diff --git a/steam_chat_logger.py b/steam_chat_logger.py
index b9719dd..72d81fb 100755
--- a/steam_chat_logger.py
+++ b/steam_chat_logger.py
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ user = wa.MobileWebAuth(environ['STEAM_USERNAME'])
 # try oauth token
 try:
     print('trying oauth login')
-    
+
     with open('oauth_token', 'r') as file:
         user.oauth_login(file.read(), steam_id=environ['STEAM_ID'], language='english')
-    
+
     print('oauth login successful')
 except (wa.LoginIncorrect, FileNotFoundError) as exp:
     print('oauth login failed:', exp)
-    
+
     # get previously known message ids from imap server
 
     print('loggin into IMAP Server:', environ['IMAP_HOST'])
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@ except (wa.LoginIncorrect, FileNotFoundError) as exp:
         while True:
             typ, data = Mailbox.search(None, '(FROM "noreply@steampowered.com" SUBJECT "Your Steam account: Access from new web or mobile device")')
             newest_msg_id = data[0].split()[-1]
-            
+
             if newest_msg_id in old_msg_ids:
                 print('refreshing messages')
                 sleep(1)
             else:
                 print('messages received')
                 break
-        
+
         typ, data = Mailbox.fetch(newest_msg_id, '(RFC822)')
         msg = email.message_from_bytes(data[0][1])
-        
+
         for payload in msg.get_payload():
             if (
                 payload.get_content_maintype() == 'text' and
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ except (wa.LoginIncorrect, FileNotFoundError) as exp:
                 plaintext_lines = payload.get_payload(decode=True).decode().splitlines()
                 code = plaintext_lines[plaintext_lines.index('Login Code') + 1]
                 break
-        
+
         Mailbox.close()
         Mailbox.logout()
-        
+
         print('code found:', code)
         user.login(email_code=code, language='english')
 
@@ -89,15 +89,13 @@ except (wa.LoginIncorrect, FileNotFoundError) as exp:
 # CRAWL
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-import pytz
+from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta
 import re
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import requests
 from hashlib import sha3_256
 import pg8000
 
-pdt = pytz.timezone("Us/Pacific")
 db = pg8000.connect(
     database=environ['DB_NAME'],
     user=environ['DB_USER'],
@@ -118,7 +116,10 @@ def parse_trs(trs):
         from_name = tds[0].text
         to_url = tds[1].find('a')['href']
         to_name = tds[1].text
-        date = datetime.strptime(tds[2].text, '%b %d, %Y @ %I:%M%p PDT').replace(tzinfo=pdt)
+        timestamp_string, timezone_string = tds[2].text.rsplit(None, 1)
+        offsets = {'PST': -8, 'PDT': -7}
+        timezone_object = timezone(timedelta(hours=offsets[timezone_string]), 'UTC')
+        date = datetime.strptime(timestamp_string, '%b %d, %Y @ %I:%M%p').replace(tzinfo=timezone_object)
         message = tds[3].text
         checksum = sha3_256(
             (from_url + to_url + str(date.timestamp()) + message).encode()