diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/DateTime.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/DateTime.h
index 5357a4ee3..f55a6d91a 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/DateTime.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/DateTime.h
@@ -52,12 +52,16 @@ class Foundation_API DateTime
 	/// This class represents an instant in time, expressed
 	/// in years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds
 	/// and milliseconds based on the Gregorian calendar.
-	/// The class is mainly useful for conversions between
-	/// UTC, Julian day and Gregorian calendar dates.
-	///
-	/// Conversion calculations are based on algorithms
-	/// collected and described by Peter Baum at
-	/// http://vsg.cape.com/~pbaum/date/date0.htm
+        /// The class is mainly useful for conversions between
+        /// UTC, Julian day and Gregorian calendar dates.
+        ///
+        /// The date and time stored in a DateTime is always in UTC
+        /// (Coordinated Universal Time) and thus independent of the 
+        /// timezone in effect on the system.
+        ///
+        /// Conversion calculations are based on algorithms
+        /// collected and described by Peter Baum at
+        /// http://vsg.cape.com/~pbaum/date/date0.htm
 	///
 	/// Internally, this class stores a date/time in two
 	/// forms (UTC and broken down) for performance reasons. Only use 
@@ -429,11 +433,11 @@ inline void swap(DateTime& d1, DateTime& d2)
 
 inline void DateTime::checkLimit(short& lower, short& higher, short limit)
 {
-	if (lower >= limit)
-	{
-		higher += short(lower / limit);
-		lower = short(lower % limit);
-	}
+        if (lower >= limit)
+        {
+                higher += short(lower / limit);
+                lower = short(lower % limit);
+        }
 }