diff --git a/khal/cli.py b/khal/cli.py
index ec6cbac94..2ffbb29e8 100644
--- a/khal/cli.py
+++ b/khal/cli.py
@@ -544,13 +544,22 @@ def printcalendars(ctx, include_calendar, exclude_calendar):
 
     @cli.command()
     @click.pass_context
-    def printformats(ctx):
+    @click.option(
+        '--now',
+        help=('Print the current date and time in the local timezone instead.'),
+        is_flag=True,
+    )
+    def printformats(ctx, now):
         '''Print a date in all formats.
 
         Print the date 2013-12-21 21:45 in all configured date(time)
         formats to check if these locale settings are configured to ones
         liking.'''
         time = dt.datetime(2013, 12, 21, 21, 45)
+        if now:
+            import pytz
+            time = dt.datetime.utcnow()
+            time = pytz.UTC.localize(time).astimezone(ctx.obj['conf']['locale']['local_timezone'])
         try:
             for strftime_format in [
                     'longdatetimeformat', 'datetimeformat', 'longdateformat',