diff --git a/examples/reference-gertty.yaml b/examples/reference-gertty.yaml
index 256b765..1dbebae 100644
--- a/examples/reference-gertty.yaml
+++ b/examples/reference-gertty.yaml
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ commentlinks:
 # default.  To disable this behavior, uncomment the following line:
 # thread-changes: false
 
+# Times are displayed in the local timezone by default.  To display
+# them in UTC instead, uncomment the following line:
+# display-times-in-utc: true
+
 # Uncomment the following lines to Hide comments by default that match
 # certain criteria.  You can toggle their display with 't'.  Currently
 # the only supported criterion is "author".
diff --git a/gertty/app.py b/gertty/app.py
index 00f7231..04be6d4 100644
--- a/gertty/app.py
+++ b/gertty/app.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import argparse
+import dateutil
 import logging
 import os
 import Queue
@@ -441,6 +442,13 @@ class App(object):
         self.log.debug("Open URL %s" % url)
         webbrowser.open_new_tab(url)
 
+    def time(self, dt):
+        utc = dt.replace(tzinfo=dateutil.tz.tzutc())
+        if self.config.utc:
+            return utc
+        local = utc.astimezone(dateutil.tz.tzlocal())
+        return local
+
 def version():
     return "Gertty version: %s" % gertty.version.version_info.version_string()
 
diff --git a/gertty/config.py b/gertty/config.py
index b5285d4..f46b004 100644
--- a/gertty/config.py
+++ b/gertty/config.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class ConfigSchema(object):
                            'diff-view': str,
                            'hide-comments': self.hide_comments,
                            'thread-changes': bool,
+                           'display-times-in-utc': bool
                            })
         return schema
 
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ class Config(object):
             self.hide_comments.append(re.compile(h['author']))
 
         self.thread_changes = self.config.get('thread-changes', True)
+        self.utc = self.config.get('display-times-in-utc', False)
 
     def getServer(self, name=None):
         for server in self.config['servers']:
diff --git a/gertty/view/change.py b/gertty/view/change.py
index e33d1e8..110aee2 100644
--- a/gertty/view/change.py
+++ b/gertty/view/change.py
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ class ChangeMessageBox(mywid.HyperText):
 
     def refresh(self, message):
         self.message_created = message.created
+        created = self.app.time(message.created)
         lines = message.message.split('\n')
         if message.draft:
             lines.insert(0, '')
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ class ChangeMessageBox(mywid.HyperText):
         text = [('change-message-name', message.author_name),
                 ('change-message-header', ': '+lines.pop(0)),
                 ('change-message-header',
-                 message.created.strftime(' (%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z)'))]
+                 created.strftime(' (%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z)'))]
         if message.draft and not message.pending:
             text.append(('change-message-draft', ' (draft)'))
         if lines and lines[-1]:
@@ -570,8 +571,8 @@ class ChangeView(urwid.WidgetWrap):
             self.project_label.set_text(('change-data', change.project.name))
             self.branch_label.set_text(('change-data', change.branch))
             self.topic_label.set_text(('change-data', self.topic))
-            self.created_label.set_text(('change-data', str(change.created)))
-            self.updated_label.set_text(('change-data', str(change.updated)))
+            self.created_label.set_text(('change-data', str(self.app.time(change.created))))
+            self.updated_label.set_text(('change-data', str(self.app.time(change.updated))))
             self.status_label.set_text(('change-data', change.status))
             self.commit_message.set_text(change.revisions[-1].message)
 
diff --git a/gertty/view/change_list.py b/gertty/view/change_list.py
index 3e15964..a25406f 100644
--- a/gertty/view/change_list.py
+++ b/gertty/view/change_list.py
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ class ChangeRow(urwid.Button):
     def selectable(self):
         return True
 
-    def __init__(self, change, categories, project=False, owner=False,
+    def __init__(self, app, change, categories, project=False, owner=False,
                  updated=False, callback=None):
         super(ChangeRow, self).__init__('', on_press=callback, user_data=change.key)
+        self.app = app
         self.change_key = change.key
         self.subject = urwid.Text(u'', wrap='clip')
         self.number = urwid.Text(u'')
@@ -95,10 +96,12 @@ class ChangeRow(urwid.Button):
         self.number.set_text(str(change.number))
         self.project.set_text(change.project.name.split('/')[-1])
         self.owner.set_text(change.owner_name)
-        if datetime.date.today() == change.updated.date():
-            self.updated.set_text(change.updated.strftime("%I:%M %p").upper())
+        today = self.app.time(datetime.datetime.utcnow()).date()
+        updated_time = self.app.time(change.updated)
+        if today == updated_time.date():
+            self.updated.set_text(updated_time.strftime("%I:%M %p").upper())
         else:
-            self.updated.set_text(change.updated.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
+            self.updated.set_text(updated_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
         del self.columns.contents[self.num_columns:]
         for category in categories:
             v = change.getMaxForCategory(category)
@@ -226,9 +229,11 @@ class ChangeListView(urwid.WidgetWrap):
             for change in change_list:
                 row = self.change_rows.get(change.key)
                 if not row:
-                    row = ChangeRow(change, self.categories, self.display_project,
-                            self.display_owner, self.display_updated,
-                            callback=self.onSelect)
+                    row = ChangeRow(self.app, change, self.categories,
+                                    self.display_project,
+                                    self.display_owner,
+                                    self.display_updated,
+                                    callback=self.onSelect)
                     self.listbox.body.insert(i, row)
                     self.change_rows[change.key] = row
                 else: