diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1c9e143..600f9d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -197,4 +197,26 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+
+            <!--
+            Set the default time zone to UTC when running tests.
+            Otherwise, certain tests will fail due to differences
+            in how some databases handle time zones.
+
+            For example, MySQL and SQLite handle them differently
+            from Postgres and H2.
+            -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>-Duser.timezone=UTC</argLine>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kiwiproject/dropwizard/error/dao/AbstractApplicationErrorDaoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kiwiproject/dropwizard/error/dao/AbstractApplicationErrorDaoTest.java
index c0d26c7..f55e18e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/kiwiproject/dropwizard/error/dao/AbstractApplicationErrorDaoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kiwiproject/dropwizard/error/dao/AbstractApplicationErrorDaoTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static org.kiwiproject.collect.KiwiLists.first;
 import static org.kiwiproject.test.util.DateTimeTestHelper.assertTimeDifferenceWithinTolerance;
 
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.exception.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.assertj.core.api.SoftAssertions;
 import org.assertj.core.api.junit.jupiter.SoftAssertionsExtension;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
  */
 @ExtendWith(ApplicationErrorExtension.class)
 @ExtendWith(SoftAssertionsExtension.class)
+@Slf4j
 public abstract class AbstractApplicationErrorDaoTest<T extends ApplicationErrorDao> {
 
     private T errorDao;
@@ -165,6 +168,13 @@ void shouldInsertNewApplicationErrorRecord(SoftAssertions softly) {
             var oneSecondInMillis = 1_000;
             assertTimeDifferenceWithinTolerance(softly, "createdAt", beforeInsert, retrievedError.getCreatedAt(), oneSecondInMillis);
             assertTimeDifferenceWithinTolerance(softly, "updatedAt", beforeInsert, retrievedError.getUpdatedAt(), oneSecondInMillis);
+            if (!softly.wasSuccess()) {
+                LOG.warn("When the time difference assertions fail, it is probably due to a time zone difference." +
+                                " This library currently requires UTC for the JVM and database." +
+                                " The JVM system default time zone is {}." +
+                                " The database time zone is most likely using the same default time zone.",
+                        ZoneId.systemDefault());
+            }
             softly.assertThat(retrievedError.getDescription()).isEqualTo(description);
             softly.assertThat(retrievedError.getExceptionType()).isEqualTo(throwable.getClass().getName());
             softly.assertThat(retrievedError.getExceptionMessage()).isEqualTo(throwable.getMessage());