diff --git a/recipes/sueddeutsche_mobil.recipe b/recipes/sueddeutsche_mobil.recipe
index 6976f06501..b997427315 100644
--- a/recipes/sueddeutsche_mobil.recipe
+++ b/recipes/sueddeutsche_mobil.recipe
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ szmobil.sueddeutsche.de/
 # 2012.08.04 Initial release
 
 from calibre import strftime
-from time import localtime
+import datetime
 from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
 import re
 
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ class SZmobil(BasicNewsRecipe):
     language               = u'de'
     publication_type       = u'newspaper'
     category               = u'news, politics, Germany'
-    lt = localtime()
-    cover_url              = 'https://zeitung.sueddeutsche.de/szdigital/public/issue/previewimage?size=l&issueId=' + strftime("%Y-%m-%d", lt) + '&targetVersion=3&productId=sz
+    cover_url              = 'https://zeitung.sueddeutsche.de/szdigital/public/issue/previewimage?size=l&issueId=' + (datetime.datetime.utcnow()+datetime.timedelta(hours=1)).strftime("%Y-%m-%d") + '&targetVersion=3&productId=sz'
     no_stylesheets         = True
     oldest_article         = 2
     encoding               = 'iso-8859-1'
diff --git a/recipes/sueddeutschezeitung.recipe b/recipes/sueddeutschezeitung.recipe
index 893afb3ae5..1c5ec5cd02 100644
--- a/recipes/sueddeutschezeitung.recipe
+++ b/recipes/sueddeutschezeitung.recipe
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ www.sueddeutsche.de/sz/
 # 2014.10.02 Fixed url Problem by lala-rob(web@lala-rob.de)
 
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
-from calibre import strftime
-from time import localtime
+from calibre import gmtime
+import datetime
 
 class SueddeutcheZeitung(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title                  = u'Süddeutsche Zeitung'
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ class SueddeutcheZeitung(BasicNewsRecipe):
     needs_subscription     = True
     remove_empty_feeds     = True
     delay                  = 1
-    lt = localtime()
-    cover_url              = 'https://zeitung.sueddeutsche.de/szdigital/public/issue/previewimage?size=l&issueId=' + strftime("%Y-%m-%d", lt) + '&targetVersion=3&productId=sz
+    cover_url              = 'https://zeitung.sueddeutsche.de/szdigital/public/issue/previewimage?size=l&issueId=' + (datetime.datetime.utcnow()+datetime.timedelta(hours=1)).strftime("%Y-%m-%d") + '&targetVersion=3&productId=sz'
     PREFIX                 = 'http://epaper.sueddeutsche.de'
     INDEX                  = PREFIX + '/app/epaper/textversion/'
     use_embedded_content   = False