diff --git a/server/client.go b/server/client.go
index 662dc7df..6fd3585c 100644
--- a/server/client.go
+++ b/server/client.go
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ func (c *client) writeLoop() {
 // sent to during processing. We pass in a budget as a time.Duration
 // for how much time to spend in place flushing for this client.
 func (c *client) flushClients(budget time.Duration) time.Time {
-	last := time.Now().UTC()
+	last := time.Now()
 
 	// Check pending clients for flush.
 	for cp := range c.pcd {