diff --git a/lib/time/day_to_str.h b/lib/time/day_to_str.h
index 374240f5..f908a752 100644
--- a/lib/time/day_to_str.h
+++ b/lib/time/day_to_str.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ day_to_str(size_t size, char buf[size], long day)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (gmtime_r(&date, &tm) == NULL) {
+	if (localtime_r(&date, &tm) == NULL) {
 		strtcpy(buf, "future", size);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/src/chage.c b/src/chage.c
index 1e296fca..5146fde0 100644
--- a/src/chage.c
+++ b/src/chage.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ print_day_as_date(long day)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (gmtime_r(&date, &tm) == NULL) {
+	if (localtime_r(&date, &tm) == NULL) {
 		(void) printf ("time_t: %lu\n", (unsigned long)date);
 		return;
 	}