diff --git a/configuration/etl/etl.d/cloud_ingest_resource_specs.json b/configuration/etl/etl.d/cloud_ingest_resource_specs.json
index 4e29ab817f..0c4ea0e451 100644
--- a/configuration/etl/etl.d/cloud_ingest_resource_specs.json
+++ b/configuration/etl/etl.d/cloud_ingest_resource_specs.json
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        {
+            "name": "CloudResourceSpecsStaging",
+            "class": "DatabaseIngestor",
+            "definition_file": "cloud_common/staging_resource_specifications.json"
+        },
         {
             "name": "CloudResourceSpecsAddEndDay",
             "namespace": "ETL\\Maintenance",
diff --git a/configuration/etl/etl.d/xdmod-migration-8_5_1-9_0_0.json b/configuration/etl/etl.d/xdmod-migration-8_5_1-9_0_0.json
index 57d84012cd..8dbf8b57a9 100644
--- a/configuration/etl/etl.d/xdmod-migration-8_5_1-9_0_0.json
+++ b/configuration/etl/etl.d/xdmod-migration-8_5_1-9_0_0.json
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
                 "cloud_common/session_records.json",
                 "cloud_common/event.json",
                 "cloud_common/raw_resource_specs.json",
+                "cloud_common/staging_resource_specifications.json",
                 "cloud_common/cloud_resource_specs.json",
                 "cloud_common/account.json",
                 "cloud_common/instance_type.json",
diff --git a/configuration/etl/etl_action_defs.d/cloud_common/resource_specifications.json b/configuration/etl/etl_action_defs.d/cloud_common/resource_specifications.json
index 436b1dd6a7..118c34f604 100644
--- a/configuration/etl/etl_action_defs.d/cloud_common/resource_specifications.json
+++ b/configuration/etl/etl_action_defs.d/cloud_common/resource_specifications.json
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@
               "hostname": "r1.hostname",
               "vcpus": "IF(r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1, r2.vcpus, r1.vcpus)",
               "memory_mb": "IF(r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1, r2.memory_mb, r1.memory_mb)",
-              "start_date_ts": "UNIX_TIMESTAMP(IF(r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1, r2.fact_date, r1.fact_date))",
-              "end_date_ts": "UNIX_TIMESTAMP(CASE WHEN MIN(r2.fact_date) IS NOT NULL AND (r1.memory_mb != -1 AND r1.vcpus != -1) THEN MIN(r2.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY WHEN r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1 AND (SELECT MAX(fact_date) FROM modw_cloud.raw_resource_specs) != MAX(r2.fact_date) THEN MAX(r1.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY ELSE CURDATE() END)",
-              "start_day_id": "IF(r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1, YEAR(r2.fact_date) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(r2.fact_date), YEAR(r1.fact_date) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(r1.fact_date))",
-              "end_day_id": "CASE WHEN MIN(r2.fact_date) IS NOT NULL AND (r1.memory_mb != -1 AND r1.vcpus != -1) THEN YEAR(MIN(r2.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(MIN(r2.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY) WHEN r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1 AND (SELECT MAX(fact_date) FROM modw_cloud.raw_resource_specs) != MAX(r2.fact_date) THEN YEAR(MAX(r1.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(MAX(r1.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY) ELSE YEAR(CURDATE()) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(CURDATE()) END"
+              "start_date_ts": "UNIX_TIMESTAMP(IF(r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1, MIN(r2.fact_date), MIN(r1.fact_date)))",
+              "end_date_ts": "UNIX_TIMESTAMP(CASE WHEN MIN(r2.fact_date) IS NOT NULL AND (r1.memory_mb != -1 AND r1.vcpus != -1) THEN MIN(r2.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY WHEN r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1 AND (SELECT MAX(fact_date) FROM modw_cloud.staging_resource_specifications) != MAX(r2.fact_date) THEN MAX(r1.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY ELSE CURDATE() END)",
+              "start_day_id": "IF(r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1, YEAR(MIN(r2.fact_date)) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(MIN(r2.fact_date)), YEAR(MIN(r1.fact_date)) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(MIN(r1.fact_date)))",
+              "end_day_id": "CASE WHEN MIN(r2.fact_date) IS NOT NULL AND (r1.memory_mb != -1 AND r1.vcpus != -1) THEN YEAR(MIN(r2.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(MIN(r2.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY) WHEN r1.memory_mb = -1 AND r1.vcpus = -1 AND (SELECT MAX(fact_date) FROM modw_cloud.staging_resource_specifications) != MAX(r2.fact_date) THEN YEAR(MAX(r1.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(MAX(r1.fact_date) - INTERVAL 1 DAY) ELSE YEAR(CURDATE()) * 100000 + DAYOFYEAR(CURDATE()) END"
           },
           "joins": [{
-              "name": "raw_resource_specs",
+              "name": "staging_resource_specifications",
               "schema": "${SOURCE_SCHEMA}",
               "alias": "r1"
           },
           {
-              "name": "raw_resource_specs",
+              "name": "staging_resource_specifications",
               "schema": "${SOURCE_SCHEMA}",
               "alias": "r2",
               "type": "LEFT",
diff --git a/configuration/etl/etl_action_defs.d/cloud_common/staging_resource_specifications.json b/configuration/etl/etl_action_defs.d/cloud_common/staging_resource_specifications.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4793f4f1c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configuration/etl/etl_action_defs.d/cloud_common/staging_resource_specifications.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+      "#": "@@session.time_zone is used instead of using the time zone listed in resources.json to keep consistency",
+      "#": "with how time zone conversion works for other places in the cloud realm",
+      "table_definition": {
+          "$ref": "${table_definition_dir}/cloud_common/staging_resource_specifications.json#/table_definition"
+      },
+      "source_query": {
+          "records": {
+              "resource_id": "raw.resource_id",
+              "hostname": "raw.hostname",
+              "vcpus": "raw.vcpus",
+              "memory_mb": "raw.memory_mb",
+              "fact_date": "DATE(CONVERT_TZ(raw.fact_date, '+00:00', @@session.time_zone))"
+          },
+          "joins": [{
+              "name": "raw_resource_specs",
+              "schema": "${SOURCE_SCHEMA}",
+              "alias": "raw"
+          }]
+      }
+}
diff --git a/configuration/etl/etl_sql.d/cloud_common/resource_specification_end_day.sql b/configuration/etl/etl_sql.d/cloud_common/resource_specification_end_day.sql
index 1f6f8ba300..7944ff6664 100644
--- a/configuration/etl/etl_sql.d/cloud_common/resource_specification_end_day.sql
+++ b/configuration/etl/etl_sql.d/cloud_common/resource_specification_end_day.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -- This sql statement inserts -1 values for the memory_mb and vcpus for a day that a compute node has been
 -- removed from the most recently ingested resource specifications file. The -1 helps when setting start and
 -- end times of a cpu and memory configuration for a compute node.
-INSERT INTO modw_cloud.raw_resource_specs (hostname, resource_id, memory_mb, vcpus, fact_date) SELECT
+INSERT INTO modw_cloud.staging_resource_specifications (hostname, resource_id, memory_mb, vcpus, fact_date) SELECT
 	rs.hostname,
 	rs.resource_id,
 	rs.memory_mb,
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ FROM
 			rs.resource_id,
 			rs2.hostname
 		FROM
-			modw_cloud.raw_resource_specs AS rs
+			modw_cloud.staging_resource_specifications AS rs
 		LEFT JOIN
-			(SELECT r.resource_id, r.hostname, r.fact_date FROM modw_cloud.raw_resource_specs AS r GROUP BY r.resource_id, r.hostname) AS rs2 ON rs.resource_id = rs2.resource_id
+			(SELECT r.resource_id, r.hostname, r.fact_date FROM modw_cloud.staging_resource_specifications AS r GROUP BY r.resource_id, r.hostname) AS rs2 ON rs.resource_id = rs2.resource_id
 		GROUP BY
 			rs.resource_id,
 			rs.fact_date,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ FROM
 		HAVING
 			MIN(rs2.fact_date) <= rs.fact_date) AS rss1
 	LEFT JOIN
-		 `modw_cloud`.`raw_resource_specs` AS rss2
+		 `modw_cloud`.`staging_resource_specifications` AS rss2
 	ON
 		rss1.resource_id = rss2.resource_id AND rss1.fact_date = rss2.fact_date AND rss1.hostname = rss2.hostname
 	WHERE
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ FROM
 	GROUP BY
 		rss1.resource_id, rss1.hostname, rss1.fact_date) as rs
 LEFT JOIN
-	(SELECT MAX(r.fact_date) AS fact_date, r.hostname, r.resource_id FROM modw_cloud.raw_resource_specs AS r GROUP BY r.resource_id, r.hostname) AS r1
+	(SELECT MAX(r.fact_date) AS fact_date, r.hostname, r.resource_id FROM modw_cloud.staging_resource_specifications AS r GROUP BY r.resource_id, r.hostname) AS r1
 ON
 	rs.resource_id = r1.resource_id and rs.hostname = r1.hostname
 LEFT JOIN
-	`modw_cloud`.`raw_resource_specs` AS rs2
+	`modw_cloud`.`staging_resource_specifications` AS rs2
 ON
 	r1.resource_id = rs2.resource_id AND r1.hostname = rs2.hostname AND r1.fact_date = rs2.fact_date AND rs2.memory_mb != -1 AND rs2.vcpus != -1
 WHERE
diff --git a/configuration/etl/etl_tables.d/cloud_common/raw_resource_specs.json b/configuration/etl/etl_tables.d/cloud_common/raw_resource_specs.json
index 1e11386d39..4c213c885f 100644
--- a/configuration/etl/etl_tables.d/cloud_common/raw_resource_specs.json
+++ b/configuration/etl/etl_tables.d/cloud_common/raw_resource_specs.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             },
             {
                 "name": "fact_date",
-                "type": "date",
+                "type": "datetime",
                 "nullable": false
             }
         ],
diff --git a/configuration/etl/etl_tables.d/cloud_common/staging_resource_specifications.json b/configuration/etl/etl_tables.d/cloud_common/staging_resource_specifications.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1fa119f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configuration/etl/etl_tables.d/cloud_common/staging_resource_specifications.json
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+    "#": "Record types are global to all cloud resources",
+
+    "table_definition": {
+        "name": "staging_resource_specifications",
+        "engine": "MyISAM",
+        "comment": "Record type: accounting, administrative, derived, etc.",
+        "columns": [
+            {
+                "name": "hostname",
+                "type": "varchar(225)",
+                "nullable": false
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "resource_id",
+                "type": "int(11)",
+                "nullable": false,
+                "comment": "Unknown = -1 for global dimensions"
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "memory_mb",
+                "type": "int(11)",
+                "nullable": false,
+                "comment": "Amount of memory available on the associated node."
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "vcpus",
+                "type": "int(5)",
+                "nullable": false,
+                "default": null,
+                "comment": "Number of vcpus available on the associated node."
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "fact_date",
+                "type": "date",
+                "nullable": false
+            }
+        ],
+        "indexes": [
+            {
+                "name": "PRIMARY",
+                "columns": [
+                    "resource_id",
+                    "hostname",
+                    "memory_mb",
+                    "vcpus",
+                    "fact_date"
+                ],
+                "is_unique": true
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index e51d0bb392..86a37955b3 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ The default is that resources are assumed to not allow node sharing.  If
 the SUPReMM module is in use and a resource does allow node sharing then
 this should be set to `true`.
 
+For cloud resources the timezone is not used and times are converted to
+the local timezone that the server is in.
+
 ```json
 [
     {
diff --git a/html/index.php b/html/index.php
index 03bf1fd02a..d2f1df71e2 100644
--- a/html/index.php
+++ b/html/index.php
@@ -235,16 +235,29 @@ function isReferrer($referrer)
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="gui/css/LoginPrompt.css"/>
     <?php endif; ?>
 
-    <?php
-    $realms = array_reduce(Realms::getRealms(), function ($carry, Realm $item) {
-        $carry [] = $item->getName();
-        return $carry;
-    }, array());
-    ?>
-
     <script type='text/javascript'>
 
         <?php
+        $realms = array_reduce(Realms::getRealms(), function ($carry, Realm $item) {
+            $carry [] = $item->getName();
+            return $carry;
+        }, array());
+
+        if (count($realms) === 0) {
+            $code = <<<JS
+                Ext.onReady(function() {
+                    Ext.MessageBox.alert(
+                        'Invalid State Detected',
+                        'This Open XDMoD installation is in an invalid state.<br/><br/>' +
+                        'Before Open XDMoD can be utilized you must run ingestion at least once.<br/><br/>' +
+                        'If ingestion has already been run then make sure that you have run the acl-config CLI application and that it has completed successfully.<br/><br/>' +
+                        '<b>NOTE: Open XDMoD will not function correctly until this problem has been resolved.</b>'
+                    );
+                });
+JS;
+            print $code;
+        }
+
         print "CCR.xdmod.publicUser = " . json_encode(!$userLoggedIn) . ";\n";
 
         $tech_support_recipient = xd_utilities\getConfiguration('general', 'tech_support_recipient');
@@ -281,7 +294,11 @@ function ($item) {
 
         print "CCR.xdmod.ui.rawDataAllowedRealms = " . json_encode($rawDataRealms) . ";\n";
 
-        print "CCR.xdmod.ui.disabledMenus = " . json_encode(Acls::getDisabledMenus($user, $realms)) . ";\n";
+        try {
+            print "CCR.xdmod.ui.disabledMenus = " . json_encode(Acls::getDisabledMenus($user, $realms)) . ";\n";
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            print "CCR.xdmod.ui.disabledMenus = [];\n";
+        }
 
         if ($userLoggedIn) {
             print "CCR.xdmod.ui.allRoles = " . json_encode($user->enumAllAvailableRoles()) . "\n";