diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca31eae..7f77187 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 - Fixes [#1572](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/1572) - Forced regular expression search in changes
 - Fixes [#1473](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/1473) - Support VSCodium in interactive rebase editor
 - Fixes [#1699](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/1699) - Exception has occurred: RangeError [ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE]
+- Fixes [#1601](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/1601) - Add a better time sample in "Dates & Times" setting
 - Fixes performance issue with the rich hover on the status bar blame
 - Fixes cross repository branch switching via the _Git Command Palette_
 - Fixes an issue with TOC entries in the VS Code settings editor
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/shared/appWithConfigBase.ts b/src/webviews/apps/shared/appWithConfigBase.ts
index 87a4b14..ee450c5 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/shared/appWithConfigBase.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/shared/appWithConfigBase.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import { getDateFormatter } from '../shared/date';
 import { App } from './appBase';
 import { DOM } from './dom';
 
-const dateFormatter = getDateFormatter(new Date('Wed Jul 25 2018 19:18:00 GMT-0400'));
+const offset = (new Date().getTimezoneOffset() / 60) * 100;
+const dateFormatter = getDateFormatter(
+	new Date(`Wed Jul 25 2018 19:18:00 GMT${offset >= 0 ? '-' : '+'}${String(Math.abs(offset)).padStart(4, '0')}`),
+);
 
 let ipcSequence = 0;
 function nextIpcId() {