diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc8ed83..5ce4e8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ More prosaically, you can use Sanoid to create, automatically thin, and monitor
 * * * * * TZ=UTC /usr/local/bin/sanoid --cron
 ```
 
-`Note`: Using UTC as timezone is recommend to prevent problems with daylight saving times
+**`IMPORTANT NOTE`**: using a local timezone will result in a single hourly snapshot to be **skipped** during `daylight->nodaylight` transition. To avoid that, using UTC as timezone is recommend whenever possible.
 
 And its /etc/sanoid/sanoid.conf might look something like this:
 
diff --git a/sanoid b/sanoid
index e54800f..c28a9de 100755
--- a/sanoid
+++ b/sanoid
@@ -357,19 +357,6 @@ sub take_snapshots {
 
 	my @newsnaps;
 
-	# get utc timestamp of the current day for DST check
-	my $daystartUtc = timelocal(0, 0, 0, $datestamp{'mday'}, ($datestamp{'mon'}-1), $datestamp{'year'});
-	my ($isdst) = (localtime($daystartUtc))[8];
-	my $dstOffset = 0;
-
-	if ($isdst ne $datestamp{'isdst'}) {
-		# current dst is different then at the beginning og the day
-		if ($isdst) {
-			# DST ended in the current day
-			$dstOffset = 60*60;
-		}
-	}
-
 	if ($args{'verbose'}) { print "INFO: taking snapshots...\n"; }
 	foreach my $section (keys %config) {
 		if ($section =~ /^template/) { next; }
@@ -393,9 +380,6 @@ sub take_snapshots {
 				my @preferredtime;
 				my $lastpreferred;
 
-				# to avoid duplicates with DST
-				my $dateSuffix = "";
-
 				if ($type eq 'frequently')     {
 					my $frequentslice = int($datestamp{'min'} / $config{$section}{'frequent_period'});
 
@@ -415,13 +399,6 @@ sub take_snapshots {
 					push @preferredtime,($datestamp{'mon'}-1); # january is month 0
 					push @preferredtime,$datestamp{'year'};
 					$lastpreferred = timelocal(@preferredtime);
-
-					if ($dstOffset ne 0) {
-						# timelocal doesn't take DST into account
-						$lastpreferred += $dstOffset;
-						# DST ended, avoid duplicates
-						$dateSuffix = "_y";
-					}
 					if ($lastpreferred > time()) { $lastpreferred -= 60*60; } # preferred time is later this hour - so look at last hour's
 				} elsif ($type eq 'daily')   {
 					push @preferredtime,0; # try to hit 0 seconds
@@ -431,29 +408,10 @@ sub take_snapshots {
 					push @preferredtime,($datestamp{'mon'}-1); # january is month 0
 					push @preferredtime,$datestamp{'year'};
 					$lastpreferred = timelocal(@preferredtime);
-
-					# timelocal doesn't take DST into account
-					$lastpreferred += $dstOffset;
-
-					# check if the planned time has different DST flag than the current
-					my ($isdst) = (localtime($lastpreferred))[8];
-					if ($isdst ne $datestamp{'isdst'}) {
-						if (!$isdst) {
-							# correct DST difference
-							$lastpreferred -= 60*60;
-						}
-					}
-
 					if ($lastpreferred > time()) {
-						$lastpreferred -= 60*60*24;
-
-						if ($dstOffset ne 0) {
-							# because we are going back one day
-							# the DST difference has to be accounted
-							# for in reverse now
-							$lastpreferred -= 2*$dstOffset;
-						}
-					} # preferred time is later today - so look at yesterday's
+						$preferredtime[3] -= 1; # preferred time is later today - so look at yesterday's
+						$lastpreferred = timelocal(@preferredtime);
+					}
 				} elsif ($type eq 'weekly')   {
 					# calculate offset in seconds for the desired weekday
 					my $offset = 0;
@@ -505,9 +463,9 @@ sub take_snapshots {
 
 					# use zfs (atomic) recursion if specified in config
 					if ($config{$section}{'zfs_recursion'}) {
-						push(@newsnaps, "$path\@autosnap_$datestamp{'sortable'}${dateSuffix}_$type\@");
+						push(@newsnaps, "$path\@autosnap_$datestamp{'sortable'}_$type\@");
 					} else {
-						push(@newsnaps, "$path\@autosnap_$datestamp{'sortable'}${dateSuffix}_$type");
+						push(@newsnaps, "$path\@autosnap_$datestamp{'sortable'}_$type");
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/tests/2_dst_handling/run.sh b/tests/2_dst_handling/run.sh
index 7d7774e..e86ca6e 100755
--- a/tests/2_dst_handling/run.sh
+++ b/tests/2_dst_handling/run.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -x
 POOL_NAME="sanoid-test-2"
 POOL_TARGET=""  # root
 RESULT="/tmp/sanoid_test_result"
-RESULT_CHECKSUM="a916d9cd46f4b80f285d069f3497d02671bbb1bfd12b43ef93531cbdaf89d55c"
+RESULT_CHECKSUM="0a6336ccdc948c69563cb56994d190aebbc9b21588aef17bb97e51ae074f879a"
 
 # UTC timestamp of start and end
 START="1509141600"
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ done
 saveSnapshotList "${POOL_NAME}" "${RESULT}"
 
 # hourly daily monthly
-verifySnapshotList "${RESULT}" 73 3 1 "${RESULT_CHECKSUM}"
+verifySnapshotList "${RESULT}" 72 3 1 "${RESULT_CHECKSUM}"
 
 # one more hour because of DST