diff --git a/app/controllers/web/BlogController.cfc b/app/controllers/web/BlogController.cfc
index 719d9a0..b9e0448 100644
--- a/app/controllers/web/BlogController.cfc
+++ b/app/controllers/web/BlogController.cfc
@@ -969,10 +969,12 @@ component extends="app.Controllers.Controller" {
             blogData.statusId = 2;
             blogData.status = "Approved";
             if (structKeyExists(blogData, "postCreatedDate") && !isNull(blogData.postCreatedDate) && !isEmpty(blogData.postCreatedDate)) {
-                blogData.publishedAt = blogData.postCreatedDate;
+                // Convert the provided date to UTC before saving
+                blogData.publishedAt = toUTC(blogData.postCreatedDate);
             } else {
-                blogData.publishedAt = now();
-                blogData.postCreatedDate = now();
+                // Use current UTC time
+                blogData.publishedAt = toUTC(now());
+                blogData.postCreatedDate = toUTC(now());
             }
         } else {
             blogData.statusId = 2; // Under Review
@@ -1025,10 +1027,12 @@ component extends="app.Controllers.Controller" {
                         newBlog.status = blogData.status;
                     }
                     if (structKeyExists(blogData, "postCreatedDate") && !isNull(blogData.postCreatedDate) && !isEmpty(blogData.postCreatedDate)) {
-                        newBlog.publishedAt = blogData.postCreatedDate;
-                        newBlog.postCreatedDate = blogData.postCreatedDate;
+                        // Convert the provided date to UTC before saving
+                        newBlog.publishedAt = toUTC(blogData.postCreatedDate);
+                        newBlog.postCreatedDate = toUTC(blogData.postCreatedDate);
                     } else {
-                        newBlog.postCreatedDate = now();
+                        // Use current UTC time
+                        newBlog.postCreatedDate = toUTC(now());
                     }
                     newBlog.save();
 
diff --git a/app/global/functions.cfm b/app/global/functions.cfm
index 345536a..838729d 100644
--- a/app/global/functions.cfm
+++ b/app/global/functions.cfm
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 public function GetSignedInUserId(){
     return structKeyExists(session, "userID") ? session.userID : 0
 }
+
+/**
+ * Convert a local datetime to UTC using server's timezone offset
+ * @localTime The datetime to convert to UTC
+ * @return The datetime in UTC
+ */
+public datetime function toUTC(required datetime localTime) {
+    var tzInfo = GetTimeZoneInfo();
+    var offsetSeconds = tzInfo.utcTotalOffset * 60;
+    return dateAdd("s", -offsetSeconds, arguments.localTime);
+}
 public function GetUserRoleId(){
     return 3;
 }
diff --git a/app/views/layout.cfm b/app/views/layout.cfm
index 3f1293b..d336720 100644
--- a/app/views/layout.cfm
+++ b/app/views/layout.cfm
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 
 	<!--- Set og:image for key public pages --->
 	<cfif isHome>
-		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/images/home-og.png">
+		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/img/home-og.png">
 	<cfelseif isCommunity>
-		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/images/community-og.png">
+		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/img/community-og.png">
 	<cfelseif isGuideDocs>
-		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/images/guides-og.png">
+		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/img/guides-og.png">
 	<cfelseif isDocs>
-		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/images/docs-og.png">
+		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/img/docs-og.png">
 	<cfelseif isApi>
-		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/images/api-og.png">
+		<cfset ogImage = getBaseUrl() & "/img/api-og.png">
 	</cfif>
 
 	<cfset pageTitle = "Wheels - An open source CFML framework inspired by Ruby on Rails">
@@ -806,6 +806,21 @@
 			<script src="/js/swiper.js"></script>
 			<script src="/js/infinite-scroll.pkgd.min.js"></script>
 			<script src="/js/global.js"></script>
+			<script>
+				// Convert UTC dates to local timezone for elements with data-utc attribute
+				document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
+					var utcElements = document.querySelectorAll('[data-utc]');
+					utcElements.forEach(function(el) {
+						var utcDate = el.getAttribute('data-utc');
+						if (utcDate) {
+							var date = new Date(utcDate);
+							if (!isNaN(date.getTime())) {
+								el.textContent = date.toLocaleString();
+							}
+						}
+					});
+				});
+			</script>
 		</body>
 	</html>
 </cfif>
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diff --git a/app/views/web/BlogController/create.cfm b/app/views/web/BlogController/create.cfm
index b634408..bd9850d 100644
--- a/app/views/web/BlogController/create.cfm
+++ b/app/views/web/BlogController/create.cfm
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
                             <label class="form-label mb-1 fs-14 fw-medium">
                                 Publish Date
                             </label>
-                            <input class="form-control fs-14" type="datetime-local" name="postCreatedDate" id="postCreatedDate" value="<cfif isEdit>#dateFormat(blog.postCreatedDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd')#T#timeFormat(blog.postCreatedDate, 'HH:mm')#</cfif>">
+                            <input class="form-control fs-14" type="datetime-local" name="postCreatedDate" id="postCreatedDate" value="<cfif isEdit>#dateFormat(blog.postCreatedDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd')#T#timeFormat(blog.postCreatedDate, 'HH:mm')#</cfif>" data-utc-value="<cfif isEdit>#dateFormat(blog.postCreatedDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd')#T#timeFormat(blog.postCreatedDate, 'HH:mm:ss')#</cfif>">
                             <small class="text-muted mt-1 d-block fs-13">Leave empty to use the current date and time</small>
                         </div>
     
@@ -108,4 +108,35 @@
     </div>
 </cfoutput>
     <script src="/js/createBlog.js"></script>
-</main>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <script>
+        // Convert UTC datetime from server to local time for display in datetime-local input
+        document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
+            var postCreatedDateInput = document.getElementById('postCreatedDate');
+            if (postCreatedDateInput) {
+                var utcValue = postCreatedDateInput.getAttribute('data-utc-value');
+                if (utcValue) {
+                    // Parse the UTC value from server and convert to local time
+                    var utcDate = new Date(utcValue + 'Z');
+                    if (!isNaN(utcDate.getTime())) {
+                        // Convert to local datetime-local format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm)
+                        var localDate = new Date(utcDate.getTime() - (utcDate.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000));
+                        postCreatedDateInput.value = localDate.toISOString().slice(0, 16);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        // Convert local datetime to UTC before form submission via HTMX
+        document.addEventListener("htmx:configRequest", function(event) {
+            var postCreatedDateInput = document.getElementById('postCreatedDate');
+            if (postCreatedDateInput && postCreatedDateInput.value) {
+                // Parse the local datetime and convert to UTC
+                var localDate = new Date(postCreatedDateInput.value);
+                if (!isNaN(localDate.getTime())) {
+                    // Convert to ISO string (which is in UTC) and update the form parameter
+                    event.detail.parameters.postCreatedDate = localDate.toISOString();
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    </script>
+</main>
diff --git a/app/views/web/BlogController/partials/_blogList.cfm b/app/views/web/BlogController/partials/_blogList.cfm
index 25e50b4..22b5af8 100644
--- a/app/views/web/BlogController/partials/_blogList.cfm
+++ b/app/views/web/BlogController/partials/_blogList.cfm
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
                                     <p class="text--secondary fw-bold fs-14 m-0 author-name">
                                         #htmlEditFormat(blogs.fullName)#
                                     </p>
-                                    <time class="text--lightGray fs-12 fw-medium" datetime="#dateformat(blogs.postDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd')#">
+                                    <time class="text--lightGray fs-12 fw-medium" datetime="#dateformat(blogs.postDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd')#" data-utc="#dateFormat(blogs.postDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss')#">
                                         #formattedDate#
                                     </time>
                                 </button>
diff --git a/app/views/web/BlogController/show.cfm b/app/views/web/BlogController/show.cfm
index af56d5d..50d36d9 100644
--- a/app/views/web/BlogController/show.cfm
+++ b/app/views/web/BlogController/show.cfm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                             <cfif categories.recordCount GT 0 OR tags.recordCount GT 0>
                                 <div class="d-flex flex-wrap justify-content-center flex-grow-1 align-items-end gap-lg-5 gap-2 mt-3">
                                     <!-- Blog date -->
-                                    <p class="fw-medium fs-12 text--lightGray mb-0">
+                                    <p class="fw-medium fs-12 text--lightGray mb-0" data-utc="#dateFormat(blog.getDisplayDate(), 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss')#">
                                         #dateformat(blog.getDisplayDate(), 'MMMM DD, YYYY')#
                                     </p>