diff --git a/lib/ics-parser/Event.php b/lib/ics-parser/Event.php
index f3aa776..cd2f5c8 100644
--- a/lib/ics-parser/Event.php
+++ b/lib/ics-parser/Event.php
@@ -154,21 +154,20 @@ class Event
     {
         foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
             if ($key == 'DTSTART_array' || $key == 'DTEND_array') {
+	            $timeZone = 'Europe/Berlin';
+	            if (isset($value[0]['TZID'])) {
+		            $timeZone = $value[0]['TZID'];
+	            }
 
                 $dateString = $value[1];
-                $dateTime = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd\THis', $dateString);
+
+                $dateTime = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd\THis', $dateString, new \DateTimeZone($timeZone));
                 if (false === $dateTime) {
                     $this->wholeDay = true;
-                    $dateTime = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $dateString);
+                    $dateTime = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $dateString, new \DateTimeZone($timeZone));
                 }
 
-                $timeZone = 'Europe/Berlin';
-                if (isset($value[0]['TZID'])) {
-                    $timeZone = $value[0]['TZID'];
-                }
-
-                $dateTime->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone($timeZone));
-
+                $dateTime->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
                 if ($key == 'DTSTART_array') {
                     $this->start = $dateTime->format('d.m.Y H:i:s');
                     $this->startInt = $dateTime->getTimestamp();
@@ -176,9 +175,7 @@ class Event
                     $this->end = $dateTime->format('d.m.Y H:i:s');
                     $this->endInt = $dateTime->getTimestamp();
                 }
-
             } else {
-
                 $variable = self::snakeCase($key);
                 if (property_exists($this, $variable)) {
                     $this->{$variable} = $this->prepareData($value);
diff --git a/lib/ics-parser/ICal.php b/lib/ics-parser/ICal.php
index f88e4f8..b7fbc37 100644
--- a/lib/ics-parser/ICal.php
+++ b/lib/ics-parser/ICal.php
@@ -2223,7 +2223,6 @@ class ICal
         if ($ignoreUtc && strtoupper($timeZone) === self::TIME_ZONE_UTC) {
             return null;
         }
-
         return $timeZone;
     }