diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2197d44..8f94b9c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 	# a possibility to turn that off (AFAICT). So replacing the date with something
 	# more reasonable: the timestamp of the last Debian changelog entry.
 	sed --in-place -e \
-	      "s/\(.TH.* 3 \"\).*\(\" \"Version .*\)/\1$$(LC_ALL=C date --date='$(CL_DATE)' +'%a %b %d %Y')\2/" \
+	      "s/\(.TH.* 3 \"\).*\(\" \"Version .*\)/\1$$(LC_ALL=C date --utc --date='$(CL_DATE)' +'%a %b %d %Y')\2/" \
 		  apidocs/man/man3/*.3
 
 override_dh_auto_clean: