Maintenance Windows Set to Use UTC Time Actually Using Local Time on Client

Hey All -
When patching servers last month, we ran into an issue on a couple of collections. This month, it's occurring on all of them so far.
The Issue
We have about 40 collections for various server groups. Each has a single maintenance window set for roughly a 4 hour window using UTC time.
When advertising a task sequence (or something else) to run only inside of the window, it fails. Examining the execmgr.log shows the error: "CExecutionRequest::The program may never run because of Service Window restrictions."
If I open SCCM Client Center, connect to one of the systems, and view Service Windows, I see that they are set, but were set using the hours I set but as if I did not choose UTC when I did. We are in CST which is a 5-06 hour difference therefore it
fails to deploy.
Only Fix So Far
The only fix found so far is to delete the maintenance window and re-create it using the exact same settings. After this is done and policy refreshes, Client Center shows the windows correctly.
The problem with the above fix is that at some point, they seemingly are being corrupted again as some which were fixed last month seem to must be re-created again this month.
Screenshots / Logs
Maintenance Window
8:00PM in our timezone should make it start at 2:00PM CST
SCCM Client Center Viewing Window of System in Collection Same Window Above Was Applied to
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks!
Ben K.

Hi,
Please review the blog explaining about maintenance windows
and hopefully it will help you.
Business Hours vs. Maintenance Windows with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/03/28/business-hours-vs-maintenance-windows-with-system-center-2012-configuration-manager.aspx
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kevin.gurney wrote:2ManyDogs, I don't actually want to display the UTC time. The reason why I originally wanted to display the UTC time was because it appeared to be the correct time because it was actually set to the localtime in my timezone. Therefore, the localtime that was being displayed on my system was actually 4 hours behind the correct time in my timezone relative to this UTC time since my timezone is UTC-4hrs. I apologize for the misunderstanding, although I do understand the difference between UTC and my localtime, it it simply a matter of the UTC time being incorrect on my system, and, therefore, the localtime, as well.
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