diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule-data-update-v3.yaml b/.github/workflows/schedule-data-update-v3.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d54b11f454c51816dffbeb04f4e0eab22f422c55..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/schedule-data-update-v3.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-name: data update checker v3
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron:  '*/15 6-10,18-22 * * *'
-
-jobs:
-  run_dps_job_v3:
-    if: contains('["ranchodeluxe", "mccabete"]', github.actor)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: production
-    steps:
-    - name: checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        ref: primarykeyv2
-
-    - name: pip install fireatlas
-      run: |
-        pip install .
-
-    - name: get docker GID and set DOCKER_GID environment variable
-      run: |
-        echo "DOCKER_GID=$(getent group docker | cut -d: -f3)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: get current user UID and set UID environment variable
-      run: |
-        echo "UID=$(id -u)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: print DOCKER_GID and UID
-      run: |
-        echo "Docker GID: $DOCKER_GID"
-        echo "User UID: $UID"
-
-    - name: kick off the DPS job
-      uses: Earth-Information-System/fireatlas/.github/actions/run-dps-job-v3@conus-dps
-      with:
-        algo_name: eis-feds-dask-coordinator-v3
-        github_ref: 1.0.0
-        username: gcorradini
-        queue: maap-dps-eis-worker-64gb
-        maap_image_env: ubuntu
-        maap_pgt_secret: ${{ secrets.MAAP_PGT }}
-        json_params: '{"regnm": "", "bbox": "[]", "tst": "[]", "ted": "[]", "operation": "--data-update"}'
-
-
diff --git a/run_dps.sh b/run_dps.sh
index d341b000dad3eb2e18a04da09d93440dd08a466f..c46d7bf06d809722e99a9334063cfd2832e92777 100755
--- a/run_dps.sh
+++ b/run_dps.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # set -euxo pipefail
 set -eo pipefail
+export TZ="Etc/UTC"
 mkdir output
 basedir=$( cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd -P )
 echo "Basedir: $basedir"