1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/touch.c b/coreutils/touch.c
index 78100ba1d..7e13a27be 100644
--- a/coreutils/touch.c
+++ b/coreutils/touch.c
@@ -140,15 +140,17 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         if (opts & (OPT_d|OPT_t)) {
                 struct tm tm_time;
                 time_t t;
+                int check_dst;
 
                 //memset(&tm_time, 0, sizeof(tm_time));
                 /* Better than memset: makes "HH:MM" dates meaningful */
                 time(&t);
                 localtime_r(&t, &tm_time);
-                parse_datestr(date_str, &tm_time);
+                check_dst = parse_datestr(date_str, &tm_time);
 
                 /* Correct any day of week and day of year etc. fields */
-                tm_time.tm_isdst = -1;  /* Be sure to recheck dst */
+                if (check_dst)
+                        tm_time.tm_isdst = -1;  /* recheck dst unless date is UTC */
                 t = validate_tm_time(date_str, &tm_time);
 
                 timebuf[1].tv_sec = timebuf[0].tv_sec = t;