diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-2095 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-2095
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e19b1efb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-2095
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Bugfix: consistently use local time for snapshots times
+
+By default snapshots created with restic backup were set to local time,
+but when the --time flag was used the provided timestamp was parsed as
+UTC. With this change all snapshots times are set to local time.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/2095
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index 614e00d6d..71f241401 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ func runBackup(opts BackupOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, term *termstatus.Termina
 
 	timeStamp := time.Now()
 	if opts.TimeStamp != "" {
-		timeStamp, err = time.Parse(TimeFormat, opts.TimeStamp)
+		timeStamp, err = time.ParseInLocation(TimeFormat, opts.TimeStamp, time.Local)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Fatalf("error in time option: %v\n", err)
 		}