diff --git a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
index 3bdb4b077..3e0a2c35b 100644
--- a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
+++ b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class PostQueryBuilder
     relation = add_range_relation(q[:fav_count], "posts.fav_count", relation)
     relation = add_range_relation(q[:filesize], "posts.file_size", relation)
     relation = add_range_relation(q[:date], "posts.created_at", relation)
-    relation = add_range_relation(q[:age], "extract(epoch from (posts.created_at - CURRENT_TIMESTAMP))", relation)
+    relation = add_range_relation(q[:age], "posts.created_at", relation)
     relation = add_range_relation(q[:general_tag_count], "posts.tag_count_general", relation)
     relation = add_range_relation(q[:artist_tag_count], "posts.tag_count_artist", relation)
     relation = add_range_relation(q[:copyright_tag_count], "posts.tag_count_copyright", relation)
diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index 14de90831..5b4c59cef 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -195,27 +195,25 @@ class Tag < ActiveRecord::Base
         size = $1.to_i
         unit = $2
 
-        conversion_factor = case unit
+        case unit
         when /^s/i
-          1.second
+          size.seconds.ago
         when /^mi/i
-          1.minute
+          size.minutes.ago
         when /^h/i
-          1.hour
+          size.hours.ago
         when /^d/i
-          1.day
+          size.days.ago
         when /^w/i
-          1.week
+          size.weeks.ago
         when /^mo/i
-          1.month
+          size.months.ago
         when /^y/i
-          1.year
+          size.years.ago
         else
-          1.second
+          size.seconds.ago
         end
 
-        (size * conversion_factor).to_i
-
       when :filesize
         object =~ /\A(\d+(?:\.\d*)?|\d*\.\d+)([kKmM]?)[bB]?\Z/
 
diff --git a/test/unit/post_test.rb b/test/unit/post_test.rb
index 8ded9febc..5e151b980 100644
--- a/test/unit/post_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/post_test.rb
@@ -839,12 +839,28 @@ class PostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   context "Searching:" do
-    should "return posts for the age:<1m tag" do
+    should "return posts for the age:>1m tag" do
       post1 = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :tag_string => "aaa")
-      count = Post.tag_match("age:<1m").count
+      count = Post.tag_match("age:>1m").count
       assert_equal(1, count)
     end
 
+    should "return posts for the age:>1m tag when the user is in Pacific time zone" do
+      post1 = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :tag_string => "aaa")
+      Time.zone = "Pacific Time (US & Canada)"
+      count = Post.tag_match("age:>1m").count
+      assert_equal(1, count)
+      Time.zone = "Eastern Time (US & Canada)"
+    end
+
+    should "return posts for the age:>1m tag when the user is in Tokyo time zone" do
+      post1 = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :tag_string => "aaa")
+      Time.zone = "Asia/Tokyo"
+      count = Post.tag_match("age:>1m").count
+      assert_equal(1, count)
+      Time.zone = "Eastern Time (US & Canada)"
+    end
+
     should "return posts for the ' tag" do
       post1 = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :tag_string => "'")
       post2 = FactoryGirl.create(:post, :tag_string => "aaa bbb")