diff --git a/engine.go b/engine.go
index 2bd8d523..b17b006d 100644
--- a/engine.go
+++ b/engine.go
@@ -1383,6 +1383,8 @@ func (engine *Engine) FormatTime(sqlTypeName string, t time.Time) (v interface{}
 	case core.TimeStampz:
 		if engine.dialect.DBType() == core.MSSQL {
 			v = engine.TZTime(t).Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.9999999Z07:00")
+		} else if engine.DriverName() == "mssql" {
+			v = engine.TZTime(t)
 		} else {
 			v = engine.TZTime(t).Format(time.RFC3339Nano)
 		}
diff --git a/xorm.go b/xorm.go
index 86a4ee55..b82d967f 100644
--- a/xorm.go
+++ b/xorm.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func regDrvsNDialects() bool {
 			getDriver  func() core.Driver
 			getDialect func() core.Dialect
 		}{
+			"mssql":    {"mssql", func() core.Driver { return &odbcDriver{} }, func() core.Dialect { return &mssql{} }},
 			"odbc":     {"mssql", func() core.Driver { return &odbcDriver{} }, func() core.Dialect { return &mssql{} }}, // !nashtsai! TODO change this when supporting MS Access
 			"mysql":    {"mysql", func() core.Driver { return &mysqlDriver{} }, func() core.Dialect { return &mysql{} }},
 			"mymysql":  {"mysql", func() core.Driver { return &mymysqlDriver{} }, func() core.Dialect { return &mysql{} }},