diff --git a/sea-orm-cli/src/cli.rs b/sea-orm-cli/src/cli.rs
index a7a2e0e7..7958f996 100644
--- a/sea-orm-cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -115,9 +115,21 @@ pub enum MigrateSubcommands {
         #[clap(
             action,
             long,
-            help = "Generate migration file based on Utc time instead of Local time"
+            default_value = "true",
+            help = "Generate migration file based on Utc time",
+            conflicts_with = "local-time",
+            display_order = 1001
         )]
         universal_time: bool,
+
+        #[clap(
+            action,
+            long,
+            help = "Generate migration file based on Local time",
+            conflicts_with = "universal-time",
+            display_order = 1002
+        )]
+        local_time: bool,
     },
     #[clap(
         about = "Drop all tables from the database, then reapply all migrations",
diff --git a/sea-orm-cli/src/commands/migrate.rs b/sea-orm-cli/src/commands/migrate.rs
index f929fe48..51081283 100644
--- a/sea-orm-cli/src/commands/migrate.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-cli/src/commands/migrate.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ pub fn run_migrate_command(
         Some(MigrateSubcommands::Generate {
             migration_name,
             universal_time,
-        }) => run_migrate_generate(migration_dir, &migration_name, universal_time)?,
+            local_time,
+        }) => run_migrate_generate(migration_dir, &migration_name, !local_time)?,
         _ => {
             let (subcommand, migration_dir, steps, verbose) = match command {
                 Some(MigrateSubcommands::Fresh) => ("fresh", migration_dir, None, verbose),
diff --git a/sea-orm-migration/src/cli.rs b/sea-orm-migration/src/cli.rs
index e7890d5e..fef51736 100644
--- a/sea-orm-migration/src/cli.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-migration/src/cli.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ where
         Some(MigrateSubcommands::Generate {
             migration_name,
             universal_time,
-        }) => run_migrate_generate(MIGRATION_DIR, &migration_name, universal_time)?,
+            local_time,
+        }) => run_migrate_generate(MIGRATION_DIR, &migration_name, !local_time)?,
         _ => M::up(db, None).await?,
     };