diff --git a/src/app/panels/graph/module.js b/src/app/panels/graph/module.js
index 32a3dfc490e..b41dc9ce3a6 100644
--- a/src/app/panels/graph/module.js
+++ b/src/app/panels/graph/module.js
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ function (angular, app, $, _, kbn, moment, timeSeries) {
         format: $scope.panel.renderer === 'png' ? 'png' : 'json',
         maxDataPoints: $scope.resolution,
         datasource: $scope.panel.datasource,
-        timezone: $scope.dashboard.timezone
       };
 
       $scope.annotationsPromise = annotationsSrv.getAnnotations($scope.filter, $scope.rangeUnparsed, $scope.dashboard);
diff --git a/src/app/services/annotationsSrv.js b/src/app/services/annotationsSrv.js
index 958df500db5..7ce3cdbc3e3 100644
--- a/src/app/services/annotationsSrv.js
+++ b/src/app/services/annotationsSrv.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ define([
     var promiseCached;
     var annotationPanel;
     var list = [];
+    var timezone;
 
     this.init = function() {
       $rootScope.$on('refresh', this.clearCache);
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ define([
         return promiseCached;
       }
 
+      var timezone = dashboard,timezone;
       var annotations = _.where(annotationPanel.annotations, { enable: true });
 
       var promises  = _.map(annotations, function(annotation) {
@@ -65,7 +67,12 @@ define([
         tooltip += (options.tags || '') + '<br/>';
       }
 
-      tooltip += '<i>' + moment(options.time).format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss') + '</i><br/>';
+      if (timezone === 'browser') {
+        tooltip += '<i>' + moment(options.time).format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss') + '</i><br/>';
+      }
+      else {
+        tooltip += '<i>' + moment.utc(options.time).format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss') + '</i><br/>';
+      }
 
       if (options.text) {
         tooltip += options.text.replace(/\n/g, '<br/>');
diff --git a/src/app/services/dashboard/dashboardModel.js b/src/app/services/dashboard/dashboardModel.js
index 767ba61a7d1..13c4f913520 100644
--- a/src/app/services/dashboard/dashboardModel.js
+++ b/src/app/services/dashboard/dashboardModel.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function (angular, $, kbn, _) {
       this.title = data.title;
       this.tags = data.tags || [];
       this.style = data.style || "dark";
-      this.timezone = data.browser || 'browser';
+      this.timezone = data.timezone || 'browser';
       this.editable = data.editble || true;
       this.rows = data.rows || [];
       this.pulldowns = data.pulldowns || [];
diff --git a/src/app/services/graphite/graphiteDatasource.js b/src/app/services/graphite/graphiteDatasource.js
index 00c7752c0c6..4bf95f65ea2 100644
--- a/src/app/services/graphite/graphiteDatasource.js
+++ b/src/app/services/graphite/graphiteDatasource.js
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ function (angular, _, $, config, kbn, moment) {
     GraphiteDatasource.prototype.query = function(filterSrv, options) {
       try {
         var graphOptions = {
-          from: this.translateTime(options.range.from, options.timezone, 'round-down'),
-          until: this.translateTime(options.range.to, options.timezone, 'round-up'),
+          from: this.translateTime(options.range.from, 'round-down'),
+          until: this.translateTime(options.range.to, 'round-up'),
           targets: options.targets,
           format: options.format,
           maxDataPoints: options.maxDataPoints,
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function (angular, _, $, config, kbn, moment) {
       }
     };
 
-    GraphiteDatasource.prototype.translateTime = function(date, timezone, rounding) {
+    GraphiteDatasource.prototype.translateTime = function(date, rounding) {
       if (_.isString(date)) {
         if (date === 'now') {
           return 'now';
diff --git a/src/config.sample.js b/src/config.sample.js
index 98f3ad41ed9..e151a6c311d 100644
--- a/src/config.sample.js
+++ b/src/config.sample.js
@@ -35,18 +35,6 @@ function (Settings) {
     // Elasticsearch index for storing dashboards
     grafana_index: "grafana-dash",
 
-    // timezoneOFfset:
-    // If you experiance problems with zoom, it is probably caused by timezone diff between
-    // your browser and the graphite-web application. timezoneOffset setting can be used to have Grafana
-    // translate absolute time ranges to the graphite-web timezone.
-    // Example:
-    //   If TIME_ZONE in graphite-web config file local_settings.py is set to America/New_York, then set
-    //   timezoneOffset to "-0500" (for UTC - 5 hours)
-    // Example:
-    //   If TIME_ZONE is set to UTC, set this to "0000"
-    //
-    timezoneOffset: null,
-
     // set to false to disable unsaved changes warning
     unsaved_changes_warning: true,