--- a/src/rsstool.c	2010-04-24 09:23:42.000000000 -0400
+++ b/src/rsstool.c	2020-11-23 23:34:04.000000000 -0500
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
   char buf2[MAXBUFSIZE];
   const char *p = NULL;
   FILE *fh = NULL;
+  tzset ();
 #if 0
   st_property_t props[] = {
     {NULL, NULL, NULL}
--- a/src/misc/misc.c	2020-11-23 23:35:10.988554332 -0500
+++ b/src/misc/misc.c	2020-11-24 00:32:19.000000000 -0500
@@ -145,22 +145,24 @@
 {
   int i = 0;
   char y[100], m[100], d[100];
-  char h[100], min[100];
-//  char sec[100];
+  char h[100], min[100], sec[100];
+  signed char zp;
+  char zh[3], zmin[3];
   struct tm time_tag;
   time_t t = time (0);
+  extern long timezone;
   const char *month_s[] = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",
     "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec", NULL};
 
-  *y = *m = *d = *h = *min = 0;
+  *y = *m = *d = *h = *min = *zh = *zmin = 0;
 
-  if (s[10] == 'T')                     // YYYY-MM-DDT00:00+00:00
+  if (s[10] == 'T')                     // YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00[Z|[+|-]00:00]
     {
-      sscanf (s, " %4s-%2s-%2sT%2s:%2s", y, m, d, h, min);
+      sscanf (s, "%4s-%2s-%2sT%2s:%2s:%2s%c%2s:%2s", y, m, d, h, min, sec, &zp, zh, zmin);
     }
-  else if (s[3] == ',' && s[4] == ' ')  // Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:05:00 GMT
+  else if (s[3] == ',' && s[4] == ' ')  // Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:05:00 -0000
     {
-      sscanf (s + 5, "%2s %s %4s %2s:%2s", d, m, y, h, min);
+      sscanf (s + 5, "%2s %s %4s %2s:%2s:%2s %c%2s%2s", d, m, y, h, min, sec, &zp, zh, zmin);
 
       for (i = 0; month_s[i]; i++)
         if (!strcasecmp (m, month_s[i]))
@@ -178,6 +180,13 @@
 //      sscanf (s, " %4s%2s%2sT", y, m, d);
     }
 
+  if (zp == '-')
+    zp = -1;
+  else if (zp == '+' || zp == 'Z')
+    zp = 1;
+  else
+    zp = 0;
+
   memset (&time_tag, 0, sizeof (struct tm));
 
   if (*y)
@@ -187,9 +196,12 @@
   if (*d)
     time_tag.tm_mday = strtol (d, NULL, 10);
   if (*h)
-    time_tag.tm_hour = strtol (h, NULL, 10);
+    time_tag.tm_hour = strtol (h, NULL, 10) - zp * atoi (zh);
   if (*min)
-    time_tag.tm_min = strtol (min, NULL, 10);
+    time_tag.tm_min = strtol (min, NULL, 10) - zp * atoi (zmin);
+
+  // offset the current UTC time_tag into localtime
+  time_tag.tm_sec -= timezone;
 
   t = mktime (&time_tag);