diff --git a/tweeter.py b/tweeter.py
index 373f180..99e6b5d 100755
--- a/tweeter.py
+++ b/tweeter.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sql_conn = sqlite3.connect(database_filename)
 cur = sql_conn.cursor()
 
 while True:
- values = cur.execute("SELECT * FROM tweets WHERE timestamp < datetime('now') AND sent = 0")
+ values = cur.execute("SELECT * FROM tweets WHERE timestamp < datetime('now','localtime') AND sent = 0")
  for status in values:
   original = int(status[0])
   recipient = status[2]