diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py b/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
index 4fe11cf6dc..64d9eda301 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/library/models.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from calibre.ebooks.metadata import fmt_sidx, authors_to_string, string_to_autho
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.base import SafeFormat
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 from calibre.utils.config import tweaks, prefs
-from calibre.utils.date import dt_factory, qt_to_dt
+from calibre.utils.date import dt_factory, qt_to_dt, as_local_time
 from calibre.utils.icu import sort_key
 from calibre.utils.search_query_parser import SearchQueryParser
 from calibre.library.caches import (_match, CONTAINS_MATCH, EQUALS_MATCH,
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel): # {{{
         def datetime_type(r, idx=-1):
             val = self.db.data[r][idx]
             if val is not None:
-                return QVariant(QDateTime(val))
+                return QVariant(QDateTime(as_local_time(val)))
             else:
                 return QVariant(UNDEFINED_QDATETIME)