diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.server.gateway.test/src/com/sap/sailing/server/gateway/test/jaxrs/LeaderboardGroupTimeZoneTest.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.server.gateway.test/src/com/sap/sailing/server/gateway/test/jaxrs/LeaderboardGroupTimeZoneTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e195f23597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.server.gateway.test/src/com/sap/sailing/server/gateway/test/jaxrs/LeaderboardGroupTimeZoneTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package com.sap.sailing.server.gateway.test.jaxrs;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
+import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
+import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.ResourceLock;
+
+import com.sap.sailing.domain.common.LeaderboardNameConstants;
+import com.sap.sailing.domain.leaderboard.Leaderboard;
+import com.sap.sailing.domain.leaderboard.LeaderboardGroup;
+import com.sap.sailing.domain.leaderboard.ScoringScheme;
+import com.sap.sailing.domain.leaderboard.SettableScoreCorrection;
+import com.sap.sailing.server.gateway.serialization.LeaderboardGroupConstants;
+import com.sap.sailing.server.interfaces.RacingEventService;
+import com.sap.sse.common.TimePoint;
+import com.sap.sse.common.impl.MillisecondsTimePoint;
+import com.sap.sse.rest.StreamingOutputUtil;
+import com.sap.sse.security.SecurityService;
+
+public class LeaderboardGroupTimeZoneTest {
+    @Test
+    @ResourceLock("java.util.TimeZone.default")
+    public void testLastScoringUpdateIsUtcRegardlessOfDefaultTimeZone() throws Exception {
+        final TimeZone originalTimeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
+        try {
+            // Start outside UTC so initialization cannot accidentally capture UTC as the default.
+            TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Berlin"));
+            final TimePoint lastUpdate = new MillisecondsTimePoint(Instant.parse("2026-10-09T12:13:04Z").toEpochMilli());
+            final SettableScoreCorrection scoreCorrection = mock(SettableScoreCorrection.class);
+            when(scoreCorrection.getTimePointOfLastCorrectionsValidity()).thenReturn(lastUpdate);
+            final Leaderboard leaderboard = mock(Leaderboard.class);
+            when(leaderboard.getName()).thenReturn("CNR_2026_F36");
+            when(leaderboard.getScoreCorrection()).thenReturn(scoreCorrection);
+            when(leaderboard.getScoringScheme()).thenReturn(mock(ScoringScheme.class));
+            final LeaderboardGroup leaderboardGroup = mock(LeaderboardGroup.class);
+            when(leaderboardGroup.getName()).thenReturn("CNR_2026_GROUP");
+            when(leaderboardGroup.getId()).thenReturn(UUID.fromString("12e275d9-37ef-441d-8376-221d2ef07e04"));
+            when(leaderboardGroup.getLeaderboards()).thenReturn(Collections.singletonList(leaderboard));
+            final RacingEventService service = mock(RacingEventService.class);
+            when(service.getLeaderboardGroupByName(leaderboardGroup.getName())).thenReturn(leaderboardGroup);
+            when(service.getAllEvents()).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
+            final SecurityService securityService = mock(SecurityService.class);
+            when(securityService.hasCurrentUserReadPermission(leaderboardGroup)).thenReturn(/* value */ true);
+            when(securityService.hasCurrentUserReadPermission(leaderboard)).thenReturn(/* value */ true);
+            final DummyLeaderboardGroupsResource resource = spy(new DummyLeaderboardGroupsResource());
+            doReturn(service).when(resource).getService();
+            doReturn(securityService).when(resource).getSecurityService();
+            for (final String zoneId : new String[] { "Europe/Berlin", "UTC", "America/Los_Angeles", "UTC",
+                    "Asia/Kolkata", "Europe/Berlin", "UTC" }) {
+                TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone(zoneId));
+                final Response response = resource.getLeaderboardGroup(leaderboardGroup.getName());
+                assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus(), zoneId);
+                final JSONObject json = (JSONObject) JSONValue.parseWithException(
+                        StreamingOutputUtil.getEntityAsString(response.getEntity()));
+                final JSONObject jsonLeaderboard = (JSONObject) ((JSONArray) json.get(
+                        LeaderboardGroupConstants.LEADERBOARDS)).get(/* index */ 0);
+                assertEquals("Fri Oct 09 12:13:04 UTC 2026",
+                        jsonLeaderboard.get(LeaderboardNameConstants.LASTSCORINGUPDATE), zoneId);
+                assertEquals(lastUpdate.asMillis(),
+                        jsonLeaderboard.get(LeaderboardNameConstants.LASTSCORINGUPDATE_MILLIS), zoneId);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            TimeZone.setDefault(originalTimeZone);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.server.gateway/src/com/sap/sailing/server/gateway/jaxrs/api/LeaderboardGroupsResource.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.server.gateway/src/com/sap/sailing/server/gateway/jaxrs/api/LeaderboardGroupsResource.java
index e01f0f08951..a1fff47b56f 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.server.gateway/src/com/sap/sailing/server/gateway/jaxrs/api/LeaderboardGroupsResource.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.server.gateway/src/com/sap/sailing/server/gateway/jaxrs/api/LeaderboardGroupsResource.java
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package com.sap.sailing.server.gateway.jaxrs.api;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -61,6 +64,9 @@ public class LeaderboardGroupsResource extends AbstractSailingServerResource {
     protected static final String EXISTING_GROUP_ID_QUERY_PARAM = "existingGroupId";
     protected static final String CREATE_NEW_GROUP_QUERY_PARAM = "createNewGroup";
     protected static final String NAME_PATH_PARAM = "name";
+    // Preserve the Date.toString() format, using UTC independently of the runtime's time zone and locale.
+    private static final DateTimeFormatter LAST_SCORING_UPDATE_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter
+            .ofPattern("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH).withZone(ZoneId.of("UTC"));
 
     @POST
     @Path("/{"+NAME_PATH_PARAM+"}/migrate")
@@ -175,9 +181,11 @@ public class LeaderboardGroupsResource extends AbstractSailingServerResource {
                         SettableScoreCorrection scoreCorrection = leaderboard.getScoreCorrection();
                         if (scoreCorrection != null) {
                             jsonLeaderboard.put(LeaderboardNameConstants.SCORINGCOMMENT, scoreCorrection.getComment());
-                            TimePoint lastUpdateTimepoint = scoreCorrection.getTimePointOfLastCorrectionsValidity();
+                            final TimePoint lastUpdateTimepoint = scoreCorrection.getTimePointOfLastCorrectionsValidity();
                             jsonLeaderboard.put(LeaderboardNameConstants.LASTSCORINGUPDATE,
-                                    lastUpdateTimepoint != null ? lastUpdateTimepoint.asDate().toString() : null);
+                                    lastUpdateTimepoint != null
+                                            ? LAST_SCORING_UPDATE_FORMATTER.format(lastUpdateTimepoint.asDate().toInstant())
+                                            : null);
                             jsonLeaderboard.put(LeaderboardNameConstants.LASTSCORINGUPDATE_MILLIS,
                                     lastUpdateTimepoint != null ? lastUpdateTimepoint.asMillis() : null);
                         } else {