leave timezone refactor for next PR

util/parse_utils.py

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 from lingua_franca.parse import extract_datetime, extract_duration, normalize
 from ovos_bus_client import Message
 from ovos_utils.log import LOG
-from ovos_utils.time import now_local, get_config_tz
 
 from . import AlertPriority, Weekdays, AlertType
 from .alert import Alert
@@ -309,14 +308,14 @@ def parse_repeat_from_message(message: Message,
 
 def parse_end_condition_from_message(message: Message,
                                      tokens: Optional[list] = None,
-                                     timezone: dt.tzinfo = get_config_tz()) \
+                                     timezone: dt.tzinfo = dt.timezone.utc) \
         -> Optional[dt.datetime]:
     """
     Parses an end condition from the utterance. If tokens are provided, handled
     tokens are removed.
     :param message: Message associated with intent match
     :param tokens: optional tokens parsed from message by `tokenize_utterances`
-    :param timezone: timezone of request, defaults to config tz
+    :param timezone: timezone of request, defaults to utc
     :returns: extracted datetime of end condition, else None
     """
     tokens = tokens or tokenize_utterance(message)