diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp
index a5e9594ada..66522062bd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp
@@ -4568,7 +4568,7 @@ static QDateTime findSpring(int year, const QTimeZone &timeZone)
     const QTimeZone::OffsetData transition =
         midSummer.isDaylightTime() ? timeZone.previousTransition(midSummer)
                                    : timeZone.nextTransition(midSummer);
-    const QDateTime spring = transition.atUtc.toLocalTime();
+    const QDateTime spring = transition.atUtc.toTimeZone(timeZone);
     // there might have been DST at some point, but not in the year we care about
     if (spring.date().year() != year || !spring.isDaylightTime())
         return QDateTime();