diff --git a/beets/dbcore/query.py b/beets/dbcore/query.py
index fbe6626c7..8fb64e206 100644
--- a/beets/dbcore/query.py
+++ b/beets/dbcore/query.py
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ class DateQuery(FieldQuery):
         if self.field not in item:
             return False
         timestamp = float(item[self.field])
-        date = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp)
+        date = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
         return self.interval.contains(date)
 
     _clause_tmpl = "{0} {1} ?"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 4381edeeb..4f00b123b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ Fixes:
 * Avoid a crash when importing a non-ASCII filename when using an ASCII locale
   on Unix under Python 3.
   :bug:`2793` :bug:`2803`
+* Fix a problem caused by time zone misalignment that could make date queries
+  fail to match certain dates that are near the edges of a range. For example,
+  querying for dates within a certain month would fail to match dates within
+  hours of the end of that month.
+  :bug:`2652`
 
 
 1.4.6 (December 21, 2017)