diff --git a/command/regenesis/test_on_history.go b/command/regenesis/test_on_history.go
index 9e454d1f49..1572116c58 100644
--- a/command/regenesis/test_on_history.go
+++ b/command/regenesis/test_on_history.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func HistoryTestCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			tmpStorage := itrie.NewKV(tmpDB)
-			tt := time.Now()
+			tt := time.Now().UTC()
 
 			err = itrie.CopyTrie(header.StateRoot.Bytes(), itrie.NewKV(trieDB), tmpStorage, []byte{}, false)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/consensus/dev/dev.go b/consensus/dev/dev.go
index e72d5629c1..79a2053f62 100644
--- a/consensus/dev/dev.go
+++ b/consensus/dev/dev.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (d *Dev) writeNewBlock(parent *types.Header) error {
 		ParentHash: parent.Hash,
 		Number:     num + 1,
 		GasLimit:   parent.GasLimit, // Inherit from parent for now, will need to adjust dynamically later.
-		Timestamp:  uint64(time.Now().Unix()),
+		Timestamp:  uint64(time.Now().UTC().Unix()),
 	}
 
 	// calculate gas limit based on parent header
diff --git a/consensus/ibft/consensus_backend.go b/consensus/ibft/consensus_backend.go
index 087fb024c1..2e875d35ef 100644
--- a/consensus/ibft/consensus_backend.go
+++ b/consensus/ibft/consensus_backend.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func (i *backendIBFT) buildBlock(parent *types.Header) (*types.Block, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Set the header timestamp
-	potentialTimestamp := i.calcHeaderTimestamp(parent.Timestamp, time.Now())
+	potentialTimestamp := i.calcHeaderTimestamp(parent.Timestamp, time.Now().UTC())
 	header.Timestamp = uint64(potentialTimestamp.Unix())
 
 	parentCommittedSeals, err := i.extractParentCommittedSeals(parent)
diff --git a/consensus/ibft/consensus_backend_test.go b/consensus/ibft/consensus_backend_test.go
index 97167bcca8..756644305d 100644
--- a/consensus/ibft/consensus_backend_test.go
+++ b/consensus/ibft/consensus_backend_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func TestIBFTBackend_CalculateHeaderTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	// Reference time
-	now := time.Unix(time.Now().Unix(), 0) // Round down
+	now := time.Unix(time.Now().UTC().Unix(), 0) // Round down
 
 	testTable := []struct {
 		name            string
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestIBFTBackend_RoundUpTime(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	// Reference time
-	now := time.Now()
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
 
 	calcExpected := func(time int64, multiple int64) int64 {
 		if time%multiple == 0 {
diff --git a/consensus/polybft/block_builder.go b/consensus/polybft/block_builder.go
index d0a6f75997..05733308db 100644
--- a/consensus/polybft/block_builder.go
+++ b/consensus/polybft/block_builder.go
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ func (b *BlockBuilder) Reset() error {
 	parentTime := time.Unix(int64(b.params.Parent.Timestamp), 0)
 	headerTime := parentTime.Add(b.params.BlockTime)
 
-	if headerTime.Before(time.Now()) {
-		headerTime = time.Now()
+	if headerTime.Before(time.Now().UTC()) {
+		headerTime = time.Now().UTC()
 	}
 
 	b.header = &types.Header{
diff --git a/consensus/polybft/consensus_runtime_test.go b/consensus/polybft/consensus_runtime_test.go
index cf06c3eb4b..71f81a1958 100644
--- a/consensus/polybft/consensus_runtime_test.go
+++ b/consensus/polybft/consensus_runtime_test.go
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ func createTestBitmaps(t *testing.T, validators AccountSet, numberOfBlocks uint6
 
 	bitmaps := make(map[uint64]bitmap.Bitmap, numberOfBlocks)
 
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().Unix())
 
 	for i := numberOfBlocks; i > 1; i-- {
 		bitmap := bitmap.Bitmap{}
diff --git a/consensus/polybft/fsm_test.go b/consensus/polybft/fsm_test.go
index 7acb459475..4ebc793c02 100644
--- a/consensus/polybft/fsm_test.go
+++ b/consensus/polybft/fsm_test.go
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ func TestFSM_Validate_TimestampOlder(t *testing.T) {
 	parent := &types.Header{
 		Number:    parentBlockNumber,
 		ExtraData: createTestExtra(validators.getPublicIdentities(), AccountSet{}, 4, 3, 3),
-		Timestamp: uint64(time.Now().Unix()),
+		Timestamp: uint64(time.Now().UTC().Unix()),
 	}
 	parent.ComputeHash()
 
diff --git a/consensus/polybft/helpers_test.go b/consensus/polybft/helpers_test.go
index 857ed75d9f..20dda925dc 100644
--- a/consensus/polybft/helpers_test.go
+++ b/consensus/polybft/helpers_test.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func getEpochNumber(t *testing.T, blockNumber, epochSize uint64) uint64 {
 func newTestState(t *testing.T) *State {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	dir := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/consensus-temp_%v", time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
+	dir := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/consensus-temp_%v", time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
 	err := os.Mkdir(dir, 0775)
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/consensus/polybft/polybft.go b/consensus/polybft/polybft.go
index 67725dcfd4..af4ee05ead 100644
--- a/consensus/polybft/polybft.go
+++ b/consensus/polybft/polybft.go
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func (p *Polybft) startConsensusProtocol() {
 			sequenceCh, stopSequence = p.ibft.runSequence(latestHeader.Number + 1)
 		}
 
-		now := time.Now()
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
 
 		select {
 		case <-syncerBlockCh:
diff --git a/consensus/polybft/polybft_test.go b/consensus/polybft/polybft_test.go
index 90ae145cf4..f42b9c33bc 100644
--- a/consensus/polybft/polybft_test.go
+++ b/consensus/polybft/polybft_test.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func TestPolybft_VerifyHeader(t *testing.T) {
 
 	parentHeader := &types.Header{
 		Number:    polyBftConfig.EpochSize,
-		Timestamp: uint64(time.Now().UnixMilli()),
+		Timestamp: uint64(time.Now().UTC().UnixMilli()),
 	}
 	parentCommitment := updateHeaderExtra(parentHeader, parentDelta, nil, &CheckpointData{EpochNumber: 1}, accountSetParent)
 
diff --git a/consensus/polybft/signer/signature_test.go b/consensus/polybft/signer/signature_test.go
index be86837daf..3de35c682a 100644
--- a/consensus/polybft/signer/signature_test.go
+++ b/consensus/polybft/signer/signature_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func Test_VerifySignature_NegativeCases(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	// Get a random integer between 1 and 1000
-	mRand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	mRand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
 	messageSize := mRand.Intn(1000) + 1
 
 	validTestMsg := testGenRandomBytes(t, messageSize)
diff --git a/crypto/crypto_test.go b/crypto/crypto_test.go
index 73fda8c57b..c9b53d4d80 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto_test.go
+++ b/crypto/crypto_test.go
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ func TestPrivateKeyRead(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPrivateKeyGeneration(t *testing.T) {
-	tempFile := "./privateKeyTesting-" + strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().Unix(), 10) + ".key"
+	tempFile := "./privateKeyTesting-" + strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().UTC().Unix(), 10) + ".key"
 
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		_ = os.Remove(tempFile)
diff --git a/e2e-polybft/framework/test-cluster.go b/e2e-polybft/framework/test-cluster.go
index 544812a071..916e7a7c53 100644
--- a/e2e-polybft/framework/test-cluster.go
+++ b/e2e-polybft/framework/test-cluster.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const (
 var startTime int64
 
 func init() {
-	startTime = time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	startTime = time.Now().UTC().UnixMilli()
 }
 
 func resolveBinary() string {
diff --git a/e2e/framework/ibft.go b/e2e/framework/ibft.go
index 61fa1d421b..32d3b490a5 100644
--- a/e2e/framework/ibft.go
+++ b/e2e/framework/ibft.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type IBFTServerConfigCallback func(index int, config *TestServerConfig)
 var startTime int64
 
 func init() {
-	startTime = time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	startTime = time.Now().UTC().UnixMilli()
 }
 
 func NewIBFTServersManager(
diff --git a/gorules/rules.go b/gorules/rules.go
index 81b2bb52a7..5deaa0270a 100644
--- a/gorules/rules.go
+++ b/gorules/rules.go
@@ -5,15 +5,31 @@ import (
 )
 
 func OsFilePermissionRule(m dsl.Matcher) {
-	m.Match(`os.$name($file, $number, 0777)`).Report("os.$name called with file mode 0777")
-	m.Match(`os.$name($file, 0777)`).Report("os.$name called with file mode 0777")
-	m.Match(`os.$name(0777)`).Report("os.$name called with file mode 0777")
-
-	m.Match(`os.$name($file, $number, os.ModePerm)`).Report("os.$name called with file mode os.ModePerm (0777)")
-	m.Match(`os.$name($file, os.ModePerm)`).Report("os.$name called with file mode os.ModePerm (0777)")
-	m.Match(`os.$name(os.ModePerm)`).Report("os.$name called with file mode os.ModePerm (0777)")
+	m.Match(`os.$name($file, $number, 0777)`,
+		`os.$name($file, 0777)`,
+		`os.$name(0777)`,
+		`os.$name($file, $number, os.ModePerm)`,
+		`os.$name($file, os.ModePerm)`,
+		`os.$name(os.ModePerm)`,
+	).Report("os.$name called with file mode 0777 (ModePerm)")
 }
 
 func ForbidPanicsRule(m dsl.Matcher) {
 	m.Match(`panic($_)`).Report("panics should not be manually used")
 }
+
+func NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule(m dsl.Matcher) {
+	m.Match(`$_ = time.Now()`,
+		`$_ := time.Now()`,
+		`$_.$_ = time.Now()`).
+		Suggest("time.Now().UTC()").
+		Report(`use UTC time when calling time.Now`)
+
+	m.Match(`time.Now().$f()`,
+		`time.Now().$f($_)`,
+		`time.Now().$f($_, $_)`,
+		`time.Now().$f($_, $_, $_)`).
+		Where(!m["f"].Text.Matches("UTC")).
+		Suggest("time.Now().UTC()").
+		Report(`use UTC time when calling time.Now`)
+}
diff --git a/gorules/testdata/rules_test_data.go b/gorules/testdata/rules_test_data.go
index b78a3ec779..0b85725ffd 100644
--- a/gorules/testdata/rules_test_data.go
+++ b/gorules/testdata/rules_test_data.go
@@ -4,25 +4,59 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 )
 
+type testLintStruct struct {
+	testTime time.Time
+}
+
 func testLintError() {
 	err := errors.New("test")
+	testStruct := &testLintStruct{}
+	var timeNow time.Time
+
+	os.Mkdir("test", 0777)                                        // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.Mkdir called with file mode 0777`
+	os.Mkdir("test", os.ModePerm)                                 // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.Mkdir called with file mode 0777`
+	os.MkdirAll("test", 0777)                                     // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.MkdirAll called with file mode 0777`
+	os.MkdirAll("test", os.ModePerm)                              // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.MkdirAll called with file mode 0777`
+	os.Chmod("test", 0777)                                        // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.Chmod called with file mode 0777`
+	os.Chmod("test", os.ModePerm)                                 // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.Chmod called with file mode 0777`
+	os.OpenFile("test", 0, 0777)                                  // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.OpenFile called with file mode 0777`
+	os.OpenFile("test", 0, os.ModePerm)                           // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.OpenFile called with file mode 0777`
+	panic("test")                                                 // want `ForbidPanicsRule: panics should not be manually used`
+	panic(fmt.Sprintf("test error"))                              // want `ForbidPanicsRule: panics should not be manually used`
+	panic(err)                                                    // want `ForbidPanicsRule: panics should not be manually used`
+	testStruct.testTime = time.Now()                              // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	timeNow = time.Now()                                          // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	v := time.Now()                                               // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Unix()                                             // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().UnixMicro()                                        // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().UnixMilli()                                        // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().UnixNano()                                         // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Add(time.Hour)                                     // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().AddDate(1, 1, 1)                                   // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().After(time.Date(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, time.Local))  // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().AppendFormat([]byte{0, 1}, "dd.mm.yyyy")           // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Before(time.Date(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, time.Local)) // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Clock()                                            // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Date()                                             // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Day()                                              // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Equal(time.Date(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, time.Local))  // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Hour()                                             // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Minute()                                           // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Hour()                                             // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Year()                                             // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
+	time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix()                              // want `NoUseOfTimeNowWithoutUTCRule: use UTC time when calling time.Now`
 
-	os.Mkdir("test", 0777)              // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.Mkdir called with file mode`
-	os.Mkdir("test", os.ModePerm)       // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.Mkdir called with file mode`
-	os.MkdirAll("test", 0777)           // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.MkdirAll called with file mode`
-	os.MkdirAll("test", os.ModePerm)    // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.MkdirAll called with file mode`
-	os.Chmod("test", 0777)              // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.Chmod called with file mode`
-	os.Chmod("test", os.ModePerm)       // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.Chmod called with file mode`
-	os.OpenFile("test", 0, 0777)        // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.OpenFile called with file mode`
-	os.OpenFile("test", 0, os.ModePerm) // want `OsFilePermissionRule: os.OpenFile called with file mode`
-	panic("test")                       // want `ForbidPanicsRule: panics should not be manually used`
-	panic(fmt.Sprintf("test error"))    // want `ForbidPanicsRule: panics should not be manually used`
-	panic(err)                          // want `ForbidPanicsRule: panics should not be manually used`
+	v.Day()
+	timeNow.Day()
 }
 
 func testNoLintError() {
+	testStruct := &testLintStruct{}
+	var timeNow time.Time
+
 	os.Mkdir("test", 67108864)
 	os.Mkdir("test", os.ModeDevice)
 	os.MkdirAll("test", 67108864)
@@ -31,4 +65,28 @@ func testNoLintError() {
 	os.Chmod("test", os.ModeDevice)
 	os.OpenFile("test", 0, 67108864)
 	os.OpenFile("test", 0, os.ModeDevice)
+	testStruct.testTime = time.Now().UTC()
+	timeNow = time.Now().UTC()
+	v := time.Now().UTC()
+	time.Now().UTC().Unix()
+	time.Now().UTC().UnixMicro()
+	time.Now().UTC().UnixMilli()
+	time.Now().UTC().UnixNano()
+	time.Now().UTC().Add(time.Hour)
+	time.Now().UTC().AddDate(1, 1, 1)
+	time.Now().UTC().After(time.Date(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, time.Local))
+	time.Now().UTC().AppendFormat([]byte{0, 1}, "dd.mm.yyyy")
+	time.Now().UTC().Before(time.Date(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, time.Local))
+	time.Now().UTC().Clock()
+	time.Now().UTC().Date()
+	time.Now().UTC().Day()
+	time.Now().UTC().Equal(time.Date(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, time.Local))
+	time.Now().UTC().Hour()
+	time.Now().UTC().Minute()
+	time.Now().UTC().Hour()
+	time.Now().UTC().Year()
+	time.Now().UTC().Add(time.Hour).Unix()
+
+	v.Day()
+	timeNow.Day()
 }
diff --git a/jsonrpc/filter_manager.go b/jsonrpc/filter_manager.go
index 670bdc02c3..8f463d68ba 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/filter_manager.go
+++ b/jsonrpc/filter_manager.go
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ func (f *FilterManager) refreshFilterTimeout(filter *filterBase) {
 
 // addFilterTimeout set timeout and add to heap
 func (f *FilterManager) addFilterTimeout(filter *filterBase) {
-	filter.expiresAt = time.Now().Add(f.timeout)
+	filter.expiresAt = time.Now().UTC().Add(f.timeout)
 	f.timeouts.addFilter(filter)
 	f.emitSignalToUpdateCh()
 }
diff --git a/jsonrpc/filter_manager_test.go b/jsonrpc/filter_manager_test.go
index 578a57e810..a8658f0ed7 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/filter_manager_test.go
+++ b/jsonrpc/filter_manager_test.go
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ func TestHeadStream_Concurrent(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Write co-routine with jitter
 	go func() {
-		seed := time.Now().UnixNano()
+		seed := time.Now().UTC().UnixNano()
 		t.Logf("Using seed %d", seed)
 
 		z := rand.NewZipf(rand.New(rand.NewSource(seed)), 1.5, 1.5, 50)
diff --git a/network/gossip_test.go b/network/gossip_test.go
index f48c228235..57dd16c224 100644
--- a/network/gossip_test.go
+++ b/network/gossip_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func WaitForSubscribers(ctx context.Context, srv *Server, topic string, expected
 
 func TestSimpleGossip(t *testing.T) {
 	numServers := 10
-	sentMessage := fmt.Sprintf("%d", time.Now().Unix())
+	sentMessage := fmt.Sprintf("%d", time.Now().UTC().Unix())
 	servers, createErr := createServers(numServers, nil)
 
 	if createErr != nil {
diff --git a/txpool/event_subscription_test.go b/txpool/event_subscription_test.go
index ac52a9aeb0..4a0abb8389 100644
--- a/txpool/event_subscription_test.go
+++ b/txpool/event_subscription_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func shuffleTxPoolEvents(
 	}
 
 	// Shuffle the events
-	mathRand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	mathRand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
 	mathRand.Shuffle(len(events), func(i, j int) {
 		events[i], events[j] = events[j], events[i]
 	})