diff --git a/spec/db_spec.cr b/spec/db_spec.cr
index d8c0b01..f8c5be4 100644
--- a/spec/db_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/db_spec.cr
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ DB::DriverSpecs(DB::Any).run do
   sample_value "hello", "text", "'hello'"
   sample_value 1.5_f32, "float", "1.5", type_safe_value: false
   sample_value 1.5, "float", "1.5"
-  sample_value Time.new(2016, 2, 15), "text", "'2016-02-15 00:00:00.000'", type_safe_value: false
-  sample_value Time.new(2016, 2, 15, 10, 15, 30), "text", "'2016-02-15 10:15:30.000'", type_safe_value: false
+  sample_value Time.utc(2016, 2, 15), "text", "'2016-02-15 00:00:00.000'", type_safe_value: false
+  sample_value Time.utc(2016, 2, 15, 10, 15, 30), "text", "'2016-02-15 10:15:30.000'", type_safe_value: false
 
   ary = UInt8[0x53, 0x51, 0x4C, 0x69, 0x74, 0x65]
   sample_value Bytes.new(ary.to_unsafe, ary.size), "blob", "X'53514C697465'" # , type_safe_value: false
diff --git a/src/sqlite3/result_set.cr b/src/sqlite3/result_set.cr
index 9a886f1..1265040 100644
--- a/src/sqlite3/result_set.cr
+++ b/src/sqlite3/result_set.cr
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ class SQLite3::ResultSet < DB::ResultSet
   end
 
   def read(t : Time.class) : Time
-    Time.parse read(String), SQLite3::DATE_FORMAT
+    Time.parse(read(String), SQLite3::DATE_FORMAT, Time::Location::UTC)
   end
 
   def read(t : Time?.class) : Time?
-    read(String?).try { |v| Time.parse(v, SQLite3::DATE_FORMAT) }
+    read(String?).try do |v|
+      Time.parse(v, SQLite3::DATE_FORMAT, Time::Location::UTC)
+    end
   end
 
   def read(t : Bool.class) : Bool