1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 1f4c09e3d4..5eec11d5f0 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -343,11 +343,11 @@ split_patches () {
 				elsif (/^\# User /) { s/\# User/From:/ ; print ; }
 				elsif (/^\# Date /) {
 					my ($hashsign, $str, $time, $tz) = split ;
-					$tz = sprintf "%+05d", (0-$tz)/36;
+					$tz_str = sprintf "%+05d", (0-$tz)/36;
 					print "Date: " .
 					      strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S ",
-						       localtime($time))
-					      . "$tz\n";
+						       gmtime($time-$tz))
+					      . "$tz_str\n";
 				} elsif (/^\# /) { next ; }
 				else {
 					print "\n", $_ ;