diff -u b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
--- b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
       if (!date_timezone_is_valid($use_start->getTimezone()->getName())) {
         $use_start->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone(variable_get('date_default_timezone')));
       }
-      $db_tz = date_get_timezone_db($info['settings']['tz_handling'], $use_start->getTimezone()->getName());
+      $db_tz = new DateTimeZone(date_get_timezone_db($info['settings']['tz_handling'], $use_start->getTimezone()->getName()));
     }
     if ($use_end) {
       $use_end = $use_end->merge($temp);
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
         $use_end->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone(variable_get('date_default_timezone')));
       }
       if (!$db_tz) {
-        $db_tz = date_get_timezone_db($info['settings']['tz_handling'], $use_end->getTimezone()->getName());
+        $db_tz = new DateTimeZone(date_get_timezone_db($info['settings']['tz_handling'], $use_end->getTimezone()->getName()));
       }
     }
     if (!$db_tz) {
@@ -605,11 +605,6 @@
       }
     }
 
-    // If the timezone is null, use default timezone.
-    if (!$tz) {
-      $tz = new DateTimeZone(variable_get('date_default_timezone'));
-    }
-
     // PHP < 5.3 doesn't like the GMT- notation for parsing timezones.
     $time = str_replace('GMT-', '-', $time);
     $time = str_replace('GMT+', '+', $time);