diff --git a/homeassistant/util/dt.py b/homeassistant/util/dt.py
index 3b202dad1cb..8b52170f0e4 100644
--- a/homeassistant/util/dt.py
+++ b/homeassistant/util/dt.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import pytz.tzinfo as pytzinfo
 from homeassistant.const import MATCH_ALL
 
 DATE_STR_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d"
+NATIVE_UTC = dt.timezone.utc
 UTC = pytz.utc
 DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE: dt.tzinfo = pytz.utc
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def get_time_zone(time_zone_str: str) -> Optional[dt.tzinfo]:
 
 def utcnow() -> dt.datetime:
     """Get now in UTC time."""
-    return dt.datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=UTC)
+    return dt.datetime.now(NATIVE_UTC)
 
 
 def now(time_zone: Optional[dt.tzinfo] = None) -> dt.datetime:
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ def find_next_time_expression_time(
     # Now we need to handle timezones. We will make this datetime object
     # "naive" first and then re-convert it to the target timezone.
     # This is so that we can call pytz's localize and handle DST changes.
-    tzinfo: pytzinfo.DstTzInfo = result.tzinfo
+    tzinfo: pytzinfo.DstTzInfo = UTC if result.tzinfo == NATIVE_UTC else result.tzinfo
     result = result.replace(tzinfo=None)
 
     try:
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ def find_next_time_expression_time(
         return find_next_time_expression_time(result, seconds, minutes, hours)
 
     result_dst = cast(dt.timedelta, result.dst())
-    now_dst = cast(dt.timedelta, now.dst())
+    now_dst = cast(dt.timedelta, now.dst()) or dt.timedelta(0)
     if result_dst >= now_dst:
         return result