diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index db69a13..1e78d1f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ RUN apk add --update git wget py3-pip py3-virtualenv bash fortune
 
 # Setup Timezone
 ENV TZ=US/Eastern
-RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
-RUN apt-get install -y tzdata
-RUN dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata
+#RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
+#RUN apt-get install -y tzdata
+#RUN dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata
 
 
 RUN addgroup --gid 1000 $APRS_USER
diff --git a/Dockerfile-dev b/Dockerfile-dev
index b50bc5b..fbd8007 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-dev
+++ b/Dockerfile-dev
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ FROM alpine:latest as aprsd
 
 # Dockerfile for building a container during aprsd development.
 
-ENV VERSION=1.0.0
+ENV VERSION=1.5.1
 ENV APRS_USER=aprs
 ENV HOME=/home/aprs
 ENV APRSD=http://github.com/craigerl/aprsd.git
-ENV APRSD_BRANCH="v1.1.0"
+ENV APRSD_BRANCH="master"
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=$HOME/.venv3
 
 ENV INSTALL=$HOME/install
diff --git a/aprsd/plugin_utils.py b/aprsd/plugin_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9118369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aprsd/plugin_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#  Utilities for plugins to use
+import json
+import logging
+
+import requests
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger("APRSD")
+
+
+def get_aprs_fi(api_key, callsign):
+    LOG.debug("Fetch aprs.fi location for '{}'".format(callsign))
+    try:
+        url = (
+            "http://api.aprs.fi/api/get?"
+            "&what=loc&apikey={}&format=json"
+            "&name={}".format(api_key, callsign)
+        )
+        response = requests.get(url)
+    except Exception:
+        raise Exception("Failed to get aprs.fi location")
+    else:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        return json.loads(response.text)
+
+
+def get_weather_gov_for_gps(lat, lon):
+    LOG.debug("Fetch station at {}, {}".format(lat, lon))
+    try:
+        url2 = (
+            "https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=%s"
+            "&lon=%s&FcstType=json" % (lat, lon)
+        )
+        LOG.debug("Fetching weather '{}'".format(url2))
+        response = requests.get(url2)
+    except Exception as e:
+        LOG.error(e)
+        raise Exception("Failed to get weather")
+    else:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        return json.loads(response.text)
+
+
+def get_weather_gov_metar(station):
+    LOG.debug("Fetch metar for station '{}'".format(station))
+    try:
+        url = "https://api.weather.gov/stations/{}/observations/latest".format(
+            station,
+        )
+        response = requests.get(url)
+    except Exception:
+        raise Exception("Failed to fetch metar")
+    else:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        return json.loads(response)
+
+
+def fetch_openweathermap(api_key, lat, lon, exclude=None):
+    LOG.debug("Fetch openweathermap for {}, {}".format(lat, lon))
+    if not exclude:
+        exclude = "minutely,hourly,daily,alerts"
+    try:
+        url = (
+            "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/onecall?"
+            "lat={}&lon={}&appid={}&exclude={}".format(lat, lon, api_key, exclude)
+        )
+        response = requests.get(url)
+    except Exception as e:
+        LOG.error(e)
+        raise Exception("Failed to get weather")
+    else:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        return json.loads(response.text)
diff --git a/aprsd/plugins/location.py b/aprsd/plugins/location.py
index 031b678..60a5c19 100644
--- a/aprsd/plugins/location.py
+++ b/aprsd/plugins/location.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import json
 import logging
 import re
 import time
 
-from aprsd import plugin
-import requests
+from aprsd import plugin, plugin_utils, utils
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger("APRSD")
 
@@ -16,11 +14,15 @@ class LocationPlugin(plugin.APRSDPluginBase):
     command_regex = "^[lL]"
     command_name = "location"
 
-    config_items = {"apikey": "aprs.fi api key here"}
-
     def command(self, fromcall, message, ack):
         LOG.info("Location Plugin")
         # get last location of a callsign, get descriptive name from weather service
+        try:
+            utils.check_config_option(self.config, "aprs.fi", "apiKey")
+        except Exception as ex:
+            LOG.error("Failed to find config aprs.fi:apikey {}".format(ex))
+            return "No aprs.fi apikey found"
+
         api_key = self.config["aprs.fi"]["apiKey"]
         try:
             # optional second argument is a callsign to search
@@ -31,14 +33,13 @@ class LocationPlugin(plugin.APRSDPluginBase):
             else:
                 # if no second argument, search for calling station
                 searchcall = fromcall
-            url = (
-                "http://api.aprs.fi/api/get?name="
-                + searchcall
-                + "&what=loc&apikey={}&format=json".format(api_key)
-            )
-            response = requests.get(url)
-            # aprs_data = json.loads(response.read())
-            aprs_data = json.loads(response.text)
+
+            try:
+                aprs_data = plugin_utils.get_aprs_fi(api_key, searchcall)
+            except Exception as ex:
+                LOG.error("Failed to fetch aprs.fi '{}'".format(ex))
+                return "Failed to fetch aprs.fi location"
+
             LOG.debug("LocationPlugin: aprs_data = {}".format(aprs_data))
             lat = aprs_data["entries"][0]["lat"]
             lon = aprs_data["entries"][0]["lng"]
@@ -53,15 +54,12 @@ class LocationPlugin(plugin.APRSDPluginBase):
             # )  # unicode to ascii
             delta_seconds = time.time() - int(aprs_lasttime_seconds)
             delta_hours = delta_seconds / 60 / 60
-            url2 = (
-                "https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat="
-                + str(lat)
-                + "&lon="
-                + str(lon)
-                + "&FcstType=json"
-            )
-            response2 = requests.get(url2)
-            wx_data = json.loads(response2.text)
+
+            try:
+                wx_data = plugin_utils.get_weather_gov_for_gps(lat, lon)
+            except Exception as ex:
+                LOG.error("Couldn't fetch forecast.weather.gov '{}'".format(ex))
+                wx_data["location"]["areaDescription"] = "Unkown Location"
 
             reply = "{}: {} {}' {},{} {}h ago".format(
                 searchcall,
diff --git a/aprsd/plugins/time.py b/aprsd/plugins/time.py
index 4510ec3..7807b99 100644
--- a/aprsd/plugins/time.py
+++ b/aprsd/plugins/time.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import logging
 import time
 
-from aprsd import fuzzyclock, plugin
+from aprsd import fuzzyclock, plugin, plugin_utils, utils
+from opencage.geocoder import OpenCageGeocode
 import pytz
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger("APRSD")
@@ -20,15 +21,7 @@ class TimePlugin(plugin.APRSDPluginBase):
     def _get_utcnow(self):
         return pytz.datetime.datetime.utcnow()
 
-    def command(self, fromcall, message, ack):
-        LOG.info("TIME COMMAND")
-        # So we can mock this in unit tests
-        localzone = self._get_local_tz()
-
-        # This is inefficient for now, but this enables
-        # us to add the ability to provide time in the TZ
-        # of the caller, if we can get the TZ from their callsign location
-        # This also accounts for running aprsd in different timezones
+    def build_date_str(self, localzone):
         utcnow = self._get_utcnow()
         gmt_t = pytz.utc.localize(utcnow)
         local_t = gmt_t.astimezone(localzone)
@@ -38,10 +31,94 @@ class TimePlugin(plugin.APRSDPluginBase):
         local_min = local_t.strftime("%M")
         cur_time = fuzzyclock.fuzzy(int(local_hour), int(local_min), 1)
 
-        reply = "{} ({}) ({})".format(
+        reply = "{} ({})".format(
             cur_time,
             local_short_str,
-            message.rstrip(),
         )
 
         return reply
+
+    def command(self, fromcall, message, ack):
+        LOG.info("TIME COMMAND")
+        # So we can mock this in unit tests
+        localzone = self._get_local_tz()
+        return self.build_date_str(localzone)
+
+
+class TimeOpenCageDataPlugin(TimePlugin):
+    """geocage based timezone fetching."""
+
+    version = "1.0"
+    command_regex = "^[tT]"
+    command_name = "Time"
+
+    def command(self, fromcall, message, ack):
+        api_key = self.config["aprs.fi"]["apiKey"]
+        try:
+            aprs_data = plugin_utils.get_aprs_fi(api_key, fromcall)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            LOG.error("Failed to fetch aprs.fi data {}".format(ex))
+            return "Failed to fetch location"
+
+        # LOG.debug("LocationPlugin: aprs_data = {}".format(aprs_data))
+        lat = aprs_data["entries"][0]["lat"]
+        lon = aprs_data["entries"][0]["lng"]
+
+        try:
+            utils.check_config_option(self.config, "opencagedata", "apiKey")
+        except Exception as ex:
+            LOG.error("Failed to find config opencage:apiKey {}".format(ex))
+            return "No opencage apiKey found"
+
+        try:
+            opencage_key = self.config["opencagedata"]["apiKey"]
+            geocoder = OpenCageGeocode(opencage_key)
+            results = geocoder.reverse_geocode(lat, lon)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            LOG.error("Couldn't fetch opencagedata api '{}'".format(ex))
+            # Default to UTC instead
+            localzone = pytz.timezone("UTC")
+        else:
+            tzone = results[0]["annotations"]["timezone"]["name"]
+            localzone = pytz.timezone(tzone)
+
+        return self.build_date_str(localzone)
+
+
+class TimeOWMPlugin(TimePlugin):
+    """OpenWeatherMap based timezone fetching."""
+
+    version = "1.0"
+    command_regex = "^[tT]"
+    command_name = "Time"
+
+    def command(self, fromcall, message, ack):
+        api_key = self.config["aprs.fi"]["apiKey"]
+        try:
+            aprs_data = plugin_utils.get_aprs_fi(api_key, fromcall)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            LOG.error("Failed to fetch aprs.fi data {}".format(ex))
+            return "Failed to fetch location"
+
+        # LOG.debug("LocationPlugin: aprs_data = {}".format(aprs_data))
+        lat = aprs_data["entries"][0]["lat"]
+        lon = aprs_data["entries"][0]["lng"]
+
+        try:
+            utils.check_config_option(self.config, "openweathermap", "apiKey")
+        except Exception as ex:
+            LOG.error("Failed to find config openweathermap:apiKey {}".format(ex))
+            return "No openweathermap apiKey found"
+
+        api_key = self.config["openweathermap"]["apiKey"]
+        try:
+            results = plugin_utils.fetch_openweathermap(api_key, lat, lon)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            LOG.error("Couldn't fetch openweathermap api '{}'".format(ex))
+            # default to UTC
+            localzone = pytz.timezone("UTC")
+        else:
+            tzone = results["timezone"]
+            localzone = pytz.timezone(tzone)
+
+        return self.build_date_str(localzone)
diff --git a/aprsd/utils.py b/aprsd/utils.py
index 5cbaec4..c0e78c2 100644
--- a/aprsd/utils.py
+++ b/aprsd/utils.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG_DICT = {
         "logfile": "/tmp/aprsd.log",
     },
     "aprs.fi": {"apiKey": "set me"},
+    "openweathermap": {"apiKey": "set me"},
+    "opencagedata": {"apiKey": "set me"},
     "shortcuts": {
         "aa": "5551239999@vtext.com",
         "cl": "craiglamparter@somedomain.org",
@@ -111,6 +113,24 @@ def add_config_comments(raw_yaml):
             end_idx,
         )
 
+    end_idx = end_substr(raw_yaml, "opencagedata:")
+    if end_idx != -1:
+        # lets insert a comment
+        raw_yaml = insert_str(
+            raw_yaml,
+            "\n  # Get the apiKey from your opencagedata account here:  https://opencagedata.com/dashboard#api-keys",
+            end_idx,
+        )
+
+    end_idx = end_substr(raw_yaml, "openweathermap:")
+    if end_idx != -1:
+        # lets insert a comment
+        raw_yaml = insert_str(
+            raw_yaml,
+            "\n  # Get the apiKey from your openweathermap account here:  https://home.openweathermap.org/api_keys",
+            end_idx,
+        )
+
     return raw_yaml
 
 
@@ -154,6 +174,35 @@ def get_config(config_file):
         sys.exit(-1)
 
 
+def check_config_option(config, section, name=None, default=None, default_fail=None):
+    if section in config:
+
+        if name and name not in config[section]:
+            if not default:
+                raise Exception(
+                    "'{}' was not in '{}' section of config file".format(
+                        name,
+                        section,
+                    ),
+                )
+            else:
+                config[section][name] = default
+        else:
+            if (
+                default_fail
+                and name in config[section]
+                and config[section][name] == default_fail
+            ):
+                # We have to fail and bail if the user hasn't edited
+                # this config option.
+                raise Exception(
+                    "Config file needs to be edited from provided defaults.",
+                )
+    else:
+        raise Exception("'%s' section wasn't in config file" % section)
+    return config
+
+
 # This method tries to parse the config yaml file
 # and consume the settings.
 # If the required params don't exist,
@@ -167,30 +216,12 @@ def parse_config(config_file):
         sys.exit(-1)
 
     def check_option(config, section, name=None, default=None, default_fail=None):
-        if section in config:
-
-            if name and name not in config[section]:
-                if not default:
-                    fail(
-                        "'{}' was not in '{}' section of config file".format(
-                            name,
-                            section,
-                        ),
-                    )
-                else:
-                    config[section][name] = default
-            else:
-                if (
-                    default_fail
-                    and name in config[section]
-                    and config[section][name] == default_fail
-                ):
-                    # We have to fail and bail if the user hasn't edited
-                    # this config option.
-                    fail("Config file needs to be edited from provided defaults.")
+        try:
+            config = check_config_option(config, section, name, default, default_fail)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            fail(repr(ex))
         else:
-            fail("'%s' section wasn't in config file" % section)
-        return config
+            return config
 
     config = get_config(config_file)
     check_option(config, "shortcuts")
diff --git a/build/bin/run.sh b/build/bin/run.sh
index be6b8c6..23e9aa1 100755
--- a/build/bin/run.sh
+++ b/build/bin/run.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ if [ ! -e "$APRSD_CONFIG" ]; then
     echo "'$APRSD_CONFIG' File does not exist. Creating."
     aprsd sample-config > $APRSD_CONFIG
 fi
-$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/aprsd server -c $APRSD_CONFIG
+$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/aprsd server -c $APRSD_CONFIG --loglevel DEBUG
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index c023737..6164b3e 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ aprslib
 py3-validate-email
 pre-commit
 pytz
+opencage
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5eba174..ad84d96 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile
 # To update, run:
 #
-#    pip-compile requirements.in
+#    pip-compile
 #
 appdirs==1.4.4
     # via virtualenv
 aprslib==0.6.47
     # via -r requirements.in
+backoff==1.10.0
+    # via opencage
 certifi==2020.12.5
     # via requests
+cffi==1.14.4
+    # via cryptography
 cfgv==3.2.0
     # via pre-commit
 chardet==4.0.0
@@ -20,6 +24,8 @@ click==7.1.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   click-completion
+cryptography==3.3.1
+    # via pyopenssl
 distlib==0.3.1
     # via virtualenv
 dnspython==2.1.0
@@ -42,6 +48,8 @@ markupsafe==1.1.1
     # via jinja2
 nodeenv==1.5.0
     # via pre-commit
+opencage==1.2.2
+    # via -r requirements.in
 pbr==5.5.1
     # via -r requirements.in
 pluggy==0.13.1
@@ -50,6 +58,10 @@ pre-commit==2.9.3
     # via -r requirements.in
 py3-validate-email==0.2.12
     # via -r requirements.in
+pycparser==2.20
+    # via cffi
+pyopenssl==20.0.1
+    # via opencage
 pytz==2020.5
     # via -r requirements.in
 pyyaml==5.3.1
@@ -57,14 +69,19 @@ pyyaml==5.3.1
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   pre-commit
 requests==2.25.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   opencage
 shellingham==1.3.2
     # via click-completion
 six==1.15.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   click-completion
+    #   cryptography
     #   imapclient
+    #   opencage
+    #   pyopenssl
     #   virtualenv
 thesmuggler==1.0.1
     # via -r requirements.in
diff --git a/tests/test_plugin.py b/tests/test_plugin.py
index fecd16f..73fad4c 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -97,10 +97,9 @@ class TestPlugin(unittest.TestCase):
 
         message = "time"
         local_short_str = local_t.strftime("%H:%M %Z")
-        expected = "{} ({}) ({})".format(
+        expected = "{} ({})".format(
             cur_time,
             local_short_str,
-            message.rstrip(),
         )
         actual = time.run(fromcall, message, ack)
         self.assertEqual(expected, actual)