diff --git a/src/components/BallotKeysMetadata.jsx b/src/components/BallotKeysMetadata.jsx
index 9468d19..438aed0 100644
--- a/src/components/BallotKeysMetadata.jsx
+++ b/src/components/BallotKeysMetadata.jsx
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ export class BallotKeysMetadata extends React.Component {
             <div className="form-el">
               <label htmlFor="key">Ballot End</label>
               <input type="datetime-local" id="key" 
-                value={ballotStore.endTime} 
+                value={ballotStore.endTime}
+                min={ballotStore.endTime}
                 onChange={e => ballotStore.changeBallotMetadata(e, "endTime")} 
               />
               <p className="hint">
diff --git a/src/components/NewBallot.jsx b/src/components/NewBallot.jsx
index 45ff830..6248a31 100644
--- a/src/components/NewBallot.jsx
+++ b/src/components/NewBallot.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { BallotKeysMetadata } from './BallotKeysMetadata';
 import { BallotMinThresholdMetadata } from './BallotMinThresholdMetadata';
 import { BallotProxyMetadata } from './BallotProxyMetadata';
 import { messages } from "../messages";
-
 @inject("commonStore", "ballotStore", "validatorStore", "contractsStore", "routing")
 @observer
 export class NewBallot extends React.Component {
@@ -19,8 +18,10 @@ export class NewBallot extends React.Component {
 
   checkValidation() {
     const { commonStore, contractsStore, ballotStore, validatorStore } = this.props;
-    const isAfter = moment(ballotStore.endTime).isAfter(moment());
-    const isTwoDaysMinimum = moment(ballotStore.endTime).isAfter(moment().add(2, 'days'));
+    const twoDays = moment.utc().add(2, 'days').format();
+    let neededMinutes = moment(twoDays).diff(moment(ballotStore.endTime), 'minutes');
+    let neededHours = Math.round(neededMinutes/60);
+    let duration = 48 - neededHours;
 
     if (ballotStore.isNewValidatorPersonalData) {
       for (let validatorProp in validatorStore) {
@@ -32,20 +33,15 @@ export class NewBallot extends React.Component {
       }
     }
 
-    if (!isAfter) {
-      swal("Warning!", messages.END_TIME_SHOULD_BE_GREATER_THAN_NOW_MSG, "warning");
-      commonStore.hideLoading();
-      return false;
-    }
-
     if(!ballotStore.memo){
       swal("Warning!", messages.DESCRIPTION_IS_EMPTY, "warning");
       commonStore.hideLoading();
       return false;
     }
 
-    if(!isTwoDaysMinimum) {
-      swal("Warning!", messages.SHOULD_BE_MORE_THAN_TWO_DAYS, "warning");
+    if(neededMinutes > 0) {
+      neededMinutes = neededHours*60 - neededMinutes;
+      swal("Warning!", messages.SHOULD_BE_MORE_THAN_TWO_DAYS(duration, neededHours, neededMinutes), "warning");
       commonStore.hideLoading();
       return false;
     }
@@ -189,8 +185,7 @@ export class NewBallot extends React.Component {
         default:
           break;
       }
-      const curDate = new Date();
-      let curDateInSeconds = moment(curDate).add(5, 'minute').unix();
+      let curDateInSeconds = moment.utc().add(5, 'minute').unix();
       methodToCreateBallot(curDateInSeconds)
       .on("receipt", () => {
         commonStore.hideLoading();
diff --git a/src/messages.js b/src/messages.js
index c28b4c9..2c319b5 100644
--- a/src/messages.js
+++ b/src/messages.js
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ Check POA Network <a href='https://github.com/poanetwork/wiki' target='blank'>wi
 messages.ballotIsNotActiveMsg = function(timeToStart) {
 	return `The ballot is not active yet. Time to start: ${timeToStart}`;
 };
-messages.SHOULD_BE_MORE_THAN_TWO_DAYS = "Ballot end time should be at least 48 hours from now";
+messages.SHOULD_BE_MORE_THAN_TWO_DAYS = (duration, neededHours, neededMinutes) => {
+	return `Ballot end time should be at least 48 hours from now in UTC time. Current duration is ${duration} hours.
+		Please add ${neededHours} hours and ${neededMinutes} minutes in order to set correct end time
+	`;
+}
 messages.DESCRIPTION_IS_EMPTY = "Description cannot be empty";
 module.exports = {
   messages
diff --git a/src/stores/BallotStore.js b/src/stores/BallotStore.js
index 991e602..6e6e6a5 100644
--- a/src/stores/BallotStore.js
+++ b/src/stores/BallotStore.js
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ class BallotStore {
 
 
 	constructor() {
+		const twoDays = moment().add(2, 'days').add(10, 'minutes').format("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm");
 		this.ballotType = null;
-		this.endTime = "";
+		this.endTime = twoDays;
 
 		this.ballotKeys = {
 			keyType: null,