--- loncom/interface/lonmsg.pm	2007/05/09 23:53:15	1.208
+++ loncom/interface/lonmsg.pm	2007/05/10 00:50:52	1.209
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Routines for messaging
 #
-# $Id: lonmsg.pm,v 1.208 2007/05/09 23:53:15 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonmsg.pm,v 1.209 2007/05/10 00:50:52 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ to access the full message.',$url);
             &Apache::loncommon::blockcheck(\%setters,'com',$touname,$toudom);
         if ($startblock && $endblock) {
             $blocked = 1;
-            my $showstart = localtime($startblock);
-            my $showend = localtime($endblock);
+            my $showstart = &Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($startblock);
+            my $showend = &Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($endblock);
             $blocktext = &mt('LON-CAPA messages sent to you between [_1] and [_2] will be inaccessible until the end of this time period, because you are a student in a course with an active communications block.',$showstart,$showend);
         }
     }