diff -r cf398230331a -r 54b6f2a4098b printer/templateprinter.go
--- a/printer/templateprinter.go	Thu May 11 18:05:06 2017 +0200
+++ b/printer/templateprinter.go	Thu May 11 18:05:06 2017 +0200
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/m0t0k1ch1/gomif"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@
 	}
 	t, err := template.New("output").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
 		"fromhtml": html2string,
-		"fromunix": unix2string,
+		"fromunix": unix2time,
+		"tolocal":  dateToLocal,
 		"color":    ansiColor,
 		"trim":     strings.TrimSpace,
 		"wrap":     wrap,
@@ -169,3 +171,13 @@
 	doc.ToText(&buf, text, indent, indent+"  ", width)
 	return buf.String()
 }
+
+// Parse datetime string from RFC3339 (default format in templates because
+// of implicit conversion to string) and return a local time.
+func dateToLocal(s string) (time.Time, error) {
+	t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return t, err
+	}
+	return t.Local(), err
+}