--- 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 +196,12 @@
         else:
             self.log.info('Committing...')
             logmessage = "Empty changelog"
-        timestamp = int(mktime(date.timetuple()))
+
+        t_l = int(mktime(date.timetuple()))
+        t_u = int(mktime(date.utctimetuple()))
+
+        timezone  = t_u - mktime(gmtime(t_l))
+        timestamp = t_l + timezone
 
         # Guess sane email address
         email = search("<(.*@.*)>", author)
@@ -216,7 +221,7 @@
         self._working_tree.commit(logmessage, committer=author,
                                   specific_files=entries, rev_id=revision_id,
                                   verbose=self.repository.projectref().verbose,
-                                  timestamp=timestamp)
+                                  timestamp=timestamp, timezone=timezone)
 
     def _removePathnames(self, names):
         """