diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsext.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsext.rs
index 0d64661ee..3f5b2b77c 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsext.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsext.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 extern crate time;
 use time::macros::format_description;
+use time::UtcOffset;
 
 pub use crate::*; // import macros from `../../macros.rs`
 
@@ -733,16 +734,36 @@ where
 }
 
 // match strftime "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f %z"
-const PRETTY_DATETIME_FORMAT: &[time::format_description::FormatItem] = format_description!("[year]-[month]-[day padding:zero] [hour]:[minute]:[second].[subsecond] [offset_hour sign:mandatory][offset_minute]");
+const PRETTY_DATETIME_FORMAT: &[time::format_description::FormatItem] = format_description!("[year]-[month]-[day padding:zero] [hour]:[minute]:[second].[subsecond digits:9] [offset_hour sign:mandatory][offset_minute]");
 
 pub fn pretty_time(sec: i64, nsec: i64) -> String {
     // sec == seconds since UNIX_EPOCH
     // nsec == nanoseconds since (UNIX_EPOCH + sec)
     let ts_nanos: i128 = (sec * 1_000_000_000 + nsec).into();
-    // TODO: return errors to caller
-    let tm = time::OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp_nanos(ts_nanos).unwrap();
 
-    let res = tm.format(&PRETTY_DATETIME_FORMAT).unwrap();
+    // Return the date in UTC
+    let tm = match time::OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp_nanos(ts_nanos) {
+        Ok(tm) => tm,
+        Err(e) => {
+            panic!("error: {}", e);
+        }
+    };
+
+    // Get the offset to convert to local time
+    // Because of DST (daylight saving), we get the local time back when
+    // the date was set
+    let local_offset = match UtcOffset::local_offset_at(tm) {
+        Ok(lo) => lo,
+        Err(e) => {
+            panic!("error: {}", e);
+        }
+    };
+
+    // Include the conversion to local time
+    let res = tm
+        .to_offset(local_offset)
+        .format(&PRETTY_DATETIME_FORMAT)
+        .unwrap();
     if res.ends_with(" -0000") {
         res.replace(" -0000", " +0000")
     } else {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_stat.rs b/tests/by-util/test_stat.rs
index 6140f5017..0871a48fe 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_stat.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_stat.rs
@@ -292,7 +292,22 @@ fn test_date() {
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
         "%z",
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-        "/dev/pts/ptmx",
+        "/bin/sh",
+        #[cfg(any(target_vendor = "apple"))]
+        "%z",
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_vendor = "apple"))]
+        "/bin/sh",
+    ];
+    let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let expected_stdout = unwrap_or_return!(expected_result(&ts, &args)).stdout_move_str();
+    ts.ucmd().args(&args).succeeds().stdout_is(expected_stdout);
+    // Just test the date for the time 0.3 change
+    let args = [
+        "-c",
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+        "%z",
+        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        "/dev/ptmx",
         #[cfg(any(target_vendor = "apple"))]
         "%z",
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_vendor = "apple"))]