diff --git a/fail2ban/server/strptime.py b/fail2ban/server/strptime.py
index 5517e6b0..cf02dad5 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/strptime.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/strptime.py
@@ -190,5 +190,5 @@ def reGroupDictStrptime(found_dict):
 	if gmtoff is not None:
 		return calendar.timegm(date_result.utctimetuple())
 	else:
-		return time.mktime(date_result.utctimetuple())
+		return time.mktime(date_result.timetuple())