diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 46c5144815..7e71a38d9e 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ class App {
 	public  $strings;   
 	public  $path;
 	public  $hooks;
+	public  $timezone;
 	public  $interactive = true;
 
 
@@ -2118,3 +2119,60 @@ function call_hooks($name, &$data = null) {
 	}
 }}
 
+
+if(! function_exists('day_translate')) {
+function day_translate($s) {
+	$ret = str_replace(array('Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday','Sunday'),
+		array( t('Monday'), t('Tuesday'), t('Wednesday'), t('Thursday'), t('Friday'), t('Saturday'), t('Sunday')),
+		$s);
+
+	$ret = str_replace(array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December'),
+		array( t('January'), t('February'), t('March'), t('April'), t('May'), t('June'), t('July'), t('August'), t('September'), t('October'), t('November'), t('December')),
+		$ret);
+
+	return $ret;
+}}
+
+if(! function_exists('get_birthdays')) {
+function get_birthdays() {
+
+	$a = get_app();
+	$o = '';
+
+	if(! local_user())
+		return $o;
+
+	$bd_format = get_config('system','birthday_format');
+	if(! $bd_format)
+		$bd_format = 'g A l F d' ; // 8 AM Friday January 18
+
+	$r = q("SELECT `event`.*, `event`.`id` AS `eid`, `contact`.* FROM `event` 
+		LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `event`.`cid` 
+		WHERE `event`.`uid` = %d AND `type` = 'birthday' AND `start` < '%s' AND `finish` > '%s' 
+		ORDER BY `start` DESC ",
+		intval(local_user()),
+		dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now + 6 days')),
+		dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now'))
+	);
+
+	if($r && count($r)) {
+		$o .= '<div id="birthday-wrapper"><div id="birthday-title">' . t('Birthdays this week:') . '</div>'; 
+		$o .= '<div id="birthday-adjust">' . t("\x28Adjusted for local time\x29") . '</div>';
+		$o .= '<div id="birthday-title-end"></div>';
+
+		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			$now = strtotime('now');
+			$today = (((strtotime($rr['start']) < $now) && (strtotime($rr['finish']) > $now)) ? true : false); 
+
+			$o .= '<div class="birthday-list" id="birthday-' . $rr['eid'] . '"><a class="sparkle" href="' 
+			. $a->get_baseurl() . '/redir/'  . $rr['cid'] . '">' . $rr['name'] . '</a> ' 
+			. day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', $a->timezone, $rr['start'], $bd_format)) . (($today) ?  ' ' . t('[today]') : '') ;
+		}
+
+		$o .= '</div>';
+	}
+
+  return $o;
+
+}}
+
diff --git a/include/auth.php b/include/auth.php
index d2bcb68dc8..a0244571b3 100644
--- a/include/auth.php
+++ b/include/auth.php
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ if((isset($_SESSION)) && (x($_SESSION,'authenticated')) && ((! (x($_POST,'auth-p
 		$a->user = $r[0];
 		$_SESSION['theme'] = $a->user['theme'];
 		$_SESSION['page_flags'] = $a->user['page-flags'];
-		if(strlen($a->user['timezone']))
+
+		if(strlen($a->user['timezone'])) {
 			date_default_timezone_set($a->user['timezone']);
+			$a->timezone = $a->user['timezone'];
+		}
 
 		$_SESSION['my_url'] = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $a->user['nickname'];
 
@@ -183,8 +186,11 @@ else {
 
 		notice( t("Welcome back ") . $record['username'] . EOL);
 		$a->user = $record;
-		if(strlen($a->user['timezone']))
+
+		if(strlen($a->user['timezone'])) {
 			date_default_timezone_set($a->user['timezone']);
+			$a->timezone = $a->user['timezone'];
+		}
 
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %s AND `self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
 			intval($_SESSION['uid']));
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 1c06967813..ae6a578cb4 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ if(! $install) {
 
 require_once("datetime.php");
 
-date_default_timezone_set(($default_timezone) ? $default_timezone : 'UTC');
+$a->timezone = (($default_timezone) ? $default_timezone : 'UTC');
+
+date_default_timezone_set($a->timezone);
 
 $a->init_pagehead();
 
diff --git a/mod/openid.php b/mod/openid.php
index 91efbbbc42..2e1025692d 100644
--- a/mod/openid.php
+++ b/mod/openid.php
@@ -72,8 +72,11 @@ function openid_content(&$a) {
 
 			notice( t("Welcome back ") . $r[0]['username'] . EOL);
 			$a->user = $r[0];
-			if(strlen($a->user['timezone']))
+
+			if(strlen($a->user['timezone'])) {
 				date_default_timezone_set($a->user['timezone']);
+				$a->timezone = $a->user['timezone'];
+			}
 
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %s AND `self` = 1 LIMIT 1",
 				intval($_SESSION['uid']));
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index e8eee810bf..9b8388177d 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 
 	);
 
+
+	if($is_owner && ! $update)
+			$o .= get_birthdays();
+
 	$cmnt_tpl = load_view_file('view/comment_item.tpl');
 
 	$like_tpl = load_view_file('view/like.tpl');
diff --git a/view/theme/default/style.css b/view/theme/default/style.css
index 240ace8960..fd14c6bddd 100644
--- a/view/theme/default/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/default/style.css
@@ -1957,3 +1957,27 @@ a.mail-list-link {
 #plugin-settings-link, #account-settings-link {
 	margin-bottom: 25px;
 }
+
+
+#birthday-title {
+	float: left;
+	font-weight: bold;	
+}
+
+#birthday-adjust {
+	float: left;
+	font-size: 75%;
+	margin-left: 10px;
+}
+
+#birthday-title-end {
+	clear: both;
+}
+
+.birthday-list {
+	margin-left: 15px;
+}
+
+#birthday-wrapper {
+	margin-bottom: 15px;
+}
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
index f64ad3fb89..37670df01e 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
@@ -1854,3 +1854,27 @@ a.mail-list-link {
 	font-size: 120%;
 	font-weight: bold;
 }
+
+
+#birthday-title {
+	float: left;
+	font-weight: bold;	
+}
+
+#birthday-adjust {
+	float: left;
+	font-size: 75%;
+	margin-left: 10px;
+}
+
+#birthday-title-end {
+	clear: both;
+}
+
+.birthday-list {
+	margin-left: 15px;
+}
+
+#birthday-wrapper {
+	margin-bottom: 15px;
+}