diff --git a/persistent-mongoDB/Database/Persist/MongoDB.hs b/persistent-mongoDB/Database/Persist/MongoDB.hs
index ea6d92ab4..8976dc606 100644
--- a/persistent-mongoDB/Database/Persist/MongoDB.hs
+++ b/persistent-mongoDB/Database/Persist/MongoDB.hs
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
 import Data.Aeson (Value (Object), (.:), (.:?), (.!=))
 import Control.Monad (mzero)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Control (MonadBaseControl)
-import Data.Time (zonedTimeToUTC)
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 import FileLocation (debug)
@@ -503,7 +502,7 @@ instance DB.Val PersistValue where
   val (PersistDouble x)  = DB.Float x
   val (PersistBool x)    = DB.Bool x
   val (PersistUTCTime x) = DB.UTC x
-  val (PersistZonedTime (ZT x)) = DB.UTC (zonedTimeToUTC x)
+  val (PersistZonedTime (ZT x)) = DB.String $ T.pack $ show x
   val (PersistNull)      = DB.Null
   val (PersistList l)    = DB.Array $ map DB.val l
   val (PersistMap  m)    = DB.Doc $ map (\(k, v)-> (DB.=:) k v) m
diff --git a/persistent-mysql/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs b/persistent-mysql/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs
index 44346c32f..5e05287ee 100644
--- a/persistent-mysql/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs
+++ b/persistent-mysql/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import Data.Function (on)
 import Data.IORef
 import Data.List (find, intercalate, sort, groupBy)
 import Data.Text (Text, pack)
-import Data.Time.LocalTime (zonedTimeToUTC)
 import System.Environment (getEnvironment)
 
 import Data.Conduit
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ instance MySQL.Param P where
     render (P (PersistDay d))         = MySQL.render d
     render (P (PersistTimeOfDay t))   = MySQL.render t
     render (P (PersistUTCTime t))     = MySQL.render t
-    render (P (PersistZonedTime (ZT t))) = MySQL.render $ zonedTimeToUTC t
+    render (P (PersistZonedTime (ZT t))) = MySQL.render $ show t
     render (P PersistNull)            = MySQL.render MySQL.Null
     render (P (PersistList l))        = MySQL.render $ listToJSON l
     render (P (PersistMap m))         = MySQL.render $ mapToJSON m
diff --git a/persistent-sqlite/Database/Sqlite.hs b/persistent-sqlite/Database/Sqlite.hs
index e3d8e8fd0..7f01c44ab 100644
--- a/persistent-sqlite/Database/Sqlite.hs
+++ b/persistent-sqlite/Database/Sqlite.hs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Internal as BSI
 import Foreign
 import Foreign.C
 import Database.Persist.Store (PersistValue (..), listToJSON, mapToJSON, ZT (ZT))
-import Data.Time (zonedTimeToUTC)
 import Data.Text (Text, pack, unpack)
 import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8, decodeUtf8With)
 import Data.Text.Encoding.Error (lenientDecode)
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ bind statement sqlData = do
             PersistDay d -> bindText statement parameterIndex $ pack $ show d
             PersistTimeOfDay d -> bindText statement parameterIndex $ pack $ show d
             PersistUTCTime d -> bindText statement parameterIndex $ pack $ show d
-            PersistZonedTime (ZT d) -> bindText statement parameterIndex $ pack $ show $ zonedTimeToUTC d
+            PersistZonedTime (ZT d) -> bindText statement parameterIndex $ pack $ show d
             PersistList l -> bindText statement parameterIndex $ listToJSON l
             PersistMap m -> bindText statement parameterIndex $ mapToJSON m
             PersistObjectId _ -> P.error "Refusing to serialize a PersistObjectId to a SQLite value"
diff --git a/persistent-test/DataTypeTest.hs b/persistent-test/DataTypeTest.hs
index 9237c4f41..b54a669d7 100644
--- a/persistent-test/DataTypeTest.hs
+++ b/persistent-test/DataTypeTest.hs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString as S
-import Data.Time (Day, TimeOfDay (..), UTCTime (..), fromGregorian)
+import Data.Time (Day, TimeOfDay (..), UTCTime (..), fromGregorian, ZonedTime (..), LocalTime (..), TimeZone (..))
 import System.Random (randomIO, randomRIO, Random)
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>), (<*>))
 import Control.Monad (when)
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ DataTypeTable no-json
     time TimeOfDay
 #endif
     utc UTCTime
+    zonedTime ZonedTime
 |]
 
 cleanDB :: PersistQuery b m => b m ()
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ specs = describe "data type specs" $ do
                 check "time" dataTypeTableTime
 #endif
                 check "utc" dataTypeTableUtc
+                check "zoned" dataTypeTableZonedTime
 
                 -- Do a special check for Double since it may
                 -- lose precision when serialized.
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ randomValue = DataTypeTable
     <*> randomTime
 #endif
     <*> randomUTC
+    <*> randomZonedTime
     where forbidden = [NotAssigned, PrivateUse]
 
 asIO :: IO a -> IO a
@@ -118,6 +121,12 @@ randomDay = fromGregorian <$> randomRIO (1900, 9400) <*> randomIO <*> randomIO
 randomUTC :: IO UTCTime
 randomUTC = UTCTime <$> randomDay <*> return 0 -- precision issues
 
+randomZonedTime :: IO ZonedTime
+randomZonedTime = ZonedTime <$> (LocalTime <$> randomDay <*> randomTime) <*> (TimeZone <$> randomRIO (-600, 600) <*> randomIO <*> return "")
+
+instance Eq ZonedTime where
+    a == b = show a == show b
+
 randomTime :: IO TimeOfDay
 randomTime = TimeOfDay <$> randomRIO (0, 23)
                        <*> randomRIO (0, 59)