diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9ca23aad..5ed72023 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "num-integer",
  "num-traits",
- "time 0.1.43",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -672,7 +671,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "fractal"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "chrono",
  "comrak",
  "futures",
  "gettext-rs",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 80df81b2..8bbb11b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1.2", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 url = "2.2"
 secret-service = "2.0"
 html2pango = "0.4"
-chrono = "0.4"
 futures = "0.3"
 comrak = "0.10"
 rand = "0.8"
diff --git a/src/session/content/item_row.rs b/src/session/content/item_row.rs
index cfb86606..9254a404 100644
--- a/src/session/content/item_row.rs
+++ b/src/session/content/item_row.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use adw::{prelude::*, subclass::prelude::*};
-use chrono::{offset::Local, Datelike};
 use gettextrs::gettext;
 use gtk::{glib, prelude::*, subclass::prelude::*};
 
@@ -147,14 +146,14 @@ impl ItemRow {
                     }
                 },
                 ItemType::DayDivider(date) => {
-                    let fmt = if date.year() == Local::today().year() {
+                    let fmt = if date.year() == glib::DateTime::new_now_local().unwrap().year() {
                         // Translators: This is a date format in the day divider without the year
                         gettext("%A, %B %e")
                     } else {
                         // Translators: This is a date format in the day divider with the year
                         gettext("%A, %B %e, %Y")
                     };
-                    let date = date.format(&fmt).to_string();
+                    let date = date.format(&fmt).unwrap().to_string();
 
                     if let Some(Ok(child)) = self.child().map(|w| w.downcast::<DividerRow>()) {
                         child.set_label(&date);
diff --git a/src/session/room/event.rs b/src/session/room/event.rs
index 41b3603c..61da9939 100644
--- a/src/session/room/event.rs
+++ b/src/session/room/event.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-use chrono::{offset::Local, DateTime};
-use gtk::{glib, prelude::*, subclass::prelude::*};
+use gtk::{glib, glib::DateTime, prelude::*, subclass::prelude::*};
 use matrix_sdk::{
     events::{
         room::message::MessageType, room::message::Relation, AnyMessageEvent,
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ use matrix_sdk::{
 
 use crate::fn_event;
 use crate::session::User;
-use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::{cell::RefCell, time::SystemTime};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, glib::GBoxed)]
 #[gboxed(type_name = "BoxedAnyRoomEvent")]
@@ -175,25 +174,29 @@ impl Event {
         fn_event!(event, event_id).clone()
     }
 
-    pub fn timestamp(&self) -> DateTime<Local> {
+    pub fn timestamp(&self) -> DateTime {
         let priv_ = imp::Event::from_instance(&self);
         let event = &*priv_.event.get().unwrap().borrow();
 
-        fn_event!(event, origin_server_ts).clone().into()
+        let ts = fn_event!(event, origin_server_ts).clone();
+
+        DateTime::from_unix_utc(ts.duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_secs() as i64)
+            .and_then(|t| t.to_local())
+            .unwrap()
     }
 
     pub fn time(&self) -> String {
         let datetime = self.timestamp();
 
         // FIXME Is there a cleaner way to do that?
-        let local_time = datetime.format("%X").to_string().to_ascii_lowercase();
+        let local_time = datetime.format("%X").unwrap().as_str().to_ascii_lowercase();
 
         if local_time.ends_with("am") || local_time.ends_with("pm") {
             // Use 12h time format (AM/PM)
-            datetime.format("%l∶%M %p").to_string()
+            datetime.format("%l∶%M %p").unwrap().to_string()
         } else {
             // Use 24 time format
-            datetime.format("%R").to_string()
+            datetime.format("%R").unwrap().to_string()
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/session/room/item.rs b/src/session/room/item.rs
index abc56765..59ebfa4f 100644
--- a/src/session/room/item.rs
+++ b/src/session/room/item.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-use chrono::{offset::Local, DateTime};
-use gtk::{glib, prelude::*, subclass::prelude::*};
+use gtk::{glib, glib::DateTime, prelude::*, subclass::prelude::*};
 use matrix_sdk::{
     events::AnyRoomEvent,
     identifiers::{EventId, UserId},
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::session::room::Event;
 pub enum ItemType {
     Event(Event),
     // TODO: Add item type for grouped events
-    DayDivider(DateTime<Local>),
+    DayDivider(DateTime),
     NewMessageDivider,
 }
 
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ impl Item {
         glib::Object::new(&[("type", &type_)]).expect("Failed to create Item")
     }
 
-    pub fn for_day_divider(day: DateTime<Local>) -> Self {
+    pub fn for_day_divider(day: DateTime) -> Self {
         let type_ = BoxedItemType(ItemType::DayDivider(day));
         glib::Object::new(&[("type", &type_)]).expect("Failed to create Item")
     }
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ impl Item {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn event_timestamp(&self) -> Option<DateTime<Local>> {
+    pub fn event_timestamp(&self) -> Option<DateTime> {
         let priv_ = imp::Item::from_instance(&self);
 
         if let ItemType::Event(event) = priv_.type_.get().unwrap() {
diff --git a/src/session/room/timeline.rs b/src/session/room/timeline.rs
index 9f70f6d3..6a7a9228 100644
--- a/src/session/room/timeline.rs
+++ b/src/session/room/timeline.rs
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ impl Timeline {
             let mut index = position;
             for current in list.range(position..position + added) {
                 if let Some(current_timestamp) = current.event_timestamp() {
-                    if Some(current_timestamp.date()) != previous_timestamp.map(|t| t.date()) {
-                        divider.push((index, Item::for_day_divider(current_timestamp)));
+                    if Some(current_timestamp.ymd()) != previous_timestamp.as_ref().map(|t| t.ymd())
+                    {
+                        divider.push((index, Item::for_day_divider(current_timestamp.clone())));
                         previous_timestamp = Some(current_timestamp);
                     }
                 }