diff --git a/app/formatters.py b/app/formatters.py
index 377667083..f62d23f88 100644
--- a/app/formatters.py
+++ b/app/formatters.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import ago
 import dateutil
 import humanize
 import pytz
-from flask import Markup, url_for
+from flask import Markup, current_app, url_for
 from notifications_utils.field import Field
 from notifications_utils.formatters import make_quotes_smart
 from notifications_utils.formatters import nl2br as utils_nl2br
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def get_human_day(time, date_prefix=''):
     #  Add 1 minute to transform 00:00 into ‘midnight today’ instead of ‘midnight tomorrow’
     time = parse_naive_dt(time)
     date = (convert_utc_to_local_timezone(time) - timedelta(minutes=1)).date()
-    now = datetime.utcnow()
+    now = datetime.now(current_app.config['PY_TIMEZONE'])
 
     if date == (now + timedelta(days=1)).date():
         return 'tomorrow'
diff --git a/app/main/forms.py b/app/main/forms.py
index 8452be2ad..6da0c4a19 100644
--- a/app/main/forms.py
+++ b/app/main/forms.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ from app.utils.user_permissions import all_ui_permissions, permission_options
 
 def get_time_value_and_label(future_time):
     return (
-        future_time.replace(tzinfo=None).isoformat(),
+        future_time.astimezone(pytz.utc).replace(tzinfo=None).isoformat(),
         '{} at {} ET'.format(
             get_human_day(future_time.astimezone(current_app.config['PY_TIMEZONE'])),
             get_human_time(future_time.astimezone(current_app.config['PY_TIMEZONE']))
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ def get_human_time(time):
 def get_human_day(time, prefix_today_with='T'):
     #  Add 1 hour to get ‘midnight today’ instead of ‘midnight tomorrow’
     time = (time - timedelta(hours=1)).strftime('%A')
-    if time == datetime.utcnow().strftime('%A'):
+    if time == datetime.now(current_app.config['PY_TIMEZONE']).strftime('%A'):
         return '{}oday'.format(prefix_today_with)
-    if time == (datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(days=1)).strftime('%A'):
+    if time == (datetime.now(current_app.config['PY_TIMEZONE']) + timedelta(days=1)).strftime('%A'):
         return 'Tomorrow'
     return time
 
diff --git a/tests/app/main/forms/test_choose_time_form.py b/tests/app/main/forms/test_choose_time_form.py
index c1c0b409c..36ea63976 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/forms/test_choose_time_form.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/forms/test_choose_time_form.py
@@ -11,21 +11,21 @@ def test_form_contains_next_24h(notify_admin):
 
     # Friday
     assert choices[0] == ('', 'Now')
-    assert choices[1] == ('2016-01-01T12:00:00', 'Today at noon ET')
-    assert choices[13] == ('2016-01-02T00:00:00', 'Today at midnight ET')
+    assert choices[1] == ('2016-01-01T17:00:00', 'Today at noon ET')
+    assert choices[13] == ('2016-01-02T05:00:00', 'Today at midnight ET')
 
     # Saturday
-    assert choices[14] == ('2016-01-02T01:00:00', 'Tomorrow at 1am ET')
-    assert choices[37] == ('2016-01-03T00:00:00', 'Tomorrow at midnight ET')
+    assert choices[14] == ('2016-01-02T06:00:00', 'Tomorrow at 1am ET')
+    assert choices[37] == ('2016-01-03T05:00:00', 'Tomorrow at midnight ET')
 
     # Sunday
-    assert choices[38] == ('2016-01-03T01:00:00', 'Sunday at 1am ET')
+    assert choices[38] == ('2016-01-03T06:00:00', 'Sunday at 1am ET')
 
     # Monday
-    assert choices[62] == ('2016-01-04T01:00:00', 'Monday at 1am ET')
-    assert choices[80] == ('2016-01-04T19:00:00', 'Monday at 7pm ET')
-    assert choices[84] == ('2016-01-04T23:00:00', 'Monday at 11pm ET')
-    assert choices[85] == ('2016-01-05T00:00:00', 'Monday at midnight ET')
+    assert choices[62] == ('2016-01-04T06:00:00', 'Monday at 1am ET')
+    assert choices[80] == ('2016-01-05T00:00:00', 'Monday at 7pm ET')
+    assert choices[84] == ('2016-01-05T04:00:00', 'Monday at 11pm ET')
+    assert choices[85] == ('2016-01-05T05:00:00', 'Monday at midnight ET')
 
     with pytest.raises(IndexError):
         assert choices[