diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index d8172e2..bbe8053 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -714,8 +714,8 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
     score = 0

     ## TODO: should datetimes that are further apart add more to the distance? spiros says yes
-    score += 25 if starts_at != other_event.starts_at
-    score += 5 if ends_at != other_event.ends_at
+    score += 25 if starts_at.as_utc != other_event.starts_at.as_utc
+    score += 5 if ends_at.as_utc != other_event.ends_at.as_utc
     score += 5 if location != other_event.location

     ## I used to ignore changes to the summary since the harvester might change it, but with ical obviously i have to consider it