diff --git a/main.zig b/main.zig
index 3e7dbc0eb8560004b0b07a6faa8b3f6ca8bf3ebe..2a9995a9570cc042a3f4050537f38f4d953c85bd 100644
--- a/main.zig
+++ b/main.zig
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ comptime {
         .{ "S", "7" },
         .{ "SS", "78" },
         .{ "SSS", "789" },
+
+        .{ "z", "UTC" },
+        .{ "Z", "+00:00" },
+        .{ "ZZ", "+0000" },
     });
 }
-
diff --git a/time.zig b/time.zig
index 81239185a4c8832c5da2d77a1641d19f09957a64..de7658c86a172269d5ba182066e3a474c3ac2814 100644
--- a/time.zig
+++ b/time.zig
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ pub const DateTime = struct {
                     .DD => try writer.print("{:0>2}", .{self.days + 1}),
                     .YYYY => try writer.print("{:0>4}", .{self.years}),
                     .MM => try writer.print("{:0>2}", .{self.months + 1}),
-                    .z => try writer.writeAll(@tagName(self.timezone)),
                     .M => try writer.print("{}", .{self.months + 1}),
                     .Mo => try printOrdinal(writer, self.months + 1),
                     .MMM => try printLongName(writer, self.months, &[_]string{ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" }),
@@ -268,6 +267,10 @@ pub const DateTime = struct {
                     .SS => try writer.print("{:0>2}", .{self.ms / 10}),
                     .SSS => try writer.print("{:0>3}", .{self.ms}),
 
+                    .z => try writer.writeAll(@tagName(self.timezone)),
+                    .Z => try writer.writeAll("+00:00"),
+                    .ZZ => try writer.writeAll("+0000"),
+
                     else => @compileError("'" ++ @tagName(tag) ++ "' not currently supported"),
                 }
                 next = null;