diff --git a/src/console/logs/logs.v b/src/console/logs/logs.v
index 3b1c756..cb6997f 100644
--- a/src/console/logs/logs.v
+++ b/src/console/logs/logs.v
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 		commands: [
 			cli.Command{
 				name: 'list'
-				description: 'List build logs.'
+				description: 'List build logs. All date strings in the output are converted to the local timezone. Any time strings provided as input should be in the local timezone as well.'
 				flags: [
 					cli.Flag{
 						name: 'limit'
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 					},
 					cli.Flag{
 						name: 'today'
-						description: 'Only list logs started today (UTC time).'
+						description: 'Only list logs started today.'
 						flag: cli.FlagType.bool
 					},
 					cli.Flag{
@@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 					},
 					cli.Flag{
 						name: 'day'
-						description: 'Only list logs started on this day. Format is YYYY-MM-DD.'
+						description: 'Only list logs started on this day. (format: YYYY-MM-DD)'
 						flag: cli.FlagType.string
 					},
 					cli.Flag{
 						name: 'before'
-						description: 'Only list logs started before this timestamp. Accepts any RFC 3339 date.'
+						description: 'Only list logs started before this timestamp. (format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss)'
 						flag: cli.FlagType.string
 					},
 					cli.Flag{
 						name: 'after'
-						description: 'Only list logs started after this timestamp. Accepts any RFC 3339 date.'
+						description: 'Only list logs started after this timestamp. (format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss)'
 						flag: cli.FlagType.string
 					},
 				]
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 						filter.repo = repo_id
 					}
 
+					tz_offset := time.offset()
+
 					if cmd.flags.get_bool('today')? {
 						today := time.now()
 
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 							year: today.year
 							month: today.month
 							day: today.day
-						})
+						}).add_seconds(-tz_offset)
 						filter.before = filter.after.add_days(1)
 					}
 					// The -today flag overwrites any of the other date flags.
@@ -102,21 +104,25 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 
 						if day_str != '' {
 							day := time.parse_rfc3339(day_str)?
-
-							filter.after = time.new_time(time.Time{
+							day_utc := time.new_time(time.Time{
 								year: day.year
 								month: day.month
 								day: day.day
-							})
+							}).add_seconds(-tz_offset)
 
-							filter.before = filter.after.add_days(1)
+							// The extra -1 is so we also return logs that
+							// started at exactly midnight (filter bounds are
+							// exclusive). therefore, we have to request logs
+							// started after 23:59:59 the previous day.
+							filter.after = day_utc.add_seconds(-1)
+							filter.before = day_utc.add_days(1)
 						} else {
 							if before_str != '' {
-								filter.before = time.parse_rfc3339(before_str)?
+								filter.before = time.parse(before_str)?.add_seconds(-tz_offset)
 							}
 
 							if after_str != '' {
-								filter.after = time.parse_rfc3339(after_str)?
+								filter.after = time.parse(after_str)?.add_seconds(-tz_offset)
 							}
 						}
 					}
@@ -162,7 +168,7 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 
 // print_log_list prints a list of logs.
 fn print_log_list(logs []BuildLog) ? {
-	data := logs.map([it.id.str(), it.repo_id.str(), it.start_time.str(),
+	data := logs.map([it.id.str(), it.repo_id.str(), it.start_time.local().str(),
 		it.exit_code.str()])
 
 	println(console.pretty_table(['id', 'repo', 'start time', 'exit code'], data)?)
diff --git a/src/docker/containers.v b/src/docker/containers.v
index 0bc59bb..8fbf027 100644
--- a/src/docker/containers.v
+++ b/src/docker/containers.v
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ pub fn (mut d DockerConn) inspect_container(id string) ?ContainerInspect {
 
 	mut data := json.decode(ContainerInspect, body)?
 
+	// The Docker engine API *should* always return UTC time.
 	data.state.start_time = time.parse_rfc3339(data.state.start_time_str)?
 
 	if data.state.status == 'exited' {
diff --git a/src/models/logs.v b/src/models/logs.v
index c92dc07..7f5a5fe 100644
--- a/src/models/logs.v
+++ b/src/models/logs.v
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ pub fn (bl &BuildLog) str() string {
 	mut parts := [
 		'id: $bl.id',
 		'repo id: $bl.repo_id',
-		'start time: $bl.start_time',
-		'end time: $bl.end_time',
+		'start time: $bl.start_time.local()',
+		'end time: $bl.end_time.local()',
+		'duration: ${bl.end_time - bl.start_time}',
 		'arch: $bl.arch',
 		'exit code: $bl.exit_code',
 	]