diff --git a/src/helpers/dateUtils.js b/src/helpers/dateUtils.js
index 8117ec2d..fc924171 100644
--- a/src/helpers/dateUtils.js
+++ b/src/helpers/dateUtils.js
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ const logger = require('./logger');
 
 moment.suppressDeprecationWarnings = true; // We handle invalid date formats
 const dateFormat = 'YYYY-MM-DD';
-const dateTimeFormat = 'YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ';
+const dateTimeFormat = 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ';
 
 function formatDate(date) {
-  const parsedDate = moment(date);
+  const parsedDate = moment.utc(date);
   if (!parsedDate.isValid()) {
     logger.warn(`Invalid date provided: ${date}. Provided value will be used.`);
     return date; // Use the provided date rather than 'Invalid date'
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ function formatDate(date) {
 }
 
 function formatDateTime(date) {
-  const parsedDate = moment(date);
+  const parsedDate = moment.utc(date);
   if (!parsedDate.isValid()) {
     logger.warn(`Invalid date provided: ${date}. Provided value will be used.`);
     return date; // Use the provided date rather than 'Invalid date'
   }
 
-  if (parsedDate.hour()) {
+  // HACKY: If there is a minute, second, or hour, then we should treat this as a datetimestamp
+  if (parsedDate.hour() || parsedDate.minute() || parsedDate.second()) {
     return parsedDate.format(dateTimeFormat);
   }
   return parsedDate.format(dateFormat);
@@ -31,4 +32,6 @@ function formatDateTime(date) {
 module.exports = {
   formatDate,
   formatDateTime,
+  dateFormat,
+  dateTimeFormat,
 };
diff --git a/test/helpers/dateUtils.test.js b/test/helpers/dateUtils.test.js
index 365f13d3..41ce2e2c 100644
--- a/test/helpers/dateUtils.test.js
+++ b/test/helpers/dateUtils.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const moment = require('moment');
 const { formatDate, formatDateTime } = require('../../src/helpers/dateUtils');
 
 test('formatDate reformats date', () => {
@@ -11,9 +10,17 @@ test('formatDate does not reformat invalid date', () => {
 });
 
 test('formatDateTime reformats date with a time if provided', () => {
-  const currentTimeZone = moment('04/12/19').format('Z');
   expect(formatDateTime('04/12/19')).toEqual('2019-04-12');
-  expect(formatDateTime('2019-04-12T08:00:00')).toEqual(`2019-04-12T08:00:00${currentTimeZone}`);
+  expect(formatDateTime('2019-04-12T08:00:00')).toEqual('2019-04-12T08:00:00+00:00');
+});
+
+test('formatDateTime respects timeZone information if provided', () => {
+  const dateTimeWithZone = '2020-05-08T18:00:00+00:00';
+  expect(formatDateTime(dateTimeWithZone)).toEqual('2020-05-08T18:00:00+00:00');
+  const secondDate = '2020-05-08T18:00:00Z';
+  expect(formatDateTime(secondDate)).toEqual('2020-05-08T18:00:00+00:00');
+  const thirdDate = '2019-04-12T08:00:00+01:00';
+  expect(formatDateTime(thirdDate)).toEqual('2019-04-12T07:00:00+00:00');
 });
 
 test('formatDateTime does not reformat invalid date', () => {