diff --git a/aprsd/plugins/time.py b/aprsd/plugins/time.py
index 3c0c3b9..4510ec3 100644
--- a/aprsd/plugins/time.py
+++ b/aprsd/plugins/time.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import time
 
 from aprsd import fuzzyclock, plugin
+import pytz
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger("APRSD")
 
@@ -13,16 +14,34 @@ class TimePlugin(plugin.APRSDPluginBase):
     command_regex = "^[tT]"
     command_name = "time"
 
+    def _get_local_tz(self):
+        return pytz.timezone(time.strftime("%Z"))
+
+    def _get_utcnow(self):
+        return pytz.datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+
     def command(self, fromcall, message, ack):
         LOG.info("TIME COMMAND")
-        stm = time.localtime()
-        h = stm.tm_hour
-        m = stm.tm_min
-        cur_time = fuzzyclock.fuzzy(h, m, 1)
-        reply = "{} ({}:{} PDT) ({})".format(
+        # So we can mock this in unit tests
+        localzone = self._get_local_tz()
+
+        # This is inefficient for now, but this enables
+        # us to add the ability to provide time in the TZ
+        # of the caller, if we can get the TZ from their callsign location
+        # This also accounts for running aprsd in different timezones
+        utcnow = self._get_utcnow()
+        gmt_t = pytz.utc.localize(utcnow)
+        local_t = gmt_t.astimezone(localzone)
+
+        local_short_str = local_t.strftime("%H:%M %Z")
+        local_hour = local_t.strftime("%H")
+        local_min = local_t.strftime("%M")
+        cur_time = fuzzyclock.fuzzy(int(local_hour), int(local_min), 1)
+
+        reply = "{} ({}) ({})".format(
             cur_time,
-            str(h),
-            str(m).rjust(2, "0"),
+            local_short_str,
             message.rstrip(),
         )
+
         return reply
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 57100ae..2d5082c 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ typing-extensions==3.7.4.3
     #   mypy
 urllib3==1.26.2
     # via requests
-virtualenv==20.2.2
+virtualenv==20.4.0
     # via tox
 webencodings==0.5.1
     # via bleach
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index e81f136..c023737 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ thesmuggler
 aprslib
 py3-validate-email
 pre-commit
+pytz
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ed86b36..5eba174 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ filelock==3.0.12
     # via
     #   py3-validate-email
     #   virtualenv
-identify==1.5.11
+identify==1.5.13
     # via pre-commit
 idna==2.10
     # via
     #   py3-validate-email
     #   requests
-imapclient==2.1.0
+imapclient==2.2.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 jinja2==2.11.2
     # via click-completion
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ pre-commit==2.9.3
     # via -r requirements.in
 py3-validate-email==0.2.12
     # via -r requirements.in
+pytz==2020.5
+    # via -r requirements.in
 pyyaml==5.3.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
@@ -70,5 +72,5 @@ toml==0.10.2
     # via pre-commit
 urllib3==1.26.2
     # via requests
-virtualenv==20.2.2
+virtualenv==20.4.0
     # via pre-commit
diff --git a/tests/test_plugin.py b/tests/test_plugin.py
index 83d9662..fecd16f 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from aprsd.plugins import ping as ping_plugin
 from aprsd.plugins import query as query_plugin
 from aprsd.plugins import time as time_plugin
 from aprsd.plugins import version as version_plugin
+import pytz
 
 
 class TestPlugin(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -68,13 +69,21 @@ class TestPlugin(unittest.TestCase):
         actual = query.run(self.fromcall, message, self.ack)
         mock_restart.assert_called_once()
 
-    @mock.patch("time.localtime")
-    def test_time(self, mock_time):
+    @mock.patch("aprsd.plugins.time.TimePlugin._get_local_tz")
+    @mock.patch("aprsd.plugins.time.TimePlugin._get_utcnow")
+    def test_time(self, mock_utcnow, mock_localtz):
+        utcnow = pytz.datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+        mock_utcnow.return_value = utcnow
+        tz = pytz.timezone("US/Pacific")
+        mock_localtz.return_value = tz
+
+        gmt_t = pytz.utc.localize(utcnow)
+        local_t = gmt_t.astimezone(tz)
+
         fake_time = mock.MagicMock()
-        h = fake_time.tm_hour = 16
-        m = fake_time.tm_min = 12
-        fake_time.tm_sec = 55
-        mock_time.return_value = fake_time
+        h = int(local_t.strftime("%H"))
+        m = int(local_t.strftime("%M"))
+        fake_time.tm_sec = 13
         time = time_plugin.TimePlugin(self.config)
 
         fromcall = "KFART"
@@ -87,10 +96,10 @@ class TestPlugin(unittest.TestCase):
         cur_time = fuzzy(h, m, 1)
 
         message = "time"
-        expected = "{} ({}:{} PDT) ({})".format(
+        local_short_str = local_t.strftime("%H:%M %Z")
+        expected = "{} ({}) ({})".format(
             cur_time,
-            str(h),
-            str(m).rjust(2, "0"),
+            local_short_str,
             message.rstrip(),
         )
         actual = time.run(fromcall, message, ack)