diff --git a/bin/tools/translate.py b/bin/tools/translate.py
index 3d5bd754f1a..b62dc61f1c6 100644
--- a/bin/tools/translate.py
+++ b/bin/tools/translate.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import os
 from datetime import datetime
+from dateutil.tz import tzutc
 
 from os.path import join
 import fnmatch
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ class TinyPoFile(object):
                               'version': release.version,
                               'modules': reduce(lambda s, m: s + "#\t* %s\n" % m, modules, ""),
                               'bugmail': release.support_email,
-                              'now': datetime.now().isoformat(' ')[0:-7] + '+0000',
+                              'now': datetime.now(tzutc()).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z'),
                             }
                           )