diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/new-web/download/release-info.rkt b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/new-web/download/release-info.rkt
index 17617bcc7f..399725a548 100644
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/new-web/download/release-info.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/new-web/download/release-info.rkt
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
         (define s (read i))
         (unless (number? s) (error "release info does not start with a number of seconds"))
         (regexp-match #px"^[\\s]*" i) ; discard whitespace
-        (list (seconds->date s)
+        (list (seconds->date s #f) ; UTC
               (port->string i))))))