diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/user-freebsd-expire-utc.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/user-freebsd-expire-utc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b623b5ff890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/user-freebsd-expire-utc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - user - on FreeBSD set the user expiration time as seconds since the epoch in UTC to avoid timezone issues
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
index eb54b803743..753a8e67a08 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/user.py
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ uid:
 
 import errno
 import grp
+import calendar
 import os
 import re
 import pty
@@ -1150,7 +1151,7 @@ class FreeBsdUser(User):
             if self.expires < time.gmtime(0):
                 cmd.append('0')
             else:
-                cmd.append(time.strftime(self.DATE_FORMAT, self.expires))
+                cmd.append(str(calendar.timegm(self.expires)))
 
         # system cannot be handled currently - should we error if its requested?
         # create the user
@@ -1268,7 +1269,7 @@ class FreeBsdUser(User):
                 # Current expires is negative or we compare year, month, and day only
                 if current_expires <= 0 or current_expire_date[:3] != self.expires[:3]:
                     cmd.append('-e')
-                    cmd.append(time.strftime(self.DATE_FORMAT, self.expires))
+                    cmd.append(str(calendar.timegm(self.expires)))
 
         # modify the user if cmd will do anything
         if cmd_len != len(cmd):
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/user/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/user/tasks/main.yml
index e36cb609511..bc268e2d514 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/user/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
     - name: BSD | Ensure proper expiration date was set
       assert:
         that:
-          - bsd_account_expiration.stdout == '2529878400'
+          - bsd_account_expiration.stdout == '2529881062'
   when: ansible_facts.os_family == 'FreeBSD'
 
 - name: Change timezone