diff --git a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh
index e4d2eda..d74a0a3 100644
--- a/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh
+++ b/src/zfs-auto-snapshot.sh
@@ -224,7 +224,13 @@ do_snapshots () # properties, flags, snapname, oldglob, [targets...]
 # main ()
 # {
 
-GETOPT=$(getopt \
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+  GETOPT_BIN="$(brew --prefix gnu-getopt 2> /dev/null || echo /usr/local)/bin/getopt"
+else
+  GETOPT_BIN="getopt"
+fi
+
+GETOPT=$($GETOPT_BIN \
   --longoptions=default-exclude,dry-run,fast,skip-scrub,recursive \
   --longoptions=event:,keep:,label:,prefix:,sep: \
   --longoptions=debug,help,quiet,syslog,verbose \
@@ -578,7 +584,7 @@ SNAPPROP="-o com.sun:auto-snapshot-desc='$opt_event'"
 
 # ISO style date; fifteen characters: YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM
 # On Solaris %H%M expands to 12h34.
-DATE=$(date --utc +%F-%H%M)
+DATE=$(date -u +%F-%H%M)
 
 # The snapshot name after the @ symbol.
 SNAPNAME="${opt_prefix:+$opt_prefix$opt_sep}${opt_label:+$opt_label}-$DATE"