diff --git a/src/alert-debuglog.c b/src/alert-debuglog.c
index b61a344060..1029e621f2 100644
--- a/src/alert-debuglog.c
+++ b/src/alert-debuglog.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ typedef struct AlertDebugLogThread_ {
 static void CreateTimeString (const struct timeval *ts, char *str, size_t size) {
     time_t time = ts->tv_sec;
     struct tm local_tm;
-    struct tm *t = (struct tm*)localtime_r(&time, &local_tm);
+    struct tm *t = (struct tm*)SCLocalTime(time, &local_tm);
 
     snprintf(str, size, "%02d/%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d.%06u",
         t->tm_mon + 1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_year + 1900, t->tm_hour,
diff --git a/src/alert-fastlog.c b/src/alert-fastlog.c
index a7060447ee..3ed3042a33 100644
--- a/src/alert-fastlog.c
+++ b/src/alert-fastlog.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ typedef struct AlertFastLogThread_ {
 static void CreateTimeString (const struct timeval *ts, char *str, size_t size) {
     time_t time = ts->tv_sec;
     struct tm local_tm;
-    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&time, &local_tm);
+    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(time, &local_tm);
 
     snprintf(str, size, "%02d/%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d.%06u",
             t->tm_mon + 1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_year + 1900, t->tm_hour,
diff --git a/src/counters.c b/src/counters.c
index bbb76a0d9d..cf4f9f3e9e 100644
--- a/src/counters.c
+++ b/src/counters.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ static int SCPerfOutputCounterFileIface()
 
     gettimeofday(&tval, NULL);
     struct tm local_tm;
-    tms = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&tval.tv_sec, &local_tm);
+    tms = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(tval.tv_sec, &local_tm);
 
     /* Calculate the Engine uptime */
     int up_time = (int)difftime(tval.tv_sec, sc_start_time);
diff --git a/src/detect.c b/src/detect.c
index ad60a254f1..4a634fc7fd 100644
--- a/src/detect.c
+++ b/src/detect.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ int SigLoadSignatures(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *sig_file, int sig_file_excl
             struct tm *tms;
             gettimeofday(&tval, NULL);
             struct tm local_tm;
-            tms = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&tval.tv_sec, &local_tm);
+            tms = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(tval.tv_sec, &local_tm);
             fprintf(fp_engine_analysis_FD, "----------------------------------------------"
                     "---------------------\n");
             fprintf(fp_engine_analysis_FD, "Date: %" PRId32 "/%" PRId32 "/%04d -- "
diff --git a/src/log-droplog.c b/src/log-droplog.c
index 6404a751f9..caac9640de 100644
--- a/src/log-droplog.c
+++ b/src/log-droplog.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static void LogDropLogDeInitCtx(OutputCtx *output_ctx)
 static void CreateTimeString (const struct timeval *ts, char *str, size_t size) {
     time_t time = ts->tv_sec;
     struct tm local_tm;
-    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&time, &local_tm);
+    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(time, &local_tm);
 
     snprintf(str, size, "%02d/%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d.%06u",
             t->tm_mon + 1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_year + 1900, t->tm_hour,
diff --git a/src/log-file.c b/src/log-file.c
index 224d21a443..3bbd5276b6 100644
--- a/src/log-file.c
+++ b/src/log-file.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ typedef struct LogFileLogThread_ {
 static void CreateTimeString (const struct timeval *ts, char *str, size_t size) {
     time_t time = ts->tv_sec;
     struct tm local_tm;
-    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&time, &local_tm);
+    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(time, &local_tm);
 
     snprintf(str, size, "%02d/%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d.%06u",
         t->tm_mon + 1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_year + 1900, t->tm_hour,
diff --git a/src/log-filestore.c b/src/log-filestore.c
index 750bbdd4ca..0991f566df 100644
--- a/src/log-filestore.c
+++ b/src/log-filestore.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ typedef struct LogFilestoreLogThread_ {
 static void CreateTimeString (const struct timeval *ts, char *str, size_t size) {
     time_t time = ts->tv_sec;
     struct tm local_tm;
-    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&time, &local_tm);
+    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(time, &local_tm);
 
     snprintf(str, size, "%02d/%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d.%06u",
         t->tm_mon + 1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_year + 1900, t->tm_hour,
diff --git a/src/log-httplog.c b/src/log-httplog.c
index 3e1118706b..aeeea50fc1 100644
--- a/src/log-httplog.c
+++ b/src/log-httplog.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ typedef struct LogHttpLogThread_ {
 static void CreateTimeString (const struct timeval *ts, char *str, size_t size) {
     time_t time = ts->tv_sec;
     struct tm local_tm;
-    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&time, &local_tm);
+    struct tm *t = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(time, &local_tm);
 
     snprintf(str, size, "%02d/%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d.%06u",
         t->tm_mon + 1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_year + 1900, t->tm_hour,
diff --git a/src/log-pcap.c b/src/log-pcap.c
index 05f31df227..4db305addd 100644
--- a/src/log-pcap.c
+++ b/src/log-pcap.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ TmEcode PcapLog (ThreadVars *t, Packet *p, void *data, PacketQueue *pq,
 
     if (pl->mode == LOGMODE_SGUIL) {
         struct tm local_tm;
-        struct tm *tms = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&p->ts.tv_sec, &local_tm);
+        struct tm *tms = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(p->ts.tv_sec, &local_tm);
         if (tms->tm_mday != pl->prev_day) {
             rotate = 1;
             pl->prev_day = tms->tm_mday;
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ TmEcode PcapLogDataInit(ThreadVars *t, void *initdata, void **data)
     memset(&ts, 0x00, sizeof(struct timeval));
     TimeGet(&ts);
     struct tm local_tm;
-    struct tm *tms = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&ts.tv_sec, &local_tm);
+    struct tm *tms = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(ts.tv_sec, &local_tm);
     pl->prev_day = tms->tm_mday;
 
     *data = (void *)pl;
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ int PcapLogOpenFileCtx(PcapLogData *pl)
 
     if (pl->mode == LOGMODE_SGUIL) {
         struct tm local_tm;
-        struct tm *tms = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&ts.tv_sec, &local_tm);
+        struct tm *tms = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(ts.tv_sec, &local_tm);
 
         char dirname[32], dirfull[PATH_MAX] = "";
 
diff --git a/src/util-debug.c b/src/util-debug.c
index 620ade1f25..b3a7342cec 100644
--- a/src/util-debug.c
+++ b/src/util-debug.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ SCError SCLogMessage(SCLogLevel log_level, char **msg, const char *file,
 
                 gettimeofday(&tval, NULL);
                 struct tm local_tm;
-                tms = localtime_r(&tval.tv_sec, &local_tm);
+                tms = SCLocalTime(tval.tv_sec, &local_tm);
 
                 cw = snprintf(temp, SC_LOG_MAX_LOG_MSG_LEN - (temp - *msg),
                               "%s%d/%d/%04d -- %02d:%02d:%02d",
diff --git a/src/util-profiling.c b/src/util-profiling.c
index 00e2f80a9b..3365526fd6 100644
--- a/src/util-profiling.c
+++ b/src/util-profiling.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ SCProfilingDump(void)
 
     gettimeofday(&tval, NULL);
     struct tm local_tm;
-    tms = (struct tm *)localtime_r(&tval.tv_sec, &local_tm);
+    tms = (struct tm *)SCLocalTime(tval.tv_sec, &local_tm);
 
     fprintf(fp, "  ----------------------------------------------"
             "----------------------------\n");
diff --git a/src/util-time.c b/src/util-time.c
index 5d7eb489eb..a7a3b4c178 100644
--- a/src/util-time.c
+++ b/src/util-time.c
@@ -111,3 +111,8 @@ void TimeSetIncrementTime(uint32_t tv_sec) {
     TimeSet(&tv);
 }
 
+
+struct tm *SCLocalTime(time_t timep, struct tm *result)
+{
+    return localtime_r(&timep, result);
+}
diff --git a/src/util-time.h b/src/util-time.h
index a413407c6b..fc18db8d51 100644
--- a/src/util-time.h
+++ b/src/util-time.h
@@ -46,5 +46,7 @@ void TimeSetIncrementTime(uint32_t);
 void TimeModeSetLive(void);
 void TimeModeSetOffline (void);
 
+struct tm *SCLocalTime(time_t timep, struct tm *result);
+
 #endif /* __UTIL_TIME_H__ */