1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Bugzilla/WebService/Server.pm b/Bugzilla/WebService/Server.pm
index 21f0f787c..71c790e8e 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/WebService/Server.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/WebService/Server.pm
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ use strict;
 use Bugzilla::Error;
 use Bugzilla::Util qw(datetime_from);
 
+use Scalar::Util qw(blessed);
+
 sub handle_login {
     my ($self, $class, $method, $full_method) = @_;
     eval "require $class";
@@ -38,4 +40,19 @@ sub datetime_format_inbound {
     return $time
 }
 
+sub datetime_format_outbound {
+    my ($self, $date) = @_;
+
+    my $time = $date;
+    if (blessed($date)) {
+        # We expect this to mean we were sent a datetime object
+        $time->set_time_zone('UTC');
+    } else {
+        # We always send our time in UTC, for consistency.
+        # passed in value is likely a string, create a datetime object
+        $time = datetime_from($date, 'UTC');
+    }
+    return $time->iso8601();
+}
+
 1;