diff --git a/libavformat/mxfenc.c b/libavformat/mxfenc.c
index 2732d8bbaa7b7f7af82aa1b21cf23a461a5a63ef..ab8f36b487df6cf666ace31e0e3a0a726c5b3a9e 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfenc.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ static int mxf_parse_mpeg2_frame(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st, AVPacket *pkt
 
 static uint64_t mxf_parse_timestamp(time_t timestamp)
 {
-    struct tm *time = localtime(&timestamp);
+    struct tm *time = gmtime(&timestamp);
     return (uint64_t)(time->tm_year+1900) << 48 |
            (uint64_t)(time->tm_mon+1)     << 40 |
            (uint64_t) time->tm_mday       << 32 |
@@ -1490,10 +1490,8 @@ static int mxf_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         mxf->essence_container_count = 1;
     }
 
-    if (!(s->streams[0]->codec->flags & CODEC_FLAG_BITEXACT)) {
+    if (!(s->streams[0]->codec->flags & CODEC_FLAG_BITEXACT))
         mxf_gen_umid(s);
-        mxf->timestamp = mxf_parse_timestamp(s->timestamp);
-    }
 
     for (i = 0; i < s->nb_streams; i++) {
         MXFStreamContext *sc = s->streams[i]->priv_data;
@@ -1502,6 +1500,8 @@ static int mxf_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         sc->order = AV_RB32(sc->track_essence_element_key+12);
     }
 
+    if (s->timestamp)
+        mxf->timestamp = mxf_parse_timestamp(s->timestamp);
     mxf->duration = -1;
 
     mxf->timecode_track = av_mallocz(sizeof(*mxf->timecode_track));
diff --git a/tests/libav.regression.ref b/tests/libav.regression.ref
index 27c2f38a101257d627f3701ace8010e43e097701..017afd3e0a1bc734c02736fe97f8985bbfffb52d 100644
--- a/tests/libav.regression.ref
+++ b/tests/libav.regression.ref
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ c351132527ccb1e8cab06cc0822fde23 *./tests/data/b-libav.rm
 bdb7484c68db722f66ba1630cf79844c *./tests/data/b-libav.mpg
 378880 ./tests/data/b-libav.mpg
 ./tests/data/b-libav.mpg CRC=0x2b71a386
-ece97d012890ba7f2371246a5f245561 *./tests/data/b-libav.mxf
+259a87c8d22aab76665047ecdbfa9267 *./tests/data/b-libav.mxf
 535097 ./tests/data/b-libav.mxf
 ./tests/data/b-libav.mxf CRC=0xd7ff387d
-89fe0716dee263dd0f52b2d49ad87d38 *./tests/data/b-libav.mxf_d10
+0a7cc51de3da754ce36dffeeda290c45 *./tests/data/b-libav.mxf_d10
 5330989 ./tests/data/b-libav.mxf_d10
 ./tests/data/b-libav.mxf_d10 CRC=0xd241c8b6
 c0cc2ae4df6a8b3df84986929a393116 *./tests/data/b-libav.ts