diff --git a/src/Logs/LaravelLog.php b/src/Logs/LaravelLog.php
index 4a524ff6..cfe60deb 100644
--- a/src/Logs/LaravelLog.php
+++ b/src/Logs/LaravelLog.php
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ protected function parseText(array &$matches = []): void
 
         preg_match(static::regexPattern(), array_shift($firstLineSplit), $matches);
 
-        $this->datetime = Carbon::parse($matches[1], config('log-viewer.timezone', config('app.timezone', 'UTC')));
+        $this->datetime = Carbon::parse($matches[1])?->setTimezone(
+            config('log-viewer.timezone', config('app.timezone', 'UTC')) ?? 'UTC'
+        );
 
         // $matches[2] contains microseconds, which is already handled
         // $matches[3] contains timezone offset, which is already handled
diff --git a/src/Logs/Log.php b/src/Logs/Log.php
index 203c12e9..5a82e671 100644
--- a/src/Logs/Log.php
+++ b/src/Logs/Log.php
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ public static function matches(string $text, ?int &$timestamp = null, ?string &$
 
         if ($result) {
             try {
-                $timestamp = static::parseDateTime($matches[static::$regexDatetimeKey] ?? null)?->timestamp;
+                $datetime = static::parseDateTime($matches[static::$regexDatetimeKey] ?? null);
+                $timezone = config('log-viewer.timezone', config('app.timezone', 'UTC')) ?? 'UTC';
+                $timestamp = $datetime?->setTimezone($timezone)->timestamp;
+
                 $level = $matches[static::$regexLevelKey] ?? '';
             } catch (\Exception $exception) {
                 // not a valid datetime, so we can't match this log. Perhaps it's a different but similar log type.
diff --git a/tests/Unit/LogTest.php b/tests/Unit/LogTest.php
index ef2270d2..feb8f089 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/LogTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/LogTest.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     $log = new LaravelLog($text, 'laravel.log', 0, 0);
 
     assertEquals($tz, $log->datetime->timezoneName);
-    $expectedTime = \Carbon\Carbon::parse('2022-11-07 17:51:33', $tz)->toDateTimeString();
+    $expectedTime = \Carbon\Carbon::parse('2022-11-07 17:51:33', 'UTC')->setTimezone($tz)->toDateTimeString();
     assertEquals($expectedTime, $log->datetime->toDateTimeString());
 });