diff --git a/spec/PushController.spec.js b/spec/PushController.spec.js
index e159dd82..b6a14d32 100644
--- a/spec/PushController.spec.js
+++ b/spec/PushController.spec.js
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ describe('PushController', () => {
       'push_time': timeStr
     }
 
-    var time = PushController.getPushTime(body);
-    expect(time).toEqual(new Date(timeStr));
+    var { date } = PushController.getPushTime(body);
+    expect(date).toEqual(new Date(timeStr));
     done();
   });
 
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ describe('PushController', () => {
       'push_time': timeNumber
     }
 
-    var time = PushController.getPushTime(body).valueOf();
-    expect(time).toEqual(timeNumber * 1000);
+    var { date } = PushController.getPushTime(body);
+    expect(date.valueOf()).toEqual(timeNumber * 1000);
     done();
   });
 
@@ -640,16 +640,36 @@ describe('PushController', () => {
     expect(PushController.getPushTime()).toBe(undefined);
     expect(PushController.getPushTime({
       'push_time': 1000
-    })).toEqual(new Date(1000 * 1000));
+    }).date).toEqual(new Date(1000 * 1000));
     expect(PushController.getPushTime({
       'push_time': '2017-01-01'
-    })).toEqual(new Date('2017-01-01'));
+    }).date).toEqual(new Date('2017-01-01'));
+
     expect(() => {PushController.getPushTime({
       'push_time': 'gibberish-time'
     })}).toThrow();
     expect(() => {PushController.getPushTime({
       'push_time': Number.NaN
     })}).toThrow();
+
+    expect(PushController.getPushTime({
+      push_time: '2017-09-06T13:42:48.369Z'
+    })).toEqual({
+      date: new Date('2017-09-06T13:42:48.369Z'),
+      isLocalTime: false,
+    });
+    expect(PushController.getPushTime({
+      push_time: '2007-04-05T12:30-02:00',
+    })).toEqual({
+      date: new Date('2007-04-05T12:30-02:00'),
+      isLocalTime: false,
+    });
+    expect(PushController.getPushTime({
+      push_time: '2007-04-05T12:30',
+    })).toEqual({
+      date: new Date('2007-04-05T12:30'),
+      isLocalTime: true,
+    });
   });
 
   it('should not schedule push when not configured', (done) => {
@@ -979,4 +999,86 @@ describe('PushController', () => {
       done();
     }).catch(done.fail);
   });
+
+  describe('pushTimeHasTimezoneComponent', () => {
+    it('should be accurate', () => {
+      expect(PushController.pushTimeHasTimezoneComponent('2017-09-06T17:14:01.048Z'))
+        .toBe(true, 'UTC time');
+      expect(PushController.pushTimeHasTimezoneComponent('2007-04-05T12:30-02:00'))
+        .toBe(true, 'Timezone offset');
+      expect(PushController.pushTimeHasTimezoneComponent('2007-04-05T12:30:00.000Z-02:00'))
+        .toBe(true, 'Seconds + Milliseconds + Timezone offset');
+
+      expect(PushController.pushTimeHasTimezoneComponent('2017-09-06T17:14:01.048'))
+        .toBe(false, 'No timezone');
+      expect(PushController.pushTimeHasTimezoneComponent('2017-09-06'))
+        .toBe(false, 'YY-MM-DD');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('formatPushTime', () => {
+    it('should format as ISO string', () => {
+      expect(PushController.formatPushTime({
+        date: new Date('2017-09-06T17:14:01.048Z'),
+        isLocalTime: false,
+      })).toBe('2017-09-06T17:14:01.048Z', 'UTC time');
+      expect(PushController.formatPushTime({
+        date: new Date('2007-04-05T12:30-02:00'),
+        isLocalTime: false
+      })).toBe('2007-04-05T14:30:00.000Z', 'Timezone offset');
+
+      expect(PushController.formatPushTime({
+        date: new Date('2017-09-06T17:14:01.048'),
+        isLocalTime: true,
+      })).toBe('2017-09-06T17:14:01.048', 'No timezone');
+      expect(PushController.formatPushTime({
+        date: new Date('2017-09-06'),
+        isLocalTime: true
+      })).toBe('2017-09-06T00:00:00.000', 'YY-MM-DD');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Scheduling pushes in local time', () => {
+    it('should preserve the push time', (done) => {
+      const auth = {isMaster: true};
+      const pushAdapter = {
+        send(body, installations) {
+          return successfulTransmissions(body, installations);
+        },
+        getValidPushTypes() {
+          return ["ios"];
+        }
+      };
+
+      const pushTime = '2017-09-06T17:14:01.048';
+
+      reconfigureServer({
+        push: {adapter: pushAdapter},
+        scheduledPush: true
+      })
+        .then(() => {
+          const config = new Config(Parse.applicationId);
+          return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            const pushController = new PushController();
+            pushController.sendPush({
+              data: {
+                alert: "Hello World!",
+                badge: "Increment",
+              },
+              push_time: pushTime
+            }, {}, config, auth, resolve)
+              .catch(reject);
+          })
+        })
+        .then((pushStatusId) => {
+          const q = new Parse.Query('_PushStatus');
+          return q.get(pushStatusId, {useMasterKey: true});
+        })
+        .then((pushStatus) => {
+          expect(pushStatus.get('status')).toBe('scheduled');
+          expect(pushStatus.get('pushTime')).toBe('2017-09-06T17:14:01.048');
+        })
+        .then(done, done.fail);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/Controllers/PushController.js b/src/Controllers/PushController.js
index 3cae892b..0a3efed4 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/PushController.js
+++ b/src/Controllers/PushController.js
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ export class PushController {
     }
     // Replace the expiration_time and push_time with a valid Unix epoch milliseconds time
     body.expiration_time = PushController.getExpirationTime(body);
-    const push_time = PushController.getPushTime(body);
-    if (typeof push_time !== 'undefined') {
-      body['push_time'] = push_time;
+    const pushTime = PushController.getPushTime(body);
+    if (pushTime && pushTime.date !== 'undefined') {
+      body['push_time'] = PushController.formatPushTime(pushTime);
     }
+
     // TODO: If the req can pass the checking, we return immediately instead of waiting
     // pushes to be sent. We probably change this behaviour in the future.
     let badgeUpdate = () => {
@@ -104,21 +105,53 @@ export class PushController {
       return;
     }
     var pushTimeParam = body['push_time'];
-    var pushTime;
+    var date;
+    var isLocalTime = true;
+
     if (typeof pushTimeParam === 'number') {
-      pushTime = new Date(pushTimeParam * 1000);
+      date = new Date(pushTimeParam * 1000);
     } else if (typeof pushTimeParam === 'string') {
-      pushTime = new Date(pushTimeParam);
+      isLocalTime = !PushController.pushTimeHasTimezoneComponent(pushTimeParam);
+      date = new Date(pushTimeParam);
     } else {
       throw new Parse.Error(Parse.Error.PUSH_MISCONFIGURED,
         body['push_time'] + ' is not valid time.');
     }
     // Check pushTime is valid or not, if it is not valid, pushTime is NaN
-    if (!isFinite(pushTime)) {
+    if (!isFinite(date)) {
       throw new Parse.Error(Parse.Error.PUSH_MISCONFIGURED,
         body['push_time'] + ' is not valid time.');
     }
-    return pushTime;
+
+    return {
+      date,
+      isLocalTime,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if a ISO8601 formatted date contains a timezone component
+   * @param pushTimeParam {string}
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   */
+  static pushTimeHasTimezoneComponent(pushTimeParam: string): boolean {
+    const offsetPattern = /(.+)([+-])\d\d:\d\d$/;
+    return pushTimeParam.indexOf('Z') === pushTimeParam.length - 1 // 2007-04-05T12:30Z
+      || offsetPattern.test(pushTimeParam); // 2007-04-05T12:30.000+02:00, 2007-04-05T12:30.000-02:00
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts a date to ISO format in UTC time and strips the timezone if `isLocalTime` is true
+   * @param date {Date}
+   * @param isLocalTime {boolean}
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
+  static formatPushTime({ date, isLocalTime }: { date: Date, isLocalTime: boolean }) {
+    if (isLocalTime) { // Strip 'Z'
+      const isoString = date.toISOString();
+      return isoString.substring(0, isoString.indexOf('Z'));
+    }
+    return date.toISOString();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/StatusHandler.js b/src/StatusHandler.js
index 62edfcf5..6da8ca8b 100644
--- a/src/StatusHandler.js
+++ b/src/StatusHandler.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export function pushStatusHandler(config, objectId = newObjectId(config.objectId
   const handler = statusHandler(PUSH_STATUS_COLLECTION, database);
   const setInitial = function(body = {}, where, options = {source: 'rest'}) {
     const now = new Date();
-    let pushTime = new Date();
+    let pushTime = now.toISOString();
     let status = 'pending';
     if (body.hasOwnProperty('push_time')) {
       if (config.hasPushScheduledSupport) {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export function pushStatusHandler(config, objectId = newObjectId(config.objectId
     const object = {
       objectId,
       createdAt: now,
-      pushTime: pushTime.toISOString(),
+      pushTime,
       query: JSON.stringify(where),
       payload: payloadString,
       source: options.source,