diff --git a/crates/api/src/sitemap.rs b/crates/api/src/sitemap.rs
index cb47e8e85..438a8b8e8 100644
--- a/crates/api/src/sitemap.rs
+++ b/crates/api/src/sitemap.rs
@@ -3,22 +3,20 @@ use actix_web::{
   web::Data,
   HttpResponse,
 };
-use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset};
 use lemmy_api_common::context::LemmyContext;
 use lemmy_db_schema::{newtypes::DbUrl, source::post::Post};
 use lemmy_utils::error::LemmyResult;
 use sitemap_rs::{url::Url, url_set::UrlSet};
 use tracing::info;
 
-async fn generate_urlset(posts: Vec<(DbUrl, chrono::NaiveDateTime)>) -> LemmyResult<UrlSet> {
+async fn generate_urlset(
+  posts: Vec<(DbUrl, chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc>)>,
+) -> LemmyResult<UrlSet> {
   let urls = posts
     .into_iter()
     .map_while(|post| {
       Url::builder(post.0.to_string())
-        .last_modified(DateTime::from_utc(
-          post.1,
-          FixedOffset::east_opt(0).expect("Error setting timezone offset"), // TODO what is the proper timezone offset here?
-        ))
+        .last_modified(post.1.into())
         .build()
         .ok()
     })
@@ -48,27 +46,29 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
   #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
 
   use crate::sitemap::generate_urlset;
-  use chrono::{NaiveDate, NaiveDateTime};
+  use chrono::{DateTime, NaiveDate, Utc};
   use elementtree::Element;
   use lemmy_db_schema::newtypes::DbUrl;
   use url::Url;
 
   #[tokio::test]
   async fn test_generate_urlset() {
-    let posts: Vec<(DbUrl, NaiveDateTime)> = vec![
+    let posts: Vec<(DbUrl, DateTime<Utc>)> = vec![
       (
         Url::parse("https://example.com").unwrap().into(),
         NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(2022, 12, 1)
           .unwrap()
           .and_hms_opt(9, 10, 11)
-          .unwrap(),
+          .unwrap()
+          .and_utc(),
       ),
       (
         Url::parse("https://lemmy.ml").unwrap().into(),
         NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(2023, 1, 1)
           .unwrap()
           .and_hms_opt(1, 2, 3)
-          .unwrap(),
+          .unwrap()
+          .and_utc(),
       ),
     ];
 
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/src/impls/post.rs b/crates/db_schema/src/impls/post.rs
index 630eac426..514aceaba 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/src/impls/post.rs
+++ b/crates/db_schema/src/impls/post.rs
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ impl Post {
 
   pub async fn list_for_sitemap(
     pool: &mut DbPool<'_>,
-  ) -> Result<Vec<(DbUrl, chrono::NaiveDateTime)>, Error> {
+  ) -> Result<Vec<(DbUrl, chrono::DateTime<Utc>)>, Error> {
     let conn = &mut get_conn(pool).await?;
     post
       .select((ap_id, coalesce(updated, published)))
-      .filter(local)
+      .filter(local.eq(true))
       .filter(deleted.eq(false))
       .filter(removed.eq(false))
       .filter(published.ge(Utc::now().naive_utc() - Duration::days(1)))
       .order(published.desc())
-      .load::<(DbUrl, chrono::NaiveDateTime)>(conn)
+      .load::<(DbUrl, chrono::DateTime<Utc>)>(conn)
       .await
   }