diff --git a/ansible/vagrant.yml b/ansible/vagrant.yml
index ce3b4af..5e64714 100644
--- a/ansible/vagrant.yml
+++ b/ansible/vagrant.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         - ipython[notebook]==2.4.1
         - beautifulsoup4
         - cookiecutter
+        - tzlocal
       sudo: yes
 
     - name: clone pelican-plugins
diff --git a/newpost.py b/newpost.py
index a348a5f..13b43f2 100644
--- a/newpost.py
+++ b/newpost.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from cookiecutter.main import cookiecutter
 from datetime import datetime
+from tzlocal import get_localzone
+import pytz
 
 
 cookiecutter(
     'cookiecutter-new-post',
-    extra_context={'date': datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')})
+    extra_context={
+        'date': datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc).astimezone(get_localzone()).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')})