diff --git a/my_snippets/markdown.snippets b/my_snippets/markdown.snippets
index 40a26d4..fbb0217 100644
--- a/my_snippets/markdown.snippets
+++ b/my_snippets/markdown.snippets
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ snippet "meta(data)?" "Markdown front matter in YAML format" br
 title: "$1"
 date: `!p from datetime import datetime
 if not snip.c:
-	snip.rv=datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z")`
+	snip.rv=datetime.now().astimezone().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z")`
 tags: [$2]
 categories: [$3]
 ---