diff --git a/include/fmt/chrono.h b/include/fmt/chrono.h
index a1c13483..220e4648 100644
--- a/include/fmt/chrono.h
+++ b/include/fmt/chrono.h
@@ -2233,27 +2233,25 @@ struct formatter<local_time<Duration>, Char>
   auto format(local_time<Duration> val, FormatContext& ctx) const
       -> decltype(ctx.out()) {
     auto time_since_epoch = val.time_since_epoch();
-    auto seconds_since_epoch =
-        detail::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(time_since_epoch);
+    auto secs = detail::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(time_since_epoch);
+    // duration_cast truncates towards zero, so the remainder is negative
+    // before the epoch. Compute it before flooring the seconds because
+    // converting floored seconds back overflows at the limits, e.g.
+    // nanoseconds(INT64_MIN). Keep it in the common duration type as well
+    // since Duration may be too narrow, e.g. duration<int16_t, std::micro>.
+    auto subsecs = time_since_epoch - secs;
+    if (subsecs.count() < 0) {
+      secs -= std::chrono::seconds(1);
+      subsecs += std::chrono::seconds(1);
+    }
     // Use gmtime to prevent time zone conversion since local_time has an
     // unspecified time zone.
-    std::tm t = gmtime(seconds_since_epoch.count());
+    std::tm t = gmtime(secs.count());
     using period = typename Duration::period;
     if (period::num == 1 && period::den == 1 &&
         !std::is_floating_point<typename Duration::rep>::value) {
       return formatter<std::tm, Char>::format(t, ctx);
     }
-    auto subsecs =
-        detail::duration_cast<Duration>(time_since_epoch - seconds_since_epoch);
-    if (subsecs.count() < 0) {
-      auto second = detail::duration_cast<Duration>(std::chrono::seconds(1));
-      if (t.tm_sec != 0) {
-        --t.tm_sec;
-      } else {
-        t = gmtime(seconds_since_epoch.count() - 1);
-      }
-      subsecs += second;
-    }
     return formatter<std::tm, Char>::do_format(t, ctx, &subsecs);
   }
 };
diff --git a/test/chrono-test.cc b/test/chrono-test.cc
index d9ea18a1..ece11752 100644
--- a/test/chrono-test.cc
+++ b/test/chrono-test.cc
@@ -342,6 +342,44 @@ TEST(chrono_test, local_time) {
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:%S}", pre_epoch), "01.123");
 }
 
+TEST(chrono_test, local_time_before_epoch) {
+  using std::chrono::milliseconds;
+  using std::chrono::nanoseconds;
+  using std::chrono::seconds;
+  auto ms = [](long long n) {
+    return fmt::local_time<milliseconds>(milliseconds(n));
+  };
+  // Subseconds are a remainder of a floored second, not a negative offset.
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", ms(-500)), "1969-12-31 23:59:59.500");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", ms(-1000)), "1969-12-31 23:59:59.000");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", ms(-1500)), "1969-12-31 23:59:58.500");
+  // Flooring the second also moves to the previous minute.
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", ms(-61500)), "1969-12-31 23:58:58.500");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", fmt::local_time<std::chrono::duration<double>>(
+                                  std::chrono::duration<double>(-1.5))),
+            "1969-12-31 23:59:58.500000");
+  // A whole-second duration has no fractional part to format.
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", fmt::local_time<seconds>(seconds(-1))),
+            "1969-12-31 23:59:59");
+  // Flooring the seconds must not convert them back to the input precision,
+  // which would overflow. Only a sanitizer detects this, so the result is
+  // irrelevant and gmtime may reject the value on platforms with a narrower
+  // supported range.
+  auto ns_min = nanoseconds((std::numeric_limits<nanoseconds::rep>::min)());
+  try {
+    (void)fmt::format("{}", fmt::local_time<nanoseconds>(ns_min));
+  } catch (const fmt::format_error&) {
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(chrono_test, local_time_narrow_duration) {
+  // int16_t microseconds hold less than a second, so the subsecond remainder
+  // does not fit in the duration itself.
+  using narrow = std::chrono::duration<int16_t, std::micro>;
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", fmt::local_time<narrow>(narrow(-30000))),
+            "1969-12-31 23:59:59.970000");
+}
+
 template <typename T, FMT_ENABLE_IF(fmt::detail::has_tm_gmtoff<T>::value)>
 auto set_tm_gmtoff(T& time, long offset) -> bool {
   time.tm_gmtoff = offset;