diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 270f686..88682fa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // the image is FROM scratch, so embed zoneinfo for spec.timeZone
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
 	"github.com/multiplay/go-slack/chat"
@@ -19,8 +20,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 )
 
-var checkFunc = doCheck
-var exitFunc = os.Exit
+var (
+	checkFunc = doCheck
+	exitFunc  = os.Exit
+)
 
 func main() {
 	slackUrl := kingpin.Flag("slack-url", "The Slack Webhook URL").Envar("SLACK_URL").Required().String()
@@ -68,6 +71,14 @@ func doCheck(client Client, slackUrl string, ic chan os.Signal, sleepTime time.D
 					if c.Status.LastScheduleTime != nil {
 						since = *c.Status.LastScheduleTime
 					}
+					// The schedule is evaluated in the location of since, so use the cronjob's time zone (UTC if unset)
+					if c.Spec.TimeZone != nil {
+						loc, err := time.LoadLocation(*c.Spec.TimeZone)
+						if err != nil {
+							return fmt.Errorf("error loading time zone of %s/%s (%s): %w", c.Namespace, c.Name, *c.Spec.TimeZone, err)
+						}
+						since = v1.NewTime(since.In(loc))
+					}
 					schedule, err := parser.Parse(c.Spec.Schedule)
 					if err != nil {
 						return fmt.Errorf("error parsing schedule of %s/%s (%s): %w", c.Namespace, c.Name, c.Spec.Schedule, err)
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 4b80e7c..deb8a53 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func Test_doCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		slackResponse string
 		wantErr       bool
 		wantOut       []string
+		wantNotOut    []string
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "error getting cronjobs",
@@ -181,6 +182,57 @@ func Test_doCheck(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid time zone",
+			args: args{
+				client: &brokenClient{
+					batchApi: &batchApi{
+						cronApi: &cronApi{
+							listFn: func(_ context.Context, _ v1.ListOptions) (*cronjobv1.CronJobList, error) {
+								return &cronjobv1.CronJobList{
+									Items: []cronjobv1.CronJob{
+										{
+											Spec: cronjobv1.CronJobSpec{Schedule: "* * * * *", TimeZone: strP("Nowhere/Special")},
+										},
+									},
+								}, nil
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "schedule evaluated in cronjob time zone",
+			args: args{
+				client: &brokenClient{
+					batchApi: &batchApi{
+						cronApi: &cronApi{
+							listFn: func(_ context.Context, _ v1.ListOptions) (*cronjobv1.CronJobList, error) {
+								// Ran 6h ago at its daily local time; read as UTC the next run would be 30 minutes ago
+								last := time.Now().Add(-6 * time.Hour).Truncate(time.Minute)
+								local := last.In(time.FixedZone("IST", 5*3600+1800)) // Asia/Kolkata has no DST
+								return &cronjobv1.CronJobList{
+									Items: []cronjobv1.CronJob{
+										{
+											ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "some-name", Namespace: "some-ns"},
+											Spec:       cronjobv1.CronJobSpec{Schedule: fmt.Sprintf("%d %d * * *", local.Minute(), local.Hour()), TimeZone: strP("Asia/Kolkata")},
+											Status:     cronjobv1.CronJobStatus{LastScheduleTime: &v1.Time{Time: last}},
+										},
+									},
+								}, nil
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			timeout:       100 * time.Millisecond,
+			slackResponse: `{"ok": true}`,
+			wantErr:       false,
+			wantOut:       []string{"Checking some-ns/some-name since"},
+			wantNotOut:    []string{"was not scheduled"},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "only correctly running cronjobs",
 			args: args{
@@ -308,6 +360,11 @@ func Test_doCheck(t *testing.T) {
 			if err := doCheck(tt.args.client, fmt.Sprintf("http://%s", baseURL), ic, 10*time.Millisecond, buff); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
 				t.Errorf("doCheck() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 			}
+			for _, o := range tt.wantNotOut {
+				if strings.Contains(buff.String(), o) {
+					t.Errorf("doCheck() got %s, did not want %s", buff.String(), o)
+				}
+			}
 			if len(tt.wantOut) > 0 {
 				for _, o := range tt.wantOut {
 					if !strings.Contains(buff.String(), o) {
@@ -404,7 +461,7 @@ func (b batchApi) CronJobs(namespace string) batchv1.CronJobInterface {
 }
 
 func (b batchApi) Jobs(namespace string) batchv1.JobInterface {
-	//TODO implement me
+	// TODO implement me
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
@@ -463,3 +520,7 @@ var _ batchv1.CronJobInterface = &cronApi{}
 func boolP(b bool) *bool {
 	return &b
 }
+
+func strP(s string) *string {
+	return &s
+}