diff --git a/models/lms.model b/models/lms.model
index 9f04a1792..ac2128e55 100644
--- a/models/lms.model
+++ b/models/lms.model
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ LmsUserlist
 LmsResult
   qualification     QualificationId OnDeleteCascade OnUpdateCascade
   ident             LmsIdent        
-  success           Day
+  success           Day             -- BEWARE: timezone is local as submitted by LMS
   timestamp         UTCTime         default=now()
   UniqueLmsResult qualification ident -- required by DBTable
   deriving Generic
diff --git a/src/Jobs/Handler/LMS.hs b/src/Jobs/Handler/LMS.hs
index 08557753b..74e22651f 100644
--- a/src/Jobs/Handler/LMS.hs
+++ b/src/Jobs/Handler/LMS.hs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import qualified Database.Esqueleto.Utils as E
 
 import qualified Data.Set as Set
 
+import qualified Data.Time.Zones as TZ
 import Handler.Utils.DateTime
 import Handler.Utils.LMS (randomLMSIdentBut, randomLMSpw, maxLmsUserIdentRetries)
 
@@ -202,12 +203,12 @@ dispatchJobLmsResults qid = JobHandlerAtomic act
             E.&&. E.isNothing (luser E.^. LmsUserEnded)   -- do not process closed learners
           return (quser, luser, lresult)
         now <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+        let locDay = localDay $ TZ.utcToLocalTimeTZ appTZ now
         forM_ results $ \(Entity quid QualificationUser{..}, Entity luid LmsUser{..}, Entity lrid LmsResult{..}) -> do
           -- three separate DB operations per result is not so nice. All within one transaction though.
-          let nowadayP1 = succ $ utctDay now -- add one day to account for time synch problems
-              lmsUserStartedDay = utctDay lmsUserStarted
-              saneDate    = lmsResultSuccess `inBetween` (lmsUserStartedDay, min qualificationUserValidUntil nowadayP1)
-                            && qualificationUserLastRefresh <= lmsUserStartedDay
+          let lmsUserStartedDay = localDay $ TZ.utcToLocalTimeTZ appTZ lmsUserStarted
+              saneDate    = lmsResultSuccess `inBetween` (lmsUserStartedDay, min qualificationUserValidUntil locDay)
+                            && qualificationUserLastRefresh <= utctDay lmsUserStarted
               newStatus   = LmsSuccess lmsResultSuccess
               newValidTo  = addGregorianMonthsRollOver (toInteger renewalMonths) qualificationUserValidUntil -- renew from old validUntil onwards
           note <- if saneDate && isLmsSuccess newStatus
diff --git a/src/Model/Types/Lms.hs b/src/Model/Types/Lms.hs
index ea6c53345..db6f263ca 100644
--- a/src/Model/Types/Lms.hs
+++ b/src/Model/Types/Lms.hs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ instance Csv.FromField LmsBool where
     | i == "1"  = pure $ LmsBool True 
     | otherwise = mempty
 
--- | LMS interface requires day format not compliant with iso8601
+-- | LMS interface requires day format not compliant with iso8601; also LMS uses LOCAL TIMEZONE
 newtype LmsDay = LmsDay { lms2day :: Day }
   deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show, Generic)