diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 7061f17..abcc37c 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@
 
 	/* If date string is given, update tm_time, and maybe set date */
 	if (date_str != NULL) {
+		int check_dst = 1;
 		/* Zero out fields - take her back to midnight! */
 		tm_time.tm_sec = 0;
 		tm_time.tm_min = 0;
@@ -276,12 +277,12 @@
 			if (strptime(date_str, fmt_str2dt, &tm_time) == NULL)
 				bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_invalid_date, date_str);
 		} else {
-			parse_datestr(date_str, &tm_time);
+			check_dst = parse_datestr(date_str, &tm_time);
 		}
 
 		/* Correct any day of week and day of year etc. fields */
-		/* Be sure to recheck dst (but not if date is time_t format) */
-		if (date_str[0] != '@')
+		/* Be sure to recheck dst (but not if date is UTC) */
+		if (check_dst)
 			tm_time.tm_isdst = -1;
 		ts.tv_sec = validate_tm_time(date_str, &tm_time);
 		ts.tv_nsec = 0;
diff --git a/coreutils/touch.c b/coreutils/touch.c
index 78100ba..7e13a27 100644
--- a/coreutils/touch.c
+++ b/coreutils/touch.c
@@ -140,15 +140,17 @@
 	if (opts & (OPT_d|OPT_t)) {
 		struct tm tm_time;
 		time_t t;
+		int check_dst;
 
 		//memset(&tm_time, 0, sizeof(tm_time));
 		/* Better than memset: makes "HH:MM" dates meaningful */
 		time(&t);
 		localtime_r(&t, &tm_time);
-		parse_datestr(date_str, &tm_time);
+		check_dst = parse_datestr(date_str, &tm_time);
 
 		/* Correct any day of week and day of year etc. fields */
-		tm_time.tm_isdst = -1;  /* Be sure to recheck dst */
+		if (check_dst)
+			tm_time.tm_isdst = -1;  /* recheck dst unless date is UTC */
 		t = validate_tm_time(date_str, &tm_time);
 
 		timebuf[1].tv_sec = timebuf[0].tv_sec = t;