diff --git a/bin/peas_shell b/bin/peas_shell
index e3b4c3d19..27f7bbc81 100755
--- a/bin/peas_shell
+++ b/bin/peas_shell
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import os
 import readline
 import sys
 
+from pytz import utc
 from astropy.utils import console
 from threading import Timer
 from pprint import pprint
@@ -75,9 +76,12 @@ class PanSensorShell(cmd.Cmd):
         print("{}:".format(device.upper()))
         pprint(rec)
         print_info('*' * 80)
+
+        # Display the age in seconds of the record
         if isinstance(rec.get('date'), datetime.datetime):
-            now = current_time(datetime=True)
-            age = (now - rec['date']).total_seconds()
+            now = current_time(datetime=True).astimezone(utc)
+            record_date = rec['date'].astimezone(utc)
+            age = (now - record_date).total_seconds()
             if age < 120:
                 print_info('{:.1f} seconds old'.format(age))
             else: