diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/BackupHandler.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/BackupHandler.cs
index 2be377eb5..497b4f6d5 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/BackupHandler.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/BackupHandler.cs
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation
                             if (!metadata.ContainsKey("CoreAttributes"))
                                 metadata["CoreAttributes"] = attributes.ToString();
                             if (!metadata.ContainsKey("CoreLastWritetime"))
-                                metadata["CoreLastWritetime"] = m_snapshot.GetLastWriteTime(path).ToUniversalTime().Ticks.ToString();
+                                metadata["CoreLastWritetime"] = m_snapshot.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(path).Ticks.ToString();
                         }
                         else
                         {
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation
                         if (!metadata.ContainsKey("CoreAttributes"))
                             metadata["CoreAttributes"] = attributes.ToString();
                         if (!metadata.ContainsKey("CoreLastWritetime"))
-                            metadata["CoreLastWritetime"] = m_snapshot.GetLastWriteTime(path).ToUniversalTime().Ticks.ToString();
+                            metadata["CoreLastWritetime"] = m_snapshot.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(path).Ticks.ToString();
                         metahash = Utility.WrapMetadata(metadata, m_options);
                     }
                     else
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation
                 // Last scan time
                 DateTime oldScanned;
                 // Last file modification
-                DateTime lastModified = m_snapshot.GetLastWriteTime(path).ToUniversalTime();
+                DateTime lastModified = m_snapshot.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(path);
                 var oldId = m_database.GetFileEntry(path, out oldScanned);
 
                 long filestatsize = m_snapshot.GetFileSize(path);
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/ISnapshotService.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/ISnapshotService.cs
index db9a9f206..9d0ab621d 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/ISnapshotService.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/ISnapshotService.cs
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="callback">The callback to invoke with each found path</param>
         IEnumerable<string> EnumerateFilesAndFolders(Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.EnumerationFilterDelegate callback);
-
+        
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the last write time of a given file
+        /// Gets the last write time of a given file in UTC
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="file">The full path to the file in non-snapshot format</param>
         /// <returns>The last write time of the file</returns>
-        DateTime GetLastWriteTime(string file);
+        DateTime GetLastWriteTimeUtc(string file);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Opens a file for reading
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/LinuxSnapshot.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/LinuxSnapshot.cs
index d9368e5d4..5590cfb45 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/LinuxSnapshot.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/LinuxSnapshot.cs
@@ -399,17 +399,16 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
         		s => Utility.Utility.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(s.Key, callback, this.ListFolders, this.ListFiles, this.GetAttributes)
         	);
         }
-
+        
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the last write time of a given file
+        /// Gets the last write time of a given file in UTC
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="file">The full path to the file in non-snapshot format</param>
         /// <returns>The last write time of the file</returns>
-        public DateTime GetLastWriteTime(string file)
+        public DateTime GetLastWriteTimeUtc(string file)
         {
-            return System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(ConvertToSnapshotPath(FindSnapShotByLocalPath(file), file));
+            return System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(ConvertToSnapshotPath(FindSnapShotByLocalPath(file), file));
         }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Opens a file for reading
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/NoSnapshot.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/NoSnapshot.cs
index 924c92921..1500e6cc1 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/NoSnapshot.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/NoSnapshot.cs
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the last write time of a given file
+        /// Gets the last write time of a given file in UTC
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="file">The full path to the file in non-snapshot format</param>
         /// <returns>The last write time of the file</returns>
-        public virtual DateTime GetLastWriteTime(string file)
+        public virtual DateTime GetLastWriteTimeUtc(string file)
         {
-            return System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(file);
+            return System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(file);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/NoSnapshotWindows.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/NoSnapshotWindows.cs
index e3ec8a1d7..5bf9a98da 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/NoSnapshotWindows.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/NoSnapshotWindows.cs
@@ -70,17 +70,17 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the last write time of a given file
+        /// Gets the last write time of a given file in UTC
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="file">The full path to the file in non-snapshot format</param>
         /// <returns>The last write time of the file</returns>
-        public override DateTime GetLastWriteTime (string file)
+        public override DateTime GetLastWriteTimeUtc (string file)
         {
             if (!SystemIOWindows.IsPathTooLong(file))
-                try { return base.GetLastWriteTime(file); }
+                try { return base.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(file); }
                 catch (System.IO.PathTooLongException) { }
 
-            return File.GetLastWriteTime(SystemIOWindows.PrefixWithUNC(file));
+            return File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(SystemIOWindows.PrefixWithUNC(file));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/WindowsSnapshot.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/WindowsSnapshot.cs
index 3d1f9c3a7..35d8be32a 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/WindowsSnapshot.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/WindowsSnapshot.cs
@@ -301,23 +301,22 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the last write time of a given file
+        /// Gets the last write time of a given file in UTC
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="file">The full path to the file in non-shadow format</param>
         /// <returns>The last write time of the file</returns>
-        public DateTime GetLastWriteTime(string file)
+        public DateTime GetLastWriteTimeUtc(string file)
         {
             string spath = GetSnapshotPath(file);
             if (!SystemIOWindows.IsPathTooLong(spath))
                 try
                 {
-                    return File.GetLastWriteTime(spath);
+                    return File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(spath);
                 }
                 catch (PathTooLongException) { }
 
-            return Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.File.GetLastWriteTime(SystemIOWindows.PrefixWithUNC(spath));
+            return Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem.File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(SystemIOWindows.PrefixWithUNC(spath));
         }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Opens a file for reading
         /// </summary>