diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
index 7c57fda7d0..0a94352e72 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
@@ -1831,9 +1831,23 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         }
 
         FILETIME lastWriteTime;
+        FILETIME localFileTime;
         SYSTEMTIME lastWriteSystemTime;
-        if (!GetFileTime(file.get(), nullptr, nullptr, &lastWriteTime) ||
-            !FileTimeToSystemTime(&lastWriteTime, &lastWriteSystemTime))
+
+        // Get the last write time in UTC
+        if (!GetFileTime(file.get(), nullptr, nullptr, &lastWriteTime))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Convert UTC FILETIME to local FILETIME
+        if (!FileTimeToLocalFileTime(&lastWriteTime, &localFileTime))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Convert local FILETIME to SYSTEMTIME
+        if (!FileTimeToSystemTime(&localFileTime, &lastWriteSystemTime))
         {
             return;
         }