diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythservicecontracts/service.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythservicecontracts/service.cpp
index d20fc01..fd1451c 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythservicecontracts/service.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythservicecontracts/service.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,13 @@ void* Service::ConvertToParameterPtr( int            nTypeId,
         case QMetaType::QString     : *(( QString        *)pParam) = sValue;                break;
         case QMetaType::QByteArray  : *(( QByteArray     *)pParam) = sValue.toUtf8      (); break;

-        case QMetaType::QDateTime   : *(( QDateTime      *)pParam) = QDateTime::fromString( sValue, Qt::ISODate ); break;
+        case QMetaType::QDateTime   :
+        {
+            QDateTime dt = QDateTime::fromString( sValue, Qt::ISODate );
+            dt.setTimeSpec(Qt::UTC);
+            *(( QDateTime      *)pParam) = dt.toLocalTime();
+            break;
+        }
         case QMetaType::QTime       : *(( QTime          *)pParam) = QTime::fromString    ( sValue, Qt::ISODate ); break;
         case QMetaType::QDate       : *(( QDate          *)pParam) = QDate::fromString    ( sValue, Qt::ISODate ); break;
     }
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/serializers/jsonSerializer.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/serializers/jsonSerializer.cpp
index 5d61ead..e67af64 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/serializers/jsonSerializer.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/serializers/jsonSerializer.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@

 #include <QTextCodec>
 #include <QVariant>
+#include <QDateTime>

 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
@@ -155,6 +156,12 @@ void JSONSerializer::RenderValue( const QVariant &vValue )
         case QVariant::List:        RenderList      ( vValue.toList()       );  break;
         case QVariant::StringList:  RenderStringList( vValue.toStringList() );  break;
         case QVariant::Map:         RenderMap       ( vValue.toMap()        );  break;
+        case QVariant::DateTime:
+        {
+            m_Stream << "\"" << Encode( vValue.toDateTime().toUTC()
+                     .toString(Qt::ISODate) ) << "\"";
+            break;
+        }
         default:
         {
             m_Stream << "\"" << Encode( vValue.toString() ) << "\"";
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/serializers/xmlSerializer.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/serializers/xmlSerializer.cpp
index 8db05c6..269b4c7 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/serializers/xmlSerializer.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/serializers/xmlSerializer.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "xmlSerializer.h"

 #include <QMetaClassInfo>
+#include <QDateTime>

 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // This version should be bumped if the serializer code is changed in a way
@@ -176,6 +177,13 @@ void XmlSerializer::RenderValue( const QString &sName, const QVariant &vValue )
             break;
         }

+        case QVariant::DateTime:
+        {
+            m_pXmlWriter->writeCharacters( vValue.toDateTime().toUTC()
+                                               .toString(Qt::ISODate) );
+            break;
+        }
+
         default:
         {
             m_pXmlWriter->writeCharacters( vValue.toString() );