diff --git a/cmd/es-index-cleaner/main.go b/cmd/es-index-cleaner/main.go
index 3e24b14dbb4..a48ec5715e9 100644
--- a/cmd/es-index-cleaner/main.go
+++ b/cmd/es-index-cleaner/main.go
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ func main() {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			year, month, day := time.Now().Date()
-			tomorrowMidnight := time.Date(year, month, day, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.Now().Location()).AddDate(0, 0, 1)
+			year, month, day := time.Now().UTC().Date()
+			tomorrowMidnight := time.Date(year, month, day, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).AddDate(0, 0, 1)
 			deleteIndicesBefore := tomorrowMidnight.Add(-time.Hour * 24 * time.Duration(numOfDays))
-			logger.Info("Indices before this date will be deleted", zap.Time("date", deleteIndicesBefore))
+			logger.Info("Indices before this date will be deleted", zap.String("date", deleteIndicesBefore.Format(time.RFC3339)))
 
 			filter := &app.IndexFilter{
 				IndexPrefix:          cfg.IndexPrefix,
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func main() {
 				Rollover:             cfg.Rollover,
 				DeleteBeforeThisDate: deleteIndicesBefore,
 			}
+			logger.Info("Queried indices", zap.Any("indices", indices))
 			indices = filter.Filter(indices)
 
 			if len(indices) == 0 {