diff --git a/accounts/keystore/key.go b/accounts/keystore/key.go
index 9b2ac14712..34712cb842 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/key.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/key.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func toISO8601(t time.Time) string {
 	if name == "UTC" {
 		tz = "Z"
 	} else {
-		tz = fmt.Sprintf("%03d00", offset/3600)
+		tz = fmt.Sprintf("%+03d00", offset/3600)
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02dT%02d-%02d-%02d.%09d%s",
 		t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), t.Hour(), t.Minute(), t.Second(), t.Nanosecond(), tz)