diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/application.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/application.rb
index 4e8e8b8f..88aef29d 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/application.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/application.rb
@@ -108,13 +108,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
         
   def parse_date_per_user_prefs( s )
     return nil if s.blank?
-    #logger.info "Unadjusting user date #{s} from #{@user.prefs.tz} parsing with #{@user.prefs.date_format}"
-    time = Date.strptime(s, @user.prefs.date_format)
-    #logger.info "parsed = #{time}"
-    unadjusted = @user.prefs.tz.unadjust(time).utc
-    #logger.info "unadjusted = #{unadjusted}"
-    #logger.info "returning #{unadjusted.to_date}"
-    unadjusted.to_date
+    Date.strptime(s, @user.prefs.date_format)
   end
     
   def init_data_for_sidebar
diff --git a/tracks/test/functional/todos_controller_test.rb b/tracks/test/functional/todos_controller_test.rb
index 0a3ac54c..6ae87e34 100644
--- a/tracks/test/functional/todos_controller_test.rb
+++ b/tracks/test/functional/todos_controller_test.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class TodosControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     t = Todo.find(1)
     assert_equal "Call Warren Buffet to find out how much he makes per day", t.description
     assert_equal "foo, bar", t.tag_list
-    expected = Date.new(2006,11,30).to_time.utc.to_date
+    expected = Date.new(2006,11,30)
     actual = t.due
     assert_equal expected, actual, "Expected #{expected.to_s(:db)}, was #{actual.to_s(:db)}"
   end