lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index 584ffde902ff272e44e3a01004da4a94edba3aff..88540bc22367525b3523711c55e8a71daad31b71 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ 		$rft = $diff;
 	}
 	$lr -= ($rft || (48 * 60 * 60));
 	$lei->qerr("# $uri limiting to ".
-		strftime('%Y-%m-%d %k:%M', gmtime($lr)). ' and newer');
+		strftime('%Y-%m-%d %k:%M', localtime($lr)). ' and newer');
 	# this should really be rt: (received-time), but no stable
 	# public-inbox releases support it, yet.
 	my $dt = 'dt:'.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S', gmtime($lr)).'..';