diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rtclocaltime b/etc/rc.d/rtclocaltime
index 667404bad8e1..d8f6a82711fa 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/rtclocaltime
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rtclocaltime
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# $NetBSD: rtclocaltime,v 1.5 2006/10/01 15:17:51 sketch Exp $
+# $NetBSD: rtclocaltime,v 1.6 2007/08/24 17:02:32 martin Exp $
 #
 
 # PROVIDE: rtclocaltime
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rtclocaltime_start()
 {
 	rtcoff=$(date '+%z' | awk '{
 		offset = int($1);
-		if (offset < 0) {
+		if (offset <= 0) {
 			sign = -1;
 			offset = -offset;
 		} else {