diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/HoodieTimelineTimeZone.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/HoodieTimelineTimeZone.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b1c695d491ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/HoodieTimelineTimeZone.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hudi.common.model;
+
+/**
+ * Hoodie TimelineZone.
+ */
+public enum HoodieTimelineTimeZone {
+  LOCAL("local"),
+  UTC("utc");
+
+  private final String timeZone;
+
+  HoodieTimelineTimeZone(String timeZone) {
+    this.timeZone = timeZone;
+  }
+
+  public String getTimeZone() {
+    return timeZone;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java
index e4b60e2ea3854..54724d5f37aba 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieFileFormat;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecord;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieTableType;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieTimelineTimeZone;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.OverwriteWithLatestAvroPayload;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieInstantTimeGenerator;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.versioning.TimelineLayoutVersion;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.FileIOUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
@@ -167,6 +169,11 @@ public class HoodieTableConfig extends HoodieConfig {
       .noDefaultValue()
       .withDocumentation("Key Generator class property for the hoodie table");
 
+  public static final ConfigProperty<HoodieTimelineTimeZone> TIMELINE_TIMEZONE = ConfigProperty
+      .key("hoodie.table.timeline.timezone")
+      .defaultValue(HoodieTimelineTimeZone.LOCAL)
+      .withDocumentation("User can set hoodie commit timeline timezone, such as utc, local and so on. local is default");
+
   public static final ConfigProperty<String> URL_ENCODE_PARTITIONING = KeyGeneratorOptions.URL_ENCODE_PARTITIONING;
   public static final ConfigProperty<String> HIVE_STYLE_PARTITIONING_ENABLE = KeyGeneratorOptions.HIVE_STYLE_PARTITIONING_ENABLE;
 
@@ -315,6 +322,9 @@ public static void create(FileSystem fs, Path metadataFolder, Properties propert
         // Use the default bootstrap index class.
         hoodieConfig.setDefaultValue(BOOTSTRAP_INDEX_CLASS_NAME, getDefaultBootstrapIndexClass(properties));
       }
+      if (hoodieConfig.contains(TIMELINE_TIMEZONE)) {
+        HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.setCommitTimeZone(HoodieTimelineTimeZone.valueOf(hoodieConfig.getString(TIMELINE_TIMEZONE)));
+      }
       hoodieConfig.getProps().store(outputStream, "Properties saved on " + new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()));
     }
   }
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableMetaClient.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableMetaClient.java
index ec0271f6b98af..f44d28eca6351 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableMetaClient.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableMetaClient.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.hudi.common.fs.NoOpConsistencyGuard;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecordPayload;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieTableType;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieTimelineTimeZone;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.WriteOperationType;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieActiveTimeline;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieArchivedTimeline;
@@ -639,6 +640,7 @@ public static class PropertyBuilder {
     private String keyGeneratorClassProp;
     private Boolean hiveStylePartitioningEnable;
     private Boolean urlEncodePartitioning;
+    private HoodieTimelineTimeZone commitTimeZone;
 
     private PropertyBuilder() {
 
@@ -737,6 +739,11 @@ public PropertyBuilder setUrlEncodePartitioning(Boolean urlEncodePartitioning) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public PropertyBuilder setCommitTimezone(HoodieTimelineTimeZone timelineTimeZone) {
+      this.commitTimeZone = timelineTimeZone;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public PropertyBuilder fromMetaClient(HoodieTableMetaClient metaClient) {
       return setTableType(metaClient.getTableType())
         .setTableName(metaClient.getTableConfig().getTableName())
@@ -873,6 +880,9 @@ public Properties build() {
       if (null != urlEncodePartitioning) {
         tableConfig.setValue(HoodieTableConfig.URL_ENCODE_PARTITIONING, Boolean.toString(urlEncodePartitioning));
       }
+      if (null != commitTimeZone) {
+        tableConfig.setValue(HoodieTableConfig.TIMELINE_TIMEZONE, commitTimeZone.toString());
+      }
       return tableConfig.getProps();
     }
 
@@ -886,5 +896,6 @@ public HoodieTableMetaClient initTable(Configuration configuration, String baseP
         throws IOException {
       return HoodieTableMetaClient.initTableAndGetMetaClient(configuration, basePath, build());
     }
+
   }
 }
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/timeline/HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/timeline/HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.java
index 93f8e0b4b9433..ae4523e72bee3 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/timeline/HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/timeline/HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.java
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
 
 package org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline;
 
+import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieTimelineTimeZone;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ public class HoodieInstantTimeGenerator {
   // when performing comparisons such as LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO
   private static final String DEFAULT_MILLIS_EXT = "999";
 
+  private static HoodieTimelineTimeZone commitTimeZone = HoodieTimelineTimeZone.LOCAL;
+
   /**
    * Returns next instant time that adds N milliseconds to the current time.
    * Ensures each instant time is atleast 1 second apart since we create instant times at second granularity
@@ -66,8 +70,13 @@ public static String createNewInstantTime(long milliseconds) {
     return lastInstantTime.updateAndGet((oldVal) -> {
       String newCommitTime;
       do {
-        Date d = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + milliseconds);
-        newCommitTime = MILLIS_INSTANT_TIME_FORMATTER.format(convertDateToTemporalAccessor(d));
+        if (commitTimeZone.equals(HoodieTimelineTimeZone.UTC.toString())) {
+          LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC);
+          newCommitTime = now.format(MILLIS_INSTANT_TIME_FORMATTER);
+        } else {
+          Date d = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + milliseconds);
+          newCommitTime = MILLIS_INSTANT_TIME_FORMATTER.format(convertDateToTemporalAccessor(d));
+        }
       } while (HoodieTimeline.compareTimestamps(newCommitTime, HoodieActiveTimeline.LESSER_THAN_OR_EQUALS, oldVal));
       return newCommitTime;
     });
@@ -131,4 +140,8 @@ public static String getInstantForDateString(String dateString) {
   private static TemporalAccessor convertDateToTemporalAccessor(Date d) {
     return d.toInstant().atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toLocalDateTime();
   }
+
+  public static void setCommitTimeZone(HoodieTimelineTimeZone commitTimeZone) {
+    HoodieInstantTimeGenerator.commitTimeZone = commitTimeZone;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
index 8ebc896fcb2bd..9e1fd43a27c29 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
@@ -19,18 +19,16 @@ package org.apache.hudi
 
 import org.apache.avro.Schema
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, Path}
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf
-
 import org.apache.hudi.DataSourceWriteOptions._
 import org.apache.hudi.HoodieWriterUtils._
 import org.apache.hudi.avro.HoodieAvroUtils
 import org.apache.hudi.client.{HoodieWriteResult, SparkRDDWriteClient}
 import org.apache.hudi.common.config.{HoodieConfig, HoodieMetadataConfig, TypedProperties}
 import org.apache.hudi.common.fs.FSUtils
-import org.apache.hudi.common.model.{HoodieRecordPayload, HoodieTableType, WriteOperationType}
+import org.apache.hudi.common.model.{HoodieRecordPayload, HoodieTableType, HoodieTimelineTimeZone, WriteOperationType}
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.timeline.HoodieActiveTimeline
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.{HoodieTableConfig, HoodieTableMetaClient, TableSchemaResolver}
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.{CommitUtils, ReflectionUtils, StringUtils}
@@ -44,16 +42,13 @@ import org.apache.hudi.internal.DataSourceInternalWriterHelper
 import org.apache.hudi.keygen.factory.HoodieSparkKeyGeneratorFactory
 import org.apache.hudi.sync.common.AbstractSyncTool
 import org.apache.hudi.table.BulkInsertPartitioner
-
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager
-
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.{SQLConf, StaticSQLConf}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, Dataset, Row, SQLContext, SaveMode, SparkSession}
 import org.apache.spark.{SPARK_VERSION, SparkContext}
-
 import java.util.Properties
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConversions._
@@ -147,6 +142,7 @@ object HoodieSparkSqlWriter {
           .setKeyGeneratorClassProp(HoodieWriterUtils.getOriginKeyGenerator(parameters))
           .setHiveStylePartitioningEnable(hoodieConfig.getBoolean(HIVE_STYLE_PARTITIONING))
           .setUrlEncodePartitioning(hoodieConfig.getBoolean(URL_ENCODE_PARTITIONING))
+          .setCommitTimezone(HoodieTimelineTimeZone.valueOf(hoodieConfig.getStringOrDefault(HoodieTableConfig.TIMELINE_TIMEZONE)))
           .initTable(sparkContext.hadoopConfiguration, path)
         tableConfig = tableMetaClient.getTableConfig
       }
@@ -397,6 +393,7 @@ object HoodieSparkSqlWriter {
         .setKeyGeneratorClassProp(keyGenProp)
         .setHiveStylePartitioningEnable(hoodieConfig.getBoolean(HIVE_STYLE_PARTITIONING))
         .setUrlEncodePartitioning(hoodieConfig.getBoolean(URL_ENCODE_PARTITIONING))
+        .setCommitTimezone(HoodieTimelineTimeZone.valueOf(hoodieConfig.getStringOrDefault(HoodieTableConfig.TIMELINE_TIMEZONE)))
         .initTable(sparkContext.hadoopConfiguration, path)
     }