diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/git/repository.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/git/repository.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/git/repository.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/git/repository.py
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import logging
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
-import time
 
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy as LazyProperty
 
 from rhodecode.lib.compat import OrderedDict
-from rhodecode.lib.datelib import makedate, utcdate_fromtimestamp
+from rhodecode.lib.datelib import (
+    utcdate_fromtimestamp, makedate, date_astimestamp)
 from rhodecode.lib.utils import safe_unicode, safe_str
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs import connection, path as vcspath
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.base import (
@@ -269,20 +269,21 @@ class GitRepository(BaseRepository):
         Returns last change made on this repository as
         `datetime.datetime` object.
         """
-        return utcdate_fromtimestamp(self._get_mtime(), makedate()[1])
-
-    def _get_mtime(self):
         try:
-            return time.mktime(self.get_commit().date.timetuple())
+            return self.get_commit().date
         except RepositoryError:
-            idx_loc = '' if self.bare else '.git'
-            # fallback to filesystem
-            in_path = os.path.join(self.path, idx_loc, "index")
-            he_path = os.path.join(self.path, idx_loc, "HEAD")
-            if os.path.exists(in_path):
-                return os.stat(in_path).st_mtime
-            else:
-                return os.stat(he_path).st_mtime
+            tzoffset = makedate()[1]
+            return utcdate_fromtimestamp(self._get_fs_mtime(), tzoffset)
+
+    def _get_fs_mtime(self):
+        idx_loc = '' if self.bare else '.git'
+        # fallback to filesystem
+        in_path = os.path.join(self.path, idx_loc, "index")
+        he_path = os.path.join(self.path, idx_loc, "HEAD")
+        if os.path.exists(in_path):
+            return os.stat(in_path).st_mtime
+        else:
+            return os.stat(he_path).st_mtime
 
     @LazyProperty
     def description(self):
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py
@@ -367,21 +367,22 @@ class MercurialRepository(BaseRepository
     def last_change(self):
         """
         Returns last change made on this repository as
-        `datetime.datetime` object
+        `datetime.datetime` object.
         """
-        return utcdate_fromtimestamp(self._get_mtime(), makedate()[1])
-
-    def _get_mtime(self):
         try:
-            return date_astimestamp(self.get_commit().date)
+            return self.get_commit().date
         except RepositoryError:
-            # fallback to filesystem
-            cl_path = os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', "00changelog.i")
-            st_path = os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', "store")
-            if os.path.exists(cl_path):
-                return os.stat(cl_path).st_mtime
-            else:
-                return os.stat(st_path).st_mtime
+            tzoffset = makedate()[1]
+            return utcdate_fromtimestamp(self._get_fs_mtime(), tzoffset)
+
+    def _get_fs_mtime(self):
+        # fallback to filesystem
+        cl_path = os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', "00changelog.i")
+        st_path = os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', "store")
+        if os.path.exists(cl_path):
+            return os.stat(cl_path).st_mtime
+        else:
+            return os.stat(st_path).st_mtime
 
     def _sanitize_commit_idx(self, idx):
         # Note: Mercurial has ``int(-1)`` reserved as not existing id_or_idx