diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ad08607..29397f3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH, Duration};
 use std::ops::{Add, Sub};
 use clap::Parser;
-use chrono::DateTime;
+use chrono::{TimeZone, Local};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 struct Flags {
@@ -108,13 +108,11 @@ fn parse_time(since: &Option<String>) -> Result<SystemTime, String> {
    match since {
       Some(since) => {
          match chrono::NaiveDate::parse_from_str(since, "%Y-%m-%d") {
-            Ok(dt) => {
+            Ok(nd) => {
+               let ndt = nd.and_hms_opt(1, 1, 1).unwrap();
+               let dt = Local.from_local_datetime(&ndt).unwrap();
                Ok(UNIX_EPOCH.add(
-                  Duration::from_secs(
-                     dt.and_hms_opt(1, 1, 1)
-                        .unwrap()
-                        .timestamp() as u64
-                  )
+                  Duration::from_secs(dt.timestamp() as u64)
                ))
             },
             Err(msg) => Err(format!("failed to parse {}: {}", since, msg)),