diff --git a/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/mapper/DefaultMappers.java b/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/mapper/DefaultMappers.java
index 5e5d098..deb6cbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/mapper/DefaultMappers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/mapper/DefaultMappers.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ public AbstractElement toAbstract(MapperContext context, Object value) throws Ma
                     return new AbstractPrimitive(time);
                 }
                 java.text.DateFormat dateFormat = (df != null && df.value().length() > 0) ? new SimpleDateFormat(df.value()) : context.getMapper().getDateFormat();
+                if (df != null && df.timezone().length() > 0)
+                    dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(df.timezone()));
                 return new AbstractPrimitive(dateFormat.format((Date) value));
             }
             return null;
@@ -281,6 +284,8 @@ public Object fromAbstract(MapperContext context, AbstractElement element, Class
                     date = new Date(time);
                 } else {
                     java.text.DateFormat dateFormat = (df != null && df.value().length() > 0) ? new SimpleDateFormat(df.value()) : context.getMapper().getDateFormat();
+                    if (df != null && df.timezone().length() > 0)
+                        dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(df.timezone()));
                     date = dateFormat.parse(element.string(context.getMapper().isStrict()));
                 }
                 if(type.equals(Date.class))
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/mapper/annotation/DateFormat.java b/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/mapper/annotation/DateFormat.java
index fd3b8b8..bcedb86 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/mapper/annotation/DateFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/mapper/annotation/DateFormat.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 public @interface DateFormat {
 
     String value() default "";
+    String timezone() default "";
     boolean epoch() default false;
     boolean millis() default false;