diff --git a/src/offset/local.rs b/src/offset/local.rs
index 6aa4ab7558..d1d69642de 100644
--- a/src/offset/local.rs
+++ b/src/offset/local.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ use oldtime;
 use {Datelike, Timelike};
 use naive::{NaiveDate, NaiveTime, NaiveDateTime};
 use {Date, DateTime};
-use super::{TimeZone, LocalResult};
-use super::fixed::FixedOffset;
+use super::{TimeZone, Offset, LocalResult, FixedOffset};
 
 /// Converts a `time::Tm` struct into the timezone-aware `DateTime`.
 /// This assumes that `time` is working correctly, i.e. any error is fatal.
@@ -151,6 +150,12 @@ impl TimeZone for Local {
     }
 }
 
+impl Offset for Local {
+    fn fix(&self) -> FixedOffset {
+        FixedOffset::east(oldtime::at(oldtime::Timespec::new(0, 0)).tm_utcoff)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use Datelike;