diff --git a/instaloader/structures.py b/instaloader/structures.py
index 5851a5d..d749370 100644
--- a/instaloader/structures.py
+++ b/instaloader/structures.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import lzma
 import re
 from base64 import b64decode, b64encode
 from collections import namedtuple
-from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
@@ -225,18 +225,12 @@ class Post:
     @property
     def date_local(self) -> datetime:
         """Timestamp when the post was created (local time zone)."""
-        def get_timedelta(timestamp) -> timedelta:
-            """Timedelta for a given date"""
-            return datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp) - datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp)
-
-        timestamp_date = self.get_timestamp_date_created()
-        tzinfo = timezone(get_timedelta(timestamp_date))
-        return datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp_date, tzinfo)
+        return datetime.fromtimestamp(self.get_timestamp_date_created()).astimezone()
 
     @property
     def date_utc(self) -> datetime:
         """Timestamp when the post was created (UTC)."""
-        return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(self.get_timestamp_date_created())
+        return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(self.get_timestamp_date_created()).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
 
     @property
     def date(self) -> datetime:
@@ -1087,17 +1081,12 @@ class StoryItem:
     @property
     def date_local(self) -> datetime:
         """Timestamp when the StoryItem was created (local time zone)."""
-        def get_timedelta(timestamp) -> timedelta:
-            """Timedelta for a given date"""
-            return datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp) - datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp)
-
-        tzinfo = timezone(get_timedelta(self._node['taken_at_timestamp']))
-        return datetime.fromtimestamp(self._node['taken_at_timestamp'], tzinfo)
+        return datetime.fromtimestamp(self._node['taken_at_timestamp']).astimezone()
 
     @property
     def date_utc(self) -> datetime:
         """Timestamp when the StoryItem was created (UTC)."""
-        return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(self._node['taken_at_timestamp'])
+        return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(self._node['taken_at_timestamp']).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
 
     @property
     def date(self) -> datetime: