diff --git a/public/userarea/apply_routine.php b/public/userarea/apply_routine.php
index 601fb8f..64670f3 100644
--- a/public/userarea/apply_routine.php
+++ b/public/userarea/apply_routine.php
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ ob_start();
 session_start();
 require_once '../../vendor/autoload.php';
 
+Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(dirname(__DIR__, 2))->safeLoad();
+date_default_timezone_set($_ENV['APP_TIMEZONE'] ?? 'Europe/Rome');
+
 $response = ['error' => '', 'rows' => [], 'columns' => [], 'template_id' => 0, 'filename' => '', 'excel_data' => []];
 
 try {
diff --git a/public/userarea/class/db-functions.php b/public/userarea/class/db-functions.php
index e16888a..18ff684 100644
--- a/public/userarea/class/db-functions.php
+++ b/public/userarea/class/db-functions.php
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ require_once dirname(__DIR__, 3) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 use Dotenv\Dotenv;
 
+Dotenv::createImmutable(dirname(__DIR__, 3))->safeLoad();
+date_default_timezone_set($_ENV['APP_TIMEZONE'] ?? 'Europe/Rome');
+
 class DBHandlerSelect
 {
     private static $instance = null;
diff --git a/public/userarea/cronfiles/get_matrici_cron.php b/public/userarea/cronfiles/get_matrici_cron.php
index b118694..bce2c7b 100644
--- a/public/userarea/cronfiles/get_matrici_cron.php
+++ b/public/userarea/cronfiles/get_matrici_cron.php
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ try {
     exit(1);
 }
 
+date_default_timezone_set($_ENV['APP_TIMEZONE'] ?? 'Europe/Rome');
+
 // Recupera le variabili d'ambiente
 $dbHost = $_ENV['DB_HOST'];
 $dbName = $_ENV['DB_DATABASE'];
diff --git a/public/userarea/import_edit2.php b/public/userarea/import_edit2.php
index f2dbcfa..acd2f35 100644
--- a/public/userarea/import_edit2.php
+++ b/public/userarea/import_edit2.php
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 include('include/headscript.php');
 
-// ✅ FIX timezone (Rome)
-ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Rome');
-date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Rome');
-
 if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] !== 'POST' || !isset($_POST['template_id']) || !isset($_POST['selected_rows']) || !isset($_POST['filename'])) {
     header("Location: xlstemplates_grid.php?status=error&message=" . urlencode("Richiesta non valida"));
     exit;
diff --git a/public/userarea/imported.php b/public/userarea/imported.php
index e3021b7..2485a1d 100644
--- a/public/userarea/imported.php
+++ b/public/userarea/imported.php
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 include('include/headscript.php');
 
-// ✅ FIX timezone (Rome)
-ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Rome');
-date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Rome');
-
 $template_id = intval($_GET['id'] ?? 0);
 if (!$template_id) {
     header("Location: xlstemplates_grid.php?status=error&message=" . urlencode("Template ID mancante"));
diff --git a/public/userarea/include/headscript.php b/public/userarea/include/headscript.php
index f74cb8b..ab35e05 100644
--- a/public/userarea/include/headscript.php
+++ b/public/userarea/include/headscript.php
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
 include('../../extra/auth.php');
 //require_once __DIR__ . '/extra/auth.php';
 
+// Laravel bootstrap (loaded by auth.php) forces UTC via config/app.php — re-apply our TZ
+date_default_timezone_set($_ENV['APP_TIMEZONE'] ?? 'Europe/Rome');
+
 // Here we just check if user is not 
 // logged in, and in that case we redirect
 // the user to vanguard login page.
diff --git a/public/userarea/process_import_xls.php b/public/userarea/process_import_xls.php
index 6ec258f..6640ac5 100644
--- a/public/userarea/process_import_xls.php
+++ b/public/userarea/process_import_xls.php
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ session_start();
 // Includi PHPSpreadsheet
 require_once '../../vendor/autoload.php';
 
+Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(dirname(__DIR__, 2))->safeLoad();
+date_default_timezone_set($_ENV['APP_TIMEZONE'] ?? 'Europe/Rome');
+
 $response = ['error' => '', 'rows' => [], 'columns' => [], 'template_id' => 0, 'filename' => ''];
 
 try {
diff --git a/public/userarea/test_auth.php b/public/userarea/test_auth.php
index 63d2a91..aef25fd 100644
--- a/public/userarea/test_auth.php
+++ b/public/userarea/test_auth.php
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ ini_set('log_errors', 1);
 require_once dirname(__DIR__, 2) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/class/VisualLimsApiClient.class.php';
 
+Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(dirname(__DIR__, 2))->safeLoad();
+date_default_timezone_set($_ENV['APP_TIMEZONE'] ?? 'Europe/Rome');
+
 header('Content-Type: application/json');
 
 try {
diff --git a/public/userarea/tolims.php b/public/userarea/tolims.php
index d09635e..458a686 100644
--- a/public/userarea/tolims.php
+++ b/public/userarea/tolims.php
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 include('include/headscript.php');
 
-// ✅ FIX timezone (Rome)
-ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Rome');
-date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Rome');
-
 $template_id = intval($_GET['id'] ?? 0);
 if (!$template_id) {
     header("Location: xlstemplates_grid.php?status=error&message=" . urlencode("Template ID mancante"));