--- vcpx/bzr.py.orig
+++ vcpx/bzr.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         """
         Commit the changeset.
         """
-        from time import mktime
+        from time import mktime, gmtime
         from binascii import hexlify
         from re import search
         from bzrlib.osutils import compact_date, rand_bytes
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@
         else:
             self.log.info('Committing...')
             logmessage = "Empty changelog"
-        timestamp = int(mktime(date.timetuple()))
+
+        t = int(mktime(date.utctimetuple()))
+        timestamp = 2*t - mktime(gmtime(t))
 
         # Guess sane email address
         email = search("<(.*@.*)>", author)