diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 614b355..cbd84d3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Expose parse_datetime
 pub mod parse_datetime;
 
-use chrono::{Duration, Local, NaiveDate, Utc};
+use chrono::{Duration, Local, NaiveDate};
 use regex::{Error as RegexError, Regex};
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt::{self, Display};
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl From<RegexError> for ParseDurationError {
 /// assert!(matches!(from_str("invalid"), Err(ParseDurationError::InvalidInput)));
 /// ```
 pub fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Duration, ParseDurationError> {
-    from_str_at_date(Utc::now().date_naive(), s)
+    from_str_at_date(Local::now().date_naive(), s)
 }
 
 /// Parses a duration string and returns a `Duration` instance, with the duration
diff --git a/tests/simple.rs b/tests/simple.rs
index a538f9d..3d2afcd 100644
--- a/tests/simple.rs
+++ b/tests/simple.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use chrono::{Duration, Utc};
+use chrono::{Duration, Local, Utc};
 use parse_datetime::{from_str, from_str_at_date, ParseDurationError};
 
 #[test]
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fn test_display_should_fail() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_from_str_at_date_day() {
-    let today = Utc::now().date_naive();
+    let today = Local::now().date_naive();
     let yesterday = today - Duration::days(1);
     assert_eq!(
         from_str_at_date(yesterday, "2 days").unwrap(),