diff --git a/include/znc/Utils.h b/include/znc/Utils.h
index 1ff5565b..41d809a4 100644
--- a/include/znc/Utils.h
+++ b/include/znc/Utils.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public:
 	static CString CTime(time_t t, const CString& sTZ);
 	static CString FormatTime(time_t t, const CString& sFormat, const CString& sTZ);
 	static CString FormatServerTime(const timeval& tv);
+	static timeval ParseServerTime(const CString& sTime);
 	static SCString GetTimezones();
 	static SCString GetEncodings();
 
diff --git a/src/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils.cpp
index 3dbd18c8..85f24d81 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -458,6 +458,19 @@ CString CUtils::FormatServerTime(const timeval& tv) {
 	return CString(sTime) + "." + s_msec + "Z";
 }
 
+timeval CUtils::ParseServerTime(const CString& sTime) {
+	struct tm stm;
+	memset(&stm, 0, sizeof(stm));
+	const char* cp = strptime(sTime.c_str(), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", &stm);
+	struct timeval tv;
+	tv.tv_sec = mktime(&stm);
+	CString s_usec(cp);
+	if (s_usec.TrimPrefix(".") && s_usec.TrimSuffix("Z")) {
+		tv.tv_usec = s_usec.ToULong() * 1000;
+	}
+	return tv;
+}
+
 namespace {
 	void FillTimezones(const CString& sPath, SCString& result, const CString& sPrefix) {
 		CDir Dir;
diff --git a/test/UtilsTest.cpp b/test/UtilsTest.cpp
index ea5bf21a..f3926ffb 100644
--- a/test/UtilsTest.cpp
+++ b/test/UtilsTest.cpp
@@ -75,3 +75,32 @@ TEST(IRC32, SetMessageTags) {
 	EXPECT_EQ(R"(@a=\:\s\\\r\n :rest)", sLine);
 }
 
+TEST(UtilsTest, ServerTime) {
+	char* oldTZ = getenv("TZ");
+	if (oldTZ) oldTZ = strdup(oldTZ);
+	setenv("TZ", "UTC", 1);
+	tzset();
+
+	timeval tv1 = CUtils::ParseServerTime("2011-10-19T16:40:51.620Z");
+	CString str1 = CUtils::FormatServerTime(tv1);
+	EXPECT_EQ("2011-10-19T16:40:51.620Z", str1);
+
+	timeval now;
+	if (!gettimeofday(&now, nullptr)) {
+		now.tv_sec = time(nullptr);
+		now.tv_usec = 0;
+	}
+
+	CString str2 = CUtils::FormatServerTime(now);
+	timeval tv2 = CUtils::ParseServerTime(str2);
+	EXPECT_EQ(now.tv_sec, tv2.tv_sec);
+	EXPECT_EQ(now.tv_usec, tv2.tv_usec);
+
+	if (oldTZ) {
+		setenv("TZ", oldTZ, 1);
+		free(oldTZ);
+	} else {
+		unsetenv("TZ");
+	}
+	tzset();
+}