3 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Capabilities/Caps.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Capabilities/Caps.cs
index fd43e89..28e56da 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Capabilities/Caps.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Capabilities/Caps.cs
@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Capabilities
             item.BasePermissions = 2147483647;
             item.EveryOnePermissions = 0;
             item.NextPermissions = 2147483647;
+            item.CreationDate = Util.UnixTimeSinceEpoch();
 
             if (AddNewInventoryItem != null)
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
index 0f0aa47..c5334a8 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Data;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Net;
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         private static string regexInvalidPathChars = "[" + new String(Path.GetInvalidPathChars()) + "]";
         private static object XferLock = new object();
 
+        // Unix-epoch starts at January 1st 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. And all our times in the server are (or at least should be) in UTC.
+        private static readonly DateTime unixEpoch =
+            DateTime.ParseExact("1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0", "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss z", DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo).ToUniversalTime();
+
         #region Vector Equations
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -290,19 +295,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
 
         public static int ToUnixTime(DateTime stamp)
         {
-            TimeSpan t = (stamp.ToUniversalTime() - Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/1970 8:00:00 AM"));
+            TimeSpan t = stamp.ToUniversalTime() - unixEpoch;
             return (int) t.TotalSeconds;
         }
 
         public static DateTime ToDateTime(ulong seconds)
         {
-            DateTime epoch = Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/1970 8:00:00 AM");
+            DateTime epoch = unixEpoch;
             return epoch.AddSeconds(seconds);
         }
 
         public static DateTime ToDateTime(int seconds)
         {
-            DateTime epoch = Convert.ToDateTime("1/1/1970 8:00:00 AM");
+            DateTime epoch = unixEpoch;
             return epoch.AddSeconds(seconds);
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Agent/AssetTransaction/AssetXferUploader.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Agent/AssetTransaction/AssetXferUploader.cs
index 2763831..2bac3c7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Agent/AssetTransaction/AssetXferUploader.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/Agent/AssetTransaction/AssetXferUploader.cs
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Agent.AssetTransaction
             CachedUserInfo userInfo =
                 m_userTransactions.Manager.MyScene.CommsManager.UserProfileCacheService.GetUserDetails(
                     ourClient.AgentId);
-            
+
             if (userInfo != null)
             {
                 InventoryItemBase item = new InventoryItemBase();
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.Agent.AssetTransaction
                 item.EveryOnePermissions=0;
                 item.NextPermissions = nextPerm;
                 item.Flags = (uint) wearableType;
+                item.CreationDate = Util.UnixTimeSinceEpoch();
 
                 userInfo.AddItem(item);
                 ourClient.SendInventoryItemCreateUpdate(item);