diff --git a/cowrie/core/dblog.py b/cowrie/core/dblog.py
index dd05fb4..3dba45e 100644
--- a/cowrie/core/dblog.py
+++ b/cowrie/core/dblog.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class DBLogger(object):
 
     def nowUnix(self):
         """return the current UTC time as an UNIX timestamp"""
-        return int(time.mktime(time.gmtime()[:-1] + (-1,)))
+        return int(time.time())
 
     def emit(self, ev):
         # ignore stdout and stderr