diff --git a/src/formatters.nim b/src/formatters.nim
index 395cf31..51d2174 100644
--- a/src/formatters.nim
+++ b/src/formatters.nim
@@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ proc getTweetTime*(tweet: Tweet): string =
   tweet.time.format("h:mm tt' · 'MMM d', 'YYYY")
 
 proc getShortTime*(tweet: Tweet): string =
-  let
-    now = now().utc
-    then = tweet.time.utc
-    since = now - then
+  let now = now()
+  var then = tweet.time.local()
+  then.utcOffset = 0
+
+  let since = now - then
 
   if now.year != then.year:
     result = tweet.time.format("d MMM yyyy")
@@ -112,7 +113,6 @@ proc getShortTime*(tweet: Tweet): string =
   elif since.inSeconds > 1:
     result = $since.inSeconds & "s"
   else:
-    # this shouldn't happen, but just in case
     result = "now"
 
 proc getLink*(tweet: Tweet; focus=true): string =
diff --git a/src/parserutils.nim b/src/parserutils.nim
index 814066e..a4fb8e6 100644
--- a/src/parserutils.nim
+++ b/src/parserutils.nim
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ template getError*(js: JsonNode): Error =
 
 template parseTime(time: string; f: static string; flen: int): Time =
   if time.len != flen: return
-  parseTime(time, f, utc())
+  parse(time, f).toTime
 
 proc getDateTime*(js: JsonNode): Time =
   parseTime(js.getStr, "yyyy-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ss\'Z\'", 20)