--- countdown.c	2009-08-16 06:16:51.000000000 +1200
+++ countdown.c.new	2010-11-04 13:37:35.000000000 +1300
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "prefs.h"
 #include "pluginpref.h"
 #include "gtkplugin.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 static gboolean set_status(gpointer data);
 void reset_timeout();
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
 static gboolean
 plugin_load(PurplePlugin *plugin)
 {
-    static int handle;
     thisplugin = plugin;
     timeout = 0;
 
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@
 
 static gboolean set_status(gpointer data)
 {
-    PurplePlugin* plugin = (PurplePlugin*) data;
     PurpleSavedStatus* status;
 
     struct tm target;
@@ -179,9 +178,18 @@
     int until = purple_prefs_get_bool("/plugins/gtk/countdown/until");
 
     if(utc == TRUE) {
-        target_time = timegm(&target);
+    	gchar *tz;
+    	tz = getenv("TZ");
+    	g_setenv("TZ", "", 1);
+    	tzset();
+        target_time = mktime(&target);
+        if (tz)
+        	g_setenv("TZ", tz, 1);
+        else
+        	g_unsetenv("TZ");
+        tzset();
     } else {
-        target_time = timelocal(&target);
+        target_time = mktime(&target);
     }
 
     if (until) {