diff --git a/engine.go b/engine.go
index 106f5b84..f98ea4c7 100644
--- a/engine.go
+++ b/engine.go
@@ -1086,13 +1086,25 @@ func (engine *Engine) TZTime(t time.Time) (r time.Time) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (engine *Engine) NowTime(SQLTypeName string) interface{} {
-	t := time.Now()
-	return engine.FormatTime(SQLTypeName, t)
+func (engine *Engine) TZLocation() (r *time.Location) {
+	switch engine.TimeZone {
+	case "Local", "L":
+		r = time.Local
+	case "UTC", "U":
+		fallthrough
+	default:
+		r = time.UTC
+	}
+	return
 }
 
-func (engine *Engine) FormatTime(SQLTypeName string, t time.Time) (v interface{}) {
-	switch SQLTypeName {
+func (engine *Engine) NowTime(sqlTypeName string) interface{} {
+	t := time.Now()
+	return engine.FormatTime(sqlTypeName, t)
+}
+
+func (engine *Engine) FormatTime(sqlTypeName string, t time.Time) (v interface{}) {
+	switch sqlTypeName {
 	case Time:
 		s := engine.TZTime(t).Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05") //time.RFC3339
 		v = s[11:19]
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index 36625653..1e3e9c19 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -1930,17 +1930,17 @@ func (session *Session) byte2Time(col *Column, data []byte) (outTime time.Time,
 			x = time.Unix(0, sd)
 		}
 	} else if len(sdata) > 19 {
-		x, err = time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, sdata)
+		x, err = time.ParseInLocation(time.RFC3339Nano, sdata, session.Engine.TZLocation())
 		if err != nil {
-			x, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05.999999999", sdata)
+			x, err = time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02 15:04:05.999999999", sdata, session.Engine.TZLocation())
 		}
 		if err != nil {
-			x, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05.9999999 Z07:00", sdata)
+			x, err = time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02 15:04:05.9999999 Z07:00", sdata, session.Engine.TZLocation())
 		}
 	} else if len(sdata) == 19 {
-		x, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", sdata)
+		x, err = time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02 15:04:05", sdata, session.Engine.TZLocation())
 	} else if len(sdata) == 10 && sdata[4] == '-' && sdata[7] == '-' {
-		x, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02", sdata)
+		x, err = time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02", sdata, session.Engine.TZLocation())
 	} else if col.SQLType.Name == Time {
 		if strings.Contains(sdata, " ") {
 			ssd := strings.Split(sdata, " ")
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ func (session *Session) byte2Time(col *Column, data []byte) (outTime time.Time,
 		//fmt.Println(sdata)
 
 		st := fmt.Sprintf("2006-01-02 %v", sdata)
-		x, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", st)
+		x, err = time.ParseInLocation("2006-01-02 15:04:05", st, session.Engine.TZLocation())
 	} else {
 		outErr = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("unsupported time format %v", sdata))
 		return
@@ -2402,10 +2402,10 @@ func (session *Session) value2Interface(col *Column, fieldValue reflect.Value) (
 				}
 			}
 			switch fieldValue.Interface().(type) {
-				case time.Time:
-				tf := session.Engine.FormatTime(col.SQLType.Name,fieldValue.Interface().(time.Time))
+			case time.Time:
+				tf := session.Engine.FormatTime(col.SQLType.Name, fieldValue.Interface().(time.Time))
 				return tf, nil
-				default:
+			default:
 				return fieldValue.Interface(), nil
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/xorm.go b/xorm.go
index 11028edf..88d99e79 100644
--- a/xorm.go
+++ b/xorm.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func NewEngine(driverName string, dataSourceName string) (*Engine, error) {
 		DriverName:     driverName,
 		DataSourceName: dataSourceName,
 		Filters:        make([]Filter, 0),
-		TimeZone:       "UTC",
+		TimeZone:       "Local",
 	}
 	engine.SetMapper(SnakeMapper{})