diff --git a/src/ircmsgs.py b/src/ircmsgs.py
index f5102a40d..3862597b2 100644
--- a/src/ircmsgs.py
+++ b/src/ircmsgs.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class IrcMsg(object):
                 if 'time' in self.server_tags:
                     s = self.server_tags['time']
                     date = datetime.datetime.strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')
-                    print(repr(date))
+                    date = date.replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
                     self.time = date.timestamp()
                 else:
                     self.time = time.time()
diff --git a/test/test_ircmsgs.py b/test/test_ircmsgs.py
index e189656c6..49cce6b7b 100644
--- a/test/test_ircmsgs.py
+++ b/test/test_ircmsgs.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class IrcMsgTestCase(SupyTestCase):
 
         msg = ircmsgs.IrcMsg('@time=2011-10-19T16:40:51.620Z '
                              ':Angel!angel@example.org PRIVMSG Wiz :Hello')
-        self.assertEqual(msg.time, 1319035251.62)
+        self.assertEqual(msg.time, 1319042451.62)
 
 class FunctionsTestCase(SupyTestCase):
     def testIsAction(self):