diff --git a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8 b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8
index 87fc8b3..08ac64c 100644
--- a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8
+++ b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.8
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ snapshot all datasets, then run post-snapshot
 command(s) and clean up with zfs-auto-snapshot
 \fB\-\-destroy-only\fR.
 .TP
+\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-localtime\fR
+Use local time instead of UTC for snapshot names. In this case
+the timezone abbreviation is added to the name.
+.TP
 name
 Filesystem and volume names, or '//' for all ZFS datasets.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8bbf19d..9167ba7
--- a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh
+++ b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ opt_pre_snapshot=''
 opt_post_snapshot=''
 opt_do_snapshots=1
 opt_min_size=0
+opt_date='--utc'
+opt_timezone=''
 
 # Global summary statistics.
 DESTRUCTION_COUNT='0'
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ print_usage ()
   -r, --recursive    Snapshot named filesystem and all descendants.
   -v, --verbose      Print info messages.
       --destroy-only Only destroy older snapshots, do not create new ones.
+  -L, --localtime    Use local time instead of UTC for snapshot names. In this case
+                     the timezone abbreviation is added to the name.
       name           Filesystem and volume names, or '//' for all ZFS datasets.
 " 
 }
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ do_snapshots () # properties, flags, snapname, oldglob, [targets...]
 	local PROPS="$1"
 	local FLAGS="$2"
 	local NAME="$3"
-	local GLOB="$4"
+	local NAMETRUNC="$4"
 	local TARGETS="$5"
 	local KEEP=''
 	local RUNSNAP=1
@@ -203,19 +207,21 @@ do_snapshots () # properties, flags, snapname, oldglob, [targets...]
 		for jj in $SNAPSHOTS_OLD
 		do
 			# Check whether this is an old snapshot of the filesystem.
-			if [ -z "${jj#$ii@$GLOB}" ]
-			then
-				KEEP=$(( $KEEP - 1 ))
-				if [ "$KEEP" -le '0' ]
-				then
-					if do_run "zfs destroy -d $FLAGS '$jj'" 
+			trunc="$ii@$NAMETRUNC"
+			case "${jj}" in
+				(${trunc}*)
+					KEEP=$(( $KEEP - 1 ))
+					if [ "$KEEP" -le '0' ]
 					then
-						DESTRUCTION_COUNT=$(( $DESTRUCTION_COUNT + 1 ))
-					else
-						WARNING_COUNT=$(( $WARNING_COUNT + 1 ))
+						if do_run "zfs destroy -d $FLAGS '$jj'" 
+						then
+							DESTRUCTION_COUNT=$(( $DESTRUCTION_COUNT + 1 ))
+						else
+							WARNING_COUNT=$(( $WARNING_COUNT + 1 ))
+						fi
 					fi
-				fi
-			fi
+					;;
+			esac
 		done
 	done
 }
@@ -228,9 +234,9 @@ GETOPT=$(getopt \
   --longoptions=default-exclude,dry-run,fast,skip-scrub,recursive \
   --longoptions=event:,keep:,label:,prefix:,sep: \
   --longoptions=debug,help,quiet,syslog,verbose \
-  --longoptions=pre-snapshot:,post-snapshot:,destroy-only \
+  --longoptions=pre-snapshot:,post-snapshot:,destroy-only,localtime \
   --longoptions=min-size: \
-  --options=dnshe:l:k:p:rs:qgvm: \
+  --options=dnshe:l:k:p:rs:qgvm:L \
   -- "$@" ) \
   || exit 128
 
@@ -356,6 +362,11 @@ do
 			opt_do_snapshots=''
 			shift 1
 			;;
+                (-L|--localtime)
+			opt_date=''
+			opt_timezone='-%Z'
+			shift 1
+			;;
 		(--)
 			shift 1
 			break
@@ -564,15 +575,15 @@ done
 # because the SUNW program does. The dash character is the default.
 SNAPPROP="-o com.sun:auto-snapshot-desc='$opt_event'"
 
-# ISO style date; fifteen characters: YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM
+# ISO style date; 15-21 characters depending on the timezone: YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM (UTC) or YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM-XXXXX (local time)
 # On Solaris %H%M expands to 12h34.
-DATE=$(date --utc +%F-%H%M)
+DATE=$(date $opt_date +%F-%H%M$opt_timezone)
 
 # The snapshot name after the @ symbol.
 SNAPNAME="${opt_prefix:+$opt_prefix$opt_sep}${opt_label:+$opt_label}-$DATE"
 
-# The expression for matching old snapshots.  -YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM
-SNAPGLOB="${opt_prefix:+$opt_prefix$opt_sep}${opt_label:+$opt_label}-???????????????"
+# The snapshot name truncated of the date for matching old snapshots.  
+SNAPNAMETRUNC="${opt_prefix:+$opt_prefix$opt_sep}${opt_label:+$opt_label}"
 
 if [ -n "$opt_do_snapshots" ]
 then
@@ -600,8 +611,8 @@ fi
 test -n "$opt_dry_run" \
   && print_log info "Doing a dry run. Not running these commands..."
 
-do_snapshots "$SNAPPROP" ""   "$SNAPNAME" "$SNAPGLOB" "$TARGETS_REGULAR"
-do_snapshots "$SNAPPROP" "-r" "$SNAPNAME" "$SNAPGLOB" "$TARGETS_RECURSIVE"
+do_snapshots "$SNAPPROP" ""   "$SNAPNAME" "$SNAPNAMETRUNC" "$TARGETS_REGULAR"
+do_snapshots "$SNAPPROP" "-r" "$SNAPNAME" "$SNAPNAMETRUNC" "$TARGETS_RECURSIVE"
 
 print_log notice "@$SNAPNAME," \
   "$SNAPSHOT_COUNT created," \