diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ecade4e01..0d5583ad6 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ PATH
   specs:
     github_changelog_generator (1.15.2)
       activesupport
+      async (>= 1.25.0)
       async-http-faraday
       faraday-http-cache
       multi_json
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb
index 3e0da72d5..e5959b4eb 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def get_time_of_tag(tag_name)
     # @return [Array] link, name and time of the tag
     def detect_link_tag_time(newer_tag)
       # if tag is nil - set current time
-      newer_tag_time = newer_tag.nil? ? Time.new : get_time_of_tag(newer_tag)
+      newer_tag_time = newer_tag.nil? ? Time.new.getutc : get_time_of_tag(newer_tag)
 
       # if it's future release tag - set this value
       if newer_tag.nil? && options[:future_release]
diff --git a/spec/unit/generator/generator_tags_spec.rb b/spec/unit/generator/generator_tags_spec.rb
index 42764afe0..cd6da3e86 100644
--- a/spec/unit/generator/generator_tags_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/generator/generator_tags_spec.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,33 @@ def tags_from_strings(tags_strings)
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#detect_link_tag_time" do
+    let(:newer_tag) { nil }
+
+    let(:default_options) { GitHubChangelogGenerator::Parser.default_options.merge(verbose: false) }
+    let(:options) do
+      {
+        future_release: "2.0.0"
+      }
+    end
+    let(:generator) { described_class.new(default_options.merge(options)) }
+
+    subject do
+      generator.detect_link_tag_time(newer_tag)
+    end
+
+    context "When the local date is not the same as the UTC date" do
+      before do
+        # 2020-12-27T17:00:00-10:00 is 2020-12-28T03:00:00Z.
+        # GitHub API date & time use UTC, so this instant when converted as a
+        # date should be 2020-12-28.
+        expect(Time).to receive(:new).and_return(Time.new(2020, 12, 27, 17, 0, 0, "-10:00"))
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq(["2.0.0", "2.0.0", Time.gm(2020, 12, 28, 3)]) }
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#tag_section_mapping" do
     let(:all_tags) { tags_from_strings(%w[8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1]) }
     let(:sorted_tags) { all_tags }