diff --git a/mealie/db/migration_types.py b/mealie/db/migration_types.py
index 7ce86b584d6..a0c78e5b7b2 100644
--- a/mealie/db/migration_types.py
+++ b/mealie/db/migration_types.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+from mealie.db.models._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime  # noqa: F401
 from mealie.db.models._model_utils.guid import GUID  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/_model_base.py b/mealie/db/models/_model_base.py
index e49bc61b9f6..fd5e68c8079 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/_model_base.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/_model_base.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from sqlalchemy import DateTime, Integer
+from sqlalchemy import Integer
 from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase, Mapped, declared_attr, mapped_column, synonym
 from text_unidecode import unidecode
 
-from ._model_utils.datetime import get_utc_now
+from ._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime, get_utc_now
 
 
 class SqlAlchemyBase(DeclarativeBase):
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, primary_key=True)
-    created_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(DateTime, default=get_utc_now, index=True)
-    update_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(DateTime, default=get_utc_now, onupdate=get_utc_now)
+    created_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime, default=get_utc_now, index=True)
+    update_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime, default=get_utc_now, onupdate=get_utc_now)
 
     @declared_attr
     def updated_at(cls) -> Mapped[datetime | None]:
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/_model_utils/datetime.py b/mealie/db/models/_model_utils/datetime.py
index fbfb62dfeb2..5c24d1d526e 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/_model_utils/datetime.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/_model_utils/datetime.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
+from sqlalchemy.types import DateTime, TypeDecorator
+
 
 def get_utc_now():
     """
@@ -13,3 +15,36 @@ def get_utc_today():
     Returns the current date in UTC.
     """
     return datetime.now(timezone.utc).date()
+
+
+class NaiveDateTime(TypeDecorator):
+    """
+    Mealie uses naive date times since the app handles timezones explicitly.
+    All timezones are generated, stored, and retrieved as UTC.
+
+    This class strips the timezone from a datetime object when storing it so the database (i.e. postgres)
+    doesn't do any timezone conversion when storing the datetime, then re-inserts UTC when retrieving it.
+    """
+
+    impl = DateTime
+    cache_ok = True
+
+    def process_bind_param(self, value: datetime | None, dialect):
+        if value is None:
+            return value
+
+        try:
+            if value.tzinfo is not None:
+                value = value.astimezone(timezone.utc)
+            return value.replace(tzinfo=None)
+        except Exception:
+            return value
+
+    def process_result_value(self, value: datetime | None, dialect):
+        try:
+            if value is not None:
+                value = value.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        return value
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/group/report.py b/mealie/db/models/group/report.py
index afde1c37a93..0847b7797ac 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/group/report.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/group/report.py
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 from pydantic import ConfigDict
 from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey, orm
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
-from sqlalchemy.sql.sqltypes import Boolean, DateTime, String
+from sqlalchemy.sql.sqltypes import Boolean, String
 
 from mealie.db.models._model_base import BaseMixins, SqlAlchemyBase
 
 from .._model_utils.auto_init import auto_init
-from .._model_utils.datetime import get_utc_now
+from .._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime, get_utc_now
 from .._model_utils.guid import GUID
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ReportEntryModel(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
     success: Mapped[bool | None] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False)
     message: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=True)
     exception: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=True)
-    timestamp: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime, nullable=False, default=get_utc_now)
+    timestamp: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime, nullable=False, default=get_utc_now)
 
     report_id: Mapped[GUID] = mapped_column(GUID, ForeignKey("group_reports.id"), nullable=False, index=True)
     report: Mapped["ReportModel"] = orm.relationship("ReportModel", back_populates="entries")
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ReportModel(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
     name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=False)
     status: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=False)
     category: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, index=True, nullable=False)
-    timestamp: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime, nullable=False, default=get_utc_now)
+    timestamp: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime, nullable=False, default=get_utc_now)
 
     entries: Mapped[list[ReportEntryModel]] = orm.relationship(
         ReportEntryModel, back_populates="report", cascade="all, delete-orphan"
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/recipe/recipe.py b/mealie/db/models/recipe/recipe.py
index 79feee0cec0..9266ec899f0 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/recipe/recipe.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/recipe/recipe.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import object_session
 
 from mealie.db.models._model_utils.auto_init import auto_init
-from mealie.db.models._model_utils.datetime import get_utc_today
+from mealie.db.models._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime, get_utc_today
 from mealie.db.models._model_utils.guid import GUID
 
 from .._model_base import BaseMixins, SqlAlchemyBase
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ class RecipeModel(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
 
     # Time Stamp Properties
     date_added: Mapped[date | None] = mapped_column(sa.Date, default=get_utc_today)
-    date_updated: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(sa.DateTime)
-    last_made: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(sa.DateTime)
+    date_updated: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime)
+    last_made: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime)
 
     # Shopping List Refs
     shopping_list_refs: Mapped[list["ShoppingListRecipeReference"]] = orm.relationship(
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/recipe/recipe_timeline.py b/mealie/db/models/recipe/recipe_timeline.py
index 3972db606be..402606e50b4 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/recipe/recipe_timeline.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/recipe/recipe_timeline.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from sqlalchemy import DateTime, ForeignKey, String
+from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey, String
 from sqlalchemy.ext.associationproxy import AssociationProxy, association_proxy
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column, relationship
 
+from mealie.db.models._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime
+
 from .._model_base import BaseMixins, SqlAlchemyBase
 from .._model_utils.auto_init import auto_init
 from .._model_utils.guid import GUID
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ class RecipeTimelineEvent(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
     image: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String)
 
     # Timestamps
-    timestamp: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(DateTime, index=True)
+    timestamp: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime, index=True)
 
     @auto_init()
     def __init__(
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/recipe/shared.py b/mealie/db/models/recipe/shared.py
index 82edc29ee67..9d90bcc1772 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/recipe/shared.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/recipe/shared.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from mealie.db.models._model_base import BaseMixins, SqlAlchemyBase
 from mealie.db.models._model_utils.auto_init import auto_init
+from mealie.db.models._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime
 from mealie.db.models._model_utils.guid import GUID
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ class RecipeShareTokenModel(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
     recipe_id: Mapped[GUID] = mapped_column(GUID, sa.ForeignKey("recipes.id"), nullable=False, index=True)
     recipe: Mapped["RecipeModel"] = sa.orm.relationship("RecipeModel", back_populates="share_tokens", uselist=False)
 
-    expires_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(sa.DateTime, nullable=False)
+    expires_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime, nullable=False)
 
     @auto_init()
     def __init__(self, **_) -> None:
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/server/task.py b/mealie/db/models/server/task.py
index 3b6cb6aba3e..bd78018fd4e 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/server/task.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/server/task.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from sqlalchemy import DateTime, ForeignKey, String, orm
+from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey, String, orm
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
 
 from mealie.db.models._model_base import BaseMixins, SqlAlchemyBase
+from mealie.db.models._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime
 from mealie.db.models._model_utils.guid import GUID
 
 from .._model_utils.auto_init import auto_init
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ class ServerTaskModel(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
 
     __tablename__ = "server_tasks"
     name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=False)
-    completed_date: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime, nullable=True)
+    completed_date: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime, nullable=True)
     status: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=False)
     log: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, nullable=True)
 
diff --git a/mealie/db/models/users/users.py b/mealie/db/models/users/users.py
index 2659f9288ec..51dd1cbd1fd 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/users/users.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/users/users.py
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 
 from pydantic import ConfigDict
-from sqlalchemy import Boolean, DateTime, Enum, ForeignKey, Integer, String, orm, select
+from sqlalchemy import Boolean, Enum, ForeignKey, Integer, String, orm, select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.associationproxy import AssociationProxy, association_proxy
 from sqlalchemy.ext.hybrid import hybrid_property
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, Session, mapped_column
 
 from mealie.core.config import get_app_settings
 from mealie.db.models._model_utils.auto_init import auto_init
+from mealie.db.models._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime
 from mealie.db.models._model_utils.guid import GUID
 
 from .._model_base import BaseMixins, SqlAlchemyBase
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class User(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
 
     cache_key: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String, default="1234")
     login_attemps: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(Integer, default=0)
-    locked_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(DateTime, default=None)
+    locked_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(NaiveDateTime, default=None)
 
     # Group Permissions
     can_manage_household: Mapped[bool | None] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False)
diff --git a/mealie/schema/response/query_filter.py b/mealie/schema/response/query_filter.py
index 35dabea8764..16eb2bddc86 100644
--- a/mealie/schema/response/query_filter.py
+++ b/mealie/schema/response/query_filter.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.sql import sqltypes
 
 from mealie.db.models._model_base import SqlAlchemyBase
+from mealie.db.models._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime
 from mealie.db.models._model_utils.guid import GUID
 
 Model = TypeVar("Model", bound=SqlAlchemyBase)
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ def validate(self, model_attr_type: Any) -> Any:
                 except ValueError as e:
                     raise ValueError(f"invalid query string: invalid UUID '{v}'") from e
 
-            if isinstance(model_attr_type, sqltypes.Date | sqltypes.DateTime):
+            if isinstance(model_attr_type, sqltypes.Date | sqltypes.DateTime | NaiveDateTime):
                 try:
                     dt = date_parser.parse(v)
                     sanitized_values[i] = dt.date() if isinstance(model_attr_type, sqltypes.Date) else dt
diff --git a/mealie/services/scheduler/tasks/purge_group_exports.py b/mealie/services/scheduler/tasks/purge_group_exports.py
index ba2835c0f03..ea69821f151 100644
--- a/mealie/services/scheduler/tasks/purge_group_exports.py
+++ b/mealie/services/scheduler/tasks/purge_group_exports.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from sqlalchemy import DateTime, cast, select
+from sqlalchemy import cast, select
 
 from mealie.core import root_logger
 from mealie.core.config import get_app_dirs
 from mealie.db.db_setup import session_context
+from mealie.db.models._model_utils.datetime import NaiveDateTime
 from mealie.db.models.group.exports import GroupDataExportsModel
 
 ONE_DAY_AS_MINUTES = 1440
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ def purge_group_data_exports(max_minutes_old=ONE_DAY_AS_MINUTES):
     limit = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc) - datetime.timedelta(minutes=max_minutes_old)
 
     with session_context() as session:
-        stmt = select(GroupDataExportsModel).filter(cast(GroupDataExportsModel.expires, DateTime) <= limit)
+        stmt = select(GroupDataExportsModel).filter(cast(GroupDataExportsModel.expires, NaiveDateTime) <= limit)
         results = session.execute(stmt).scalars().all()
 
         total_removed = 0