diff --git a/apps/coordinator/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/coordinator/services/SequenceAggregatorService.kt b/apps/coordinator/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/coordinator/services/SequenceAggregatorService.kt
index 34568bc5..89e03cdb 100644
--- a/apps/coordinator/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/coordinator/services/SequenceAggregatorService.kt
+++ b/apps/coordinator/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/coordinator/services/SequenceAggregatorService.kt
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ package no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.coordinator.services
 
 import no.iktdev.eventi.ZDS.toEvent
 import no.iktdev.eventi.models.store.PersistedEvent
-import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.LocalDateTimeEpoch
 import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.dto.SequenceSummary
 import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.event_task_contract.events.CollectedEvent
 import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.projection.CollectProjection
 import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.database.stores.EventStore
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
+import java.time.Instant
 
 @Service
 class SequenceAggregatorService() {
 
     fun getActiveSequences(): List<SequenceSummary> {
-        val allEvents = EventStore.getPersistedEventsAfter(LocalDateTimeEpoch)
+        val allEvents = EventStore.getPersistedEventsAfter(Instant.EPOCH)
 
         // Gruppér først, deserialiser senere
         val grouped = allEvents.groupBy { it.referenceId }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class SequenceAggregatorService() {
     }
 
     fun getRecentSequences(limit: Int): List<SequenceSummary> {
-        val allEvents = EventStore.getPersistedEventsAfter(LocalDateTimeEpoch)
+        val allEvents = EventStore.getPersistedEventsAfter(Instant.EPOCH)
 
         val grouped = allEvents.groupBy { it.referenceId }
 
diff --git a/apps/py-metadata/utils/time.py b/apps/py-metadata/utils/time.py
index 0081fa6c..b4c1db66 100644
--- a/apps/py-metadata/utils/time.py
+++ b/apps/py-metadata/utils/time.py
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 def utc_now():
     """
-    Returnerer en UTC-basert LocalDateTime uten Z eller offset,
-    med nanosekund-lignende presisjon (mikrosekunder + padding).
+    Matcher nøyaktig formatet Kotlin/Exposed skriver til databasen:
+    yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS (UTC)
     """
-    dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
-    return dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.") + f"{dt.microsecond:06d}000"
-
+    dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    return dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
diff --git a/apps/py-watcher/utils/time.py b/apps/py-watcher/utils/time.py
index 0081fa6c..b4c1db66 100644
--- a/apps/py-watcher/utils/time.py
+++ b/apps/py-watcher/utils/time.py
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 def utc_now():
     """
-    Returnerer en UTC-basert LocalDateTime uten Z eller offset,
-    med nanosekund-lignende presisjon (mikrosekunder + padding).
+    Matcher nøyaktig formatet Kotlin/Exposed skriver til databasen:
+    yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS (UTC)
     """
-    dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
-    return dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.") + f"{dt.microsecond:06d}000"
-
+    dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    return dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 3e026bf0..427b30b4 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [versions]
-eventi = "1.0-rc29"
+eventi = "1.0-rc30"
 exfl = "1.0-rc1"
 
 [libraries]
diff --git a/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/Utils.kt b/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/Utils.kt
index b3e70086..b0da6f8a 100644
--- a/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/Utils.kt
+++ b/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/Utils.kt
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream
 import java.io.RandomAccessFile
 import java.net.InetAddress
 import java.security.MessageDigest
-import java.time.Clock
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.Instant
 import java.util.zip.CRC32
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
@@ -217,9 +216,4 @@ fun File.resolveConflict(): File {
     return candidate
 }
 
-val LocalDateTimeEpoch: LocalDateTime =
-    LocalDateTime.of(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
-
-fun UtcNow(): LocalDateTime {
-    return LocalDateTime.now(Clock.systemUTC())
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+fun UtcNow(): Instant = Instant.now()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/FileTableItem.kt b/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/FileTableItem.kt
index a8300d4b..e6d06db2 100644
--- a/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/FileTableItem.kt
+++ b/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/FileTableItem.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.dto
 
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.Instant
 
 data class FileTableItem(
     val name: String,
     val uri: String,
     val checksum: String,
-    val identifiedAt: LocalDateTime,
+    val identifiedAt: Instant,
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/SequenceEvent.kt b/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/SequenceEvent.kt
index 27addd3d..ef691769 100644
--- a/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/SequenceEvent.kt
+++ b/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/SequenceEvent.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.dto
 
 import no.iktdev.eventi.models.Event
 import no.iktdev.eventi.models.store.PersistedEvent
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.Instant
 import java.util.*
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty1
 
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ data class SequenceEvent(
     val eventId: UUID,
     val referenceId: UUID,
     val type: String,
-    val timestamp: LocalDateTime,
+    val timestamp: Instant,
     val metadata: MetadataDto,
     val payload: Map<String, Any?>?
 )
 
 data class MetadataDto(
     val derivedFromEventIds: Set<UUID>?,
-    val createdAt: LocalDateTime
+    val createdAt: Instant
 )
 
 fun Event.extractPayload(): Map<String, Any?>? {
diff --git a/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/SequenceSummary.kt b/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/SequenceSummary.kt
index 9e93a142..01d7366d 100644
--- a/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/SequenceSummary.kt
+++ b/shared/common/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/common/dto/SequenceSummary.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.dto
 
 import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.projection.CollectProjection
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.Instant
 
 data class SequenceSummary(
     val referenceId: String,
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ data class SequenceSummary(
     val inputFileName: String?,
     val type: ContextType = ContextType.Content,
     val lastEventId: String,
-    val lastEventTime: LocalDateTime,
+    val lastEventTime: Instant,
     val metadataTaskStatus: CollectProjection.TaskStatus,
     val encodeTaskStatus: CollectProjection.TaskStatus,
     val extractTaskStatus: CollectProjection.TaskStatus,
diff --git a/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/stores/EventStore.kt b/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/stores/EventStore.kt
index 398b819e..88cbf3c4 100644
--- a/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/stores/EventStore.kt
+++ b/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/stores/EventStore.kt
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.database.tables.EventsTable
 import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.database.withTransaction
 import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.insert
 import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.selectAll
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.Instant
 import java.util.*
 
 object EventStore: EventStore {
-    override fun getPersistedEventsAfter(timestamp: LocalDateTime): List<PersistedEvent> {
+    override fun getPersistedEventsAfter(timestamp: Instant): List<PersistedEvent> {
         val result = withTransaction {
             EventsTable.selectAll()
                 .where { EventsTable.persistedAt greater timestamp }
diff --git a/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/EventsTable.kt b/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/EventsTable.kt
index 8d28fe48..aa7bfa3d 100644
--- a/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/EventsTable.kt
+++ b/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/EventsTable.kt
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 package no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.database.tables
 
+import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.UtcNow
 import org.jetbrains.exposed.dao.id.IntIdTable
 import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.Column
-import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.CurrentDateTime
-import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.datetime
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.timestamp
 
 object EventsTable: IntIdTable(name = "EVENTS") {
     val referenceId: Column<String> = varchar("REFERENCE_ID", 36)
     val eventId: Column<String> = varchar("EVENT_ID", 36)
     val event: Column<String> = varchar("EVENT",100)
     val data: Column<String> = text("DATA")
-    val persistedAt: Column<LocalDateTime> = datetime("PERSISTED_AT").defaultExpression(CurrentDateTime)
+    val persistedAt = timestamp("PERSISTED_AT")
+        .clientDefault { UtcNow() }
+
 
     init {
         uniqueIndex(referenceId, eventId, event)
diff --git a/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/FilesTable.kt b/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/FilesTable.kt
index d1ff5dc3..5ff5836a 100644
--- a/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/FilesTable.kt
+++ b/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/FilesTable.kt
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ package no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.database.tables
 
 import org.jetbrains.exposed.dao.id.IntIdTable
 import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.Column
-import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.datetime
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.timestamp
+import java.time.Instant
 
 object FilesTable: IntIdTable("FILES") {
     val name: Column<String> = varchar("NAME", 255)
     val uri: Column<String> = text("URI")
     val checksum: Column<String> = char("CHECKSUM", 64)
-    val identifiedAt: Column<LocalDateTime> = datetime("IDENTIFIED_AT")
+    val identifiedAt: Column<Instant> = timestamp("IDENTIFIED_AT")
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/TasksTable.kt b/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/TasksTable.kt
index bd5bcf39..5e2463e7 100644
--- a/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/TasksTable.kt
+++ b/shared/database/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/shared/database/tables/TasksTable.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.database.tables
 
 import no.iktdev.eventi.models.store.TaskStatus
+import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.shared.common.UtcNow
 import org.jetbrains.exposed.dao.id.IntIdTable
 import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.Column
-import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.CurrentDateTime
-import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.datetime
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.javatime.timestamp
+import java.time.Instant
 
 object TasksTable: IntIdTable(name = "TASKS") {
     val referenceId: Column<String> = varchar("REFERENCE_ID", 36)
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ object TasksTable: IntIdTable(name = "TASKS") {
     val claimed: Column<Boolean> = bool("CLAIMED").default(false)
     val claimedBy: Column<String?> = varchar("CLAIMED_BY",100).nullable()
     val consumed: Column<Boolean> = bool("CONSUMED").default(false)
-    val lastCheckIn: Column<LocalDateTime?> = datetime("LAST_CHECK_IN").nullable()
-    val persistedAt: Column<LocalDateTime> = datetime("PERSISTED_AT").defaultExpression(CurrentDateTime)
+    val lastCheckIn: Column<Instant?> = timestamp("LAST_CHECK_IN").nullable()
+    val persistedAt = timestamp("PERSISTED_AT")
+        .clientDefault { UtcNow() }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/ffmpeg/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/ffmpeg/FFmpeg.kt b/shared/ffmpeg/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/ffmpeg/FFmpeg.kt
index 1e4cf130..087705b9 100644
--- a/shared/ffmpeg/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/ffmpeg/FFmpeg.kt
+++ b/shared/ffmpeg/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/ffmpeg/FFmpeg.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.ffmpeg.decoder.FfmpegProgressDecoder
 import no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.ffmpeg.util.UtcNow
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.FileOutputStream
+import java.time.ZoneId
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 
 open class FFmpeg(val executable: String, val logDir: File) {
@@ -20,9 +21,12 @@ open class FFmpeg(val executable: String, val logDir: File) {
     private val outputCache = mutableListOf<String>()
 
     //region Log File formatting
-    val currentDateTime = UtcNow()
+    val currentDateTime = UtcNow() // Instant, alltid UTC
     val formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd.HH.mm")
-    val formattedDateTime = currentDateTime.format(formatter)
+    val formattedDateTime = currentDateTime
+        .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+        .format(formatter)
+
     //endregion
     lateinit var logFile: File
 
diff --git a/shared/ffmpeg/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/ffmpeg/util/Utils.kt b/shared/ffmpeg/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/ffmpeg/util/Utils.kt
index 0edb26de..441d3d16 100644
--- a/shared/ffmpeg/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/ffmpeg/util/Utils.kt
+++ b/shared/ffmpeg/src/main/kotlin/no/iktdev/mediaprocessing/ffmpeg/util/Utils.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package no.iktdev.mediaprocessing.ffmpeg.util
 
-import java.time.Clock
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.Instant
 
-fun UtcNow(): LocalDateTime {
-    return LocalDateTime.now(Clock.systemUTC())
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+fun UtcNow(): Instant = Instant.now()