diff --git a/mycroft/skills/__main__.py b/mycroft/skills/__main__.py
index 4b6e61217602..54934a46e0b2 100644
--- a/mycroft/skills/__main__.py
+++ b/mycroft/skills/__main__.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     wait_for_exit_signal
 )
 from mycroft.util.lang import set_default_lang
+from mycroft.util.time import set_default_tz
 from mycroft.util.log import LOG
 from mycroft.util.process_utils import ProcessStatus, StatusCallbackMap
 
@@ -202,6 +203,9 @@ def main(alive_hook=on_alive, started_hook=on_started, ready_hook=on_ready,
     # Set the active lang to match the configured one
     set_default_lang(config.get('lang', 'en-us'))
 
+    # Set the default timezone to match the configured one
+    set_default_tz()
+
     # Connect this process to the Mycroft message bus
     bus = start_message_bus_client("SKILLS")
     _register_intent_services(bus)
diff --git a/mycroft/skills/intent_service.py b/mycroft/skills/intent_service.py
index 378183e5981e..65bedb71576f 100644
--- a/mycroft/skills/intent_service.py
+++ b/mycroft/skills/intent_service.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 from mycroft.configuration import Configuration
 from mycroft.util.lang import set_default_lang
+from mycroft.util.time import set_default_tz
 from mycroft.util.log import LOG
 from mycroft.util.parse import normalize
 from mycroft.metrics import report_timing, Stopwatch
@@ -153,7 +154,8 @@ def get_skill_name(self, skill_id):
     def reset_converse(self, message):
         """Let skills know there was a problem with speech recognition"""
         lang = _get_message_lang(message)
-        set_default_lang(lang)
+        set_default_lang(lang)  # restore default lang
+        set_default_tz()  # restore default timezone
         for skill in copy(self.active_skills):
             self.do_converse(None, skill[0], lang, message)
 
@@ -275,6 +277,7 @@ def handle_utterance(self, message):
         try:
             lang = _get_message_lang(message)
             set_default_lang(lang)
+            set_default_tz()  # set default timezone
 
             utterances = message.data.get('utterances', [])
             combined = _normalize_all_utterances(utterances)
diff --git a/mycroft/util/parse.py b/mycroft/util/parse.py
index 79dd902b661b..3112b6d0b8b0 100644
--- a/mycroft/util/parse.py
+++ b/mycroft/util/parse.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher
 from warnings import warn
 
-import lingua_franca.parse
+
 from lingua_franca import get_default_lang, get_primary_lang_code
 from lingua_franca.parse import extract_number, extract_numbers, \
     extract_duration, get_gender, normalize
diff --git a/mycroft/util/time.py b/mycroft/util/time.py
index 07e06203986c..115221096b4f 100644
--- a/mycroft/util/time.py
+++ b/mycroft/util/time.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 """
 from datetime import datetime
 from dateutil.tz import gettz, tzlocal
+from lingua_franca.time import now_utc, now_local, to_local, to_utc, \
+    default_timezone as _default_tz
 
 
 def default_timezone():
@@ -42,60 +44,7 @@ def default_timezone():
         return gettz(code)
     except Exception:
         # Just go with system default timezone
-        return tzlocal()
-
-
-def now_utc():
-    """Retrieve the current time in UTC
-
-    Returns:
-        (datetime): The current time in Universal Time, aka GMT
-    """
-    return to_utc(datetime.utcnow())
-
-
-def now_local(tz=None):
-    """Retrieve the current time
-
-    Arguments:
-        tz (datetime.tzinfo, optional): Timezone, default to user's settings
-
-    Returns:
-        (datetime): The current time
-    """
-    if not tz:
-        tz = default_timezone()
-    return datetime.now(tz)
-
-
-def to_utc(dt):
-    """Convert a datetime with timezone info to a UTC datetime
-
-    Arguments:
-        dt (datetime): A datetime (presumably in some local zone)
-    Returns:
-        (datetime): time converted to UTC
-    """
-    tzUTC = gettz("UTC")
-    if dt.tzinfo:
-        return dt.astimezone(tzUTC)
-    else:
-        return dt.replace(tzinfo=gettz("UTC")).astimezone(tzUTC)
-
-
-def to_local(dt):
-    """Convert a datetime to the user's local timezone
-
-    Arguments:
-        dt (datetime): A datetime (if no timezone, defaults to UTC)
-    Returns:
-        (datetime): time converted to the local timezone
-    """
-    tz = default_timezone()
-    if dt.tzinfo:
-        return dt.astimezone(tz)
-    else:
-        return dt.replace(tzinfo=gettz("UTC")).astimezone(tz)
+        return _default_tz()
 
 
 def to_system(dt):
diff --git a/requirements/minimal.txt b/requirements/minimal.txt
index 37ef35b59816..3e23c67c0c84 100644
--- a/requirements/minimal.txt
+++ b/requirements/minimal.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 requests
 pyee
-#lingua-franca
-git+https://github.com/HelloChatterbox/lingua-franca@0.4.0rc1
+lingua-nostra==0.4.0a2
 pyxdg
-#mycroft-messagebus-client
-git+https://github.com/HelloChatterbox/mycroft-messagebus-client
+mycroft-messagebus-client>=0.9.1
 inflection
 psutil
 fasteners
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 3d3637e8ed45..1853397b1446 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.6.0
 fasteners==0.14.1
 PyYAML==5.4
 
-lingua-franca==0.2.2
+lingua-nostra==0.4.0a2
 msm==0.8.8
 msk==0.3.16
 mycroft-messagebus-client==0.9.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2948ca4cc5eb..1a58a352d924 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
     description='Mycroft packaged as a library',
     install_requires=["requests",
                       "pyee",
-                      "lingua-franca>=0.3.1",
+                      "lingua-nostra==0.4.0a2",
                       "pyxdg",
-                      "mycroft-messagebus-client",
+                      "mycroft-messagebus-client>=0.9.1",
                       "inflection",
                       "psutil",
                       "fasteners",