diff --git a/datastore/load.go b/datastore/load.go
index 821331151a8..86315019bbc 100644
--- a/datastore/load.go
+++ b/datastore/load.go
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func setVal(v reflect.Value, p Property) (s string) {
 			if ok {
 				s := micros / 1e6
 				ns := micros % 1e6
-				v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(time.Unix(s, ns)))
+				v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(time.Unix(s, ns).In(time.UTC)))
 				break
 			}
 			x, ok := pValue.(time.Time)
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ func propToValue(v *pb.Value) (interface{}, error) {
 	case *pb.Value_DoubleValue:
 		return v.DoubleValue, nil
 	case *pb.Value_TimestampValue:
-		return time.Unix(v.TimestampValue.Seconds, int64(v.TimestampValue.Nanos)), nil
+		return time.Unix(v.TimestampValue.Seconds, int64(v.TimestampValue.Nanos)).In(time.UTC), nil
 	case *pb.Value_KeyValue:
 		return protoToKey(v.KeyValue)
 	case *pb.Value_StringValue:
diff --git a/datastore/load_test.go b/datastore/load_test.go
index 518fa61c10b..3e69d5638ae 100644
--- a/datastore/load_test.go
+++ b/datastore/load_test.go
@@ -569,6 +569,38 @@ func TestLoadToInterface(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Expect Local times to be represented in UTC
+func TestTimezone(t *testing.T) {
+	src := &pb.Entity{
+		Key: keyToProto(testKey0),
+		Properties: map[string]*pb.Value{
+			"Time": {ValueType: &pb.Value_TimestampValue{TimestampValue: &timestamppb.Timestamp{Seconds: 1605504600}}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	dst := &struct{ Time time.Time }{
+		Time: time.Time{},
+	}
+	want := &struct{ Time time.Time }{
+		Time: time.Unix(1605504600, 0).In(time.UTC),
+	}
+
+	err := loadEntityProto(dst, src)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loadEntityProto: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if diff := testutil.Diff(dst, want); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Mismatch: got - want +\n%s", diff)
+	}
+	// Also, the Zones need to be compared as comparing times will not detect this difference.
+	dstZone, _ := dst.Time.Zone()
+	wantZone, _ := want.Time.Zone()
+	if diff := testutil.Diff(dstZone, wantZone); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Mismatch: got - want +\n%s", diff)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAlreadyPopulatedDst(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		desc string