diff --git a/ui/src/Data/Session.elm b/ui/src/Data/Session.elm
index 5c38ed2..7ba5cff 100644
--- a/ui/src/Data/Session.elm
+++ b/ui/src/Data/Session.elm
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import Json.Decode as D
 import Json.Decode.Pipeline exposing (..)
 import Json.Encode as E
 import Ports
+import Time
 import Url exposing (Url)
 
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ type alias Session =
     , host : String
     , flash : String
     , routing : Bool
+    , zone : Time.Zone
     , persistent : Persistent
     }
 
@@ -42,7 +44,13 @@ type Msg
 
 init : Nav.Key -> Url -> Persistent -> Session
 init key location persistent =
-    Session key location.host "" True persistent
+    { key = key
+    , host = location.host
+    , flash = ""
+    , routing = True
+    , zone = Time.utc
+    , persistent = persistent
+    }
 
 
 update : Msg -> Session -> ( Session, Cmd a )
diff --git a/ui/src/Main.elm b/ui/src/Main.elm
index 5eb882b..df6ccc8 100644
--- a/ui/src/Main.elm
+++ b/ui/src/Main.elm
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import Page.Monitor as Monitor
 import Page.Status as Status
 import Ports
 import Route exposing (Route)
+import Task
+import Time
 import Url exposing (Url)
 import Views.Page as Page exposing (ActivePage(..), frame)
 
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ init sessionValue location key =
         ( subModel, _, _ ) =
             Home.init
 
-        model =
+        initModel =
             { page = Home subModel
             , session = session
             , mailboxName = ""
@@ -50,8 +52,11 @@ init sessionValue location key =
 
         route =
             Route.fromUrl location
+
+        ( model, cmd ) =
+            changeRouteTo route initModel |> updateSession
     in
-    changeRouteTo route model |> updateSession
+    ( model, Cmd.batch [ cmd, Task.perform TimeZoneLoaded Time.here ] )
 
 
 type Msg
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ type Msg
     | UrlChanged Url
     | LinkClicked UrlRequest
     | UpdateSession (Result D.Error Session.Persistent)
+    | TimeZoneLoaded Time.Zone
     | OnMailboxNameInput String
     | ViewMailbox String
     | HomeMsg Home.Msg
@@ -145,6 +151,16 @@ update msg model =
                 , Session.SetFlash ("Error decoding session: " ++ D.errorToString error)
                 )
 
+            TimeZoneLoaded zone ->
+                let
+                    session =
+                        model.session
+                in
+                ( { model | session = { session | zone = zone } }
+                , Cmd.none
+                , Session.none
+                )
+
             OnMailboxNameInput name ->
                 ( { model | mailboxName = name }, Cmd.none, Session.none )
 
diff --git a/ui/src/Page/Mailbox.elm b/ui/src/Page/Mailbox.elm
index 0f71137..7660254 100644
--- a/ui/src/Page/Mailbox.elm
+++ b/ui/src/Page/Mailbox.elm
@@ -483,10 +483,10 @@ view session model =
                             )
 
                     ShowingList _ (ShowingMessage { message }) ->
-                        viewMessage message model.bodyMode
+                        viewMessage session.zone message model.bodyMode
 
                     ShowingList _ (Transitioning { message }) ->
-                        viewMessage message model.bodyMode
+                        viewMessage session.zone message model.bodyMode
 
                     _ ->
                         text ""
@@ -538,8 +538,8 @@ messageChip model selected message =
         ]
 
 
-viewMessage : Message -> Body -> Html Msg
-viewMessage message bodyMode =
+viewMessage : Time.Zone -> Message -> Body -> Html Msg
+viewMessage zone message bodyMode =
     let
         sourceUrl =
             "/serve/m/" ++ message.mailbox ++ "/" ++ message.id ++ "/source"
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ viewMessage message bodyMode =
             , dt [] [ text "To:" ]
             , dd [] (List.map text message.to)
             , dt [] [ text "Date:" ]
-            , dd [] [ verboseDate message.date ]
+            , dd [] [ verboseDate zone message.date ]
             , dt [] [ text "Subject:" ]
             , dd [] [ text message.subject ]
             ]
@@ -636,8 +636,8 @@ relativeDate model date =
     Relative.relativeTime model.now date |> text
 
 
-verboseDate : Posix -> Html Msg
-verboseDate date =
+verboseDate : Time.Zone -> Posix -> Html Msg
+verboseDate zone date =
     text <|
         DF.format
             [ DF.monthNameFull
@@ -653,8 +653,9 @@ verboseDate date =
             , DF.secondFixed
             , DF.text " "
             , DF.amPmUppercase
+            , DF.text " (Local)"
             ]
-            Time.utc
+            zone
             date
 
 
diff --git a/ui/src/Page/Monitor.elm b/ui/src/Page/Monitor.elm
index 33677ab..7fc27a2 100644
--- a/ui/src/Page/Monitor.elm
+++ b/ui/src/Page/Monitor.elm
@@ -107,24 +107,24 @@ view session model =
                     , th [] [ text "Mailbox" ]
                     , th [] [ text "Subject" ]
                     ]
-                , tbody [] (List.map viewMessage model.messages)
+                , tbody [] (List.map (viewMessage session.zone) model.messages)
                 ]
             ]
     }
 
 
-viewMessage : MessageHeader -> Html Msg
-viewMessage message =
+viewMessage : Time.Zone -> MessageHeader -> Html Msg
+viewMessage zone message =
     tr [ Events.onClick (OpenMessage message) ]
-        [ td [] [ shortDate message.date ]
+        [ td [] [ shortDate zone message.date ]
         , td [ class "desktop" ] [ text message.from ]
         , td [] [ text message.mailbox ]
         , td [] [ text message.subject ]
         ]
 
 
-shortDate : Posix -> Html Msg
-shortDate date =
+shortDate : Time.Zone -> Posix -> Html Msg
+shortDate zone date =
     DF.format
         [ DF.dayOfMonthFixed
         , DF.text "-"
@@ -136,6 +136,6 @@ shortDate date =
         , DF.text " "
         , DF.amPmUppercase
         ]
-        Time.utc
+        zone
         date
         |> text