diff --git a/workers/msgw.py b/workers/msgw.py
index 5dc5262..8af48cb 100644
--- a/workers/msgw.py
+++ b/workers/msgw.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ class MsgwWorker(BaseWorker):
         self.ser = serial.Serial(self.port, self.baudrate, timeout=10)
         if not hasattr(self, 'encoding'):
             self.encoding = 'utf-8'
-        
+        if not hasattr(self, 'timezone'):
+            self.timezone = 1
+
     def config(self):
         return []
 
@@ -45,7 +47,11 @@ class MsgwWorker(BaseWorker):
                 if command == 3:
                     # I_TIME
                     if ctype == 1:
-                        timevalue = str(60*60+int(time.mktime(time.localtime())))
+                        tm = time.localtime()
+                        offset = self.timezone
+                        if tm.tm_isdst == 1:
+                                offset += 1
+                        timevalue = str(offset*60*60+int(time.mktime(tm)))
                         resp = str.encode(splited_line[0]+";"+splited_line[1]+";3;0;1;"+timevalue+"\n")
                         self.ser.write(resp)
                         _LOGGER.error(self.LOGNAME + ": time request received, sending back %s" % resp)