diff --git a/src/extractors/custom/newrepublic.com/index.js b/src/extractors/custom/newrepublic.com/index.js
index 06a033f2..6eccba1d 100644
--- a/src/extractors/custom/newrepublic.com/index.js
+++ b/src/extractors/custom/newrepublic.com/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export const NewrepublicComExtractor = {
     selectors: [
       ['meta[name="article:published_time"]', 'value'],
     ],
+
+    timezone: 'America/New_York',
   },
 
   dek: {
diff --git a/src/extractors/custom/newrepublic.com/index.test.js b/src/extractors/custom/newrepublic.com/index.test.js
index f354d16b..03880c35 100644
--- a/src/extractors/custom/newrepublic.com/index.test.js
+++ b/src/extractors/custom/newrepublic.com/index.test.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('NewrepublicComExtractor', () => {
 
     // Update these values with the expected values from
     // the article.
-    assert.equal(date_published, '2016-11-18T00:00:00.000Z');
+    assert.equal(date_published, '2016-11-18T05:00:00.000Z');
   });
 
   it('returns the dek', async () => {