diff --git a/workflow/engine/bin/cron_single.php b/workflow/engine/bin/cron_single.php
index be7faf0a6..83c25f284 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/bin/cron_single.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/bin/cron_single.php
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ try {
     require_once('propel/Propel.php');
     require_once('creole/Creole.php');
 
+    //TODO: get rid of the global variable improving the timezone activation when this feature is enabled
+    global $arraySystemConfiguration;
     $arraySystemConfiguration = System::getSystemConfiguration('', '', $workspace);
 
     $e_all = (defined('E_DEPRECATED'))?            E_ALL  & ~E_DEPRECATED : E_ALL;
@@ -639,15 +641,7 @@ function executeScheduledCases($sNow=null)
         setExecutionMessage("Executing the scheduled starting cases");
         setExecutionResultMessage('PROCESSING');
 
-        if (isset($sNow)) {
-            //as the $sNow param that comes from the command line doesn't specicy a time zone
-            //we assume that the user set this time using the server time zone so we use the gmdate
-            //function to convert it
-            $runDate =  gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($sNow));
-        }
-        else {
-            $runDate =  gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
-        }
+        $runDate = runDateForScheduledCases($sNow);
 
         $oCaseScheduler = new CaseScheduler();
         $oCaseScheduler->caseSchedulerCron($runDate, $log, 1);
@@ -667,6 +661,35 @@ function executeScheduledCases($sNow=null)
     }
 }
 
+function runDateForScheduledCases($sNow) {
+    global $arraySystemConfiguration;
+
+    $runDate = isset($sNow)? $sNow : date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+
+    $systemUtcTimeZone = false;
+    /*----------------------------------********---------------------------------*/
+    if (PMLicensedFeatures::getSingleton()->verifyfeature('oq3S29xemxEZXJpZEIzN01qenJUaStSekY4cTdJVm5vbWtVM0d4S2lJSS9qUT0=')) {
+        $systemUtcTimeZone = (int)($arraySystemConfiguration['system_utc_time_zone']) == 1;
+    }
+    /*----------------------------------********---------------------------------*/
+
+    if ($systemUtcTimeZone) {
+        if (isset($sNow)) {
+            //as the $sNow param that comes from the command line doesn't specicy a time zone
+            //we assume that the user set this time using the server time zone so we use the gmdate
+            //function to convert it
+            $currentTimeZone = date_default_timezone_get();
+            date_default_timezone_set($arraySystemConfiguration['time_zone']);
+            $runDate =  gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($sNow));
+            date_default_timezone_set($currentTimeZone);
+        }
+        else {
+            $runDate =  gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+        }
+    }
+    return $runDate;
+}
+
 function executeUpdateAppTitle()
 {
     try {