime = TimeUtil.now(zoneId);
 
         this.trainingParameterSpace = new EnumMap<>(TrainingMethod.class);
         this.autoTuningConfig = AutoTuningConfig.DEFAULT_CONFIG;
diff --git a/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/linkPipeline/LinkPredictionTrainingPipeline.java b/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/linkPipeline/LinkPredictionTrainingPipeline.java
index 8acf3a059a..1ed5fe8501 100644
--- a/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/linkPipeline/LinkPredictionTrainingPipeline.java
+++ b/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/linkPipeline/LinkPredictionTrainingPipeline.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.gds.executor.ExecutionContext;
 import org.neo4j.gds.ml.pipeline.ExecutableNodePropertyStep;
 import org.neo4j.gds.ml.pipeline.TrainingPipeline;
+import org.neo4j.gds.settings.Neo4jSettings;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public class LinkPredictionTrainingPipeline extends TrainingPipeline<LinkFeature
     private LinkPredictionSplitConfig splitConfig;
 
     public LinkPredictionTrainingPipeline() {
-        super(TrainingType.CLASSIFICATION);
+        super(TrainingType.CLASSIFICATION, Neo4jSettings.dbTemporalTimezone().defaultValue());
         this.splitConfig = LinkPredictionSplitConfig.DEFAULT_CONFIG;
     }
 
diff --git a/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/nodePipeline/NodePropertyTrainingPipeline.java b/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/nodePipeline/NodePropertyTrainingPipeline.java
index 8bbf6fe17d..9639f1fefa 100644
--- a/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/nodePipeline/NodePropertyTrainingPipeline.java
+++ b/pipeline/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/nodePipeline/NodePropertyTrainingPipeline.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import org.neo4j.gds.config.ToMapConvertible;
 import org.neo4j.gds.ml.pipeline.TrainingPipeline;
+import org.neo4j.gds.settings.Neo4jSettings;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public abstract class NodePropertyTrainingPipeline extends TrainingPipeline<Node
     protected NodePropertyPredictionSplitConfig splitConfig;
 
     protected NodePropertyTrainingPipeline(TrainingType trainingType) {
-        super(trainingType);
+        super(trainingType, Neo4jSettings.dbTemporalTimezone().defaultValue());
         this.splitConfig = NodePropertyPredictionSplitConfig.DEFAULT_CONFIG;
     }
 
diff --git a/pipeline/src/test/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/PipelineExecutorTest.java b/pipeline/src/test/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/PipelineExecutorTest.java
index fef327ceb0..811ff3b8ae 100644
--- a/pipeline/src/test/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/PipelineExecutorTest.java
+++ b/pipeline/src/test/java/org/neo4j/gds/ml/pipeline/PipelineExecutorTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.gds.logging.GdsTestLog;
 import org.neo4j.gds.ml.pipeline.linkPipeline.LinkPredictionPredictPipeline;
 import org.neo4j.gds.ml.pipeline.linkPipeline.linkfunctions.L2FeatureStep;
+import org.neo4j.gds.settings.Neo4jSettings;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ protected String execute(Map<DatasetSplits, PipelineGraphFilter> dataSplits) {
 
     private class BogusNodePropertyPipeline extends TrainingPipeline<FeatureStep> {
 
-        BogusNodePropertyPipeline() {super(TrainingType.REGRESSION);}
+        BogusNodePropertyPipeline() {super(TrainingType.REGRESSION, Neo4jSettings.dbTemporalTimezone().defaultValue());}
 
         @Override
         public List<ExecutableNodePropertyStep> nodePropertySteps() {
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ public void validateFeatureProperties(GraphStore graphStore, Collection<NodeLabe
 
     private class FailingNodePropertyPipeline extends TrainingPipeline<FeatureStep> {
 
-        FailingNodePropertyPipeline() {super(TrainingType.CLASSIFICATION);}
+        FailingNodePropertyPipeline() {super(TrainingType.CLASSIFICATION, Neo4jSettings.dbTemporalTimezone().defaultValue());}
 
         @Override
         public List<ExecutableNodePropertyStep> nodePropertySteps() {