diff --git a/a8/sysutils.cc b/a8/sysutils.cc
index e713c92..068fa27 100644
--- a/a8/sysutils.cc
+++ b/a8/sysutils.cc
@@ -187,10 +187,11 @@ namespace a8
 
     time_t GetDateTimeSeconds(const char* datetime_str)
     {
+        int g_time_zone = 8;
         struct tm stm;
         strptime(datetime_str, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &stm);
         long t = mktime(&stm);
-        return t;
+        return t + g_time_zone*3600;
     }
 
     long long MakeInt64(int low32, int high32)