diff --git a/server/datetemplate.py b/server/datetemplate.py
index 284d374b..711c6c99 100644
--- a/server/datetemplate.py
+++ b/server/datetemplate.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # This file is part of Fail2Ban.
 #
 # Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ class DateTai64n(DateTemplate):
 			# extract part of format which represents seconds since epoch
 			value = dateMatch.group()
 			seconds_since_epoch = value[2:17]
-			date = list(time.gmtime(int(seconds_since_epoch, 16)))
+			# convert seconds from HEX into local time stamp
+			date = list(time.localtime(int(seconds_since_epoch, 16)))
 		return date