diff --git a/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/DateUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/DateUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94309c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/DateUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 – 2015 Ricki Hirner (bitfire web engineering).
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the GNU Public License v3.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
+ */
+
+package at.bitfire.davdroid;
+
+import android.text.format.Time;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+
+import java.util.SimpleTimeZone;
+
+public class DateUtils {
+    private final static String TAG = "davdroid.DateUtils";
+
+    public static String findAndroidTimezoneID(String tzID) {
+        String localTZ = null;
+        String availableTZs[] = SimpleTimeZone.getAvailableIDs();
+
+        // first, try to find an exact match (case insensitive)
+        for (String availableTZ : availableTZs)
+            if (tzID.equalsIgnoreCase(availableTZ)) {
+                localTZ = availableTZ;
+                break;
+            }
+
+        // if that doesn't work, try to find something else that matches
+        if (localTZ == null) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Coulnd't find time zone with matching identifiers, trying to guess");
+            for (String availableTZ : availableTZs)
+                if (StringUtils.indexOfIgnoreCase(tzID, availableTZ) != -1) {
+                    localTZ = availableTZ;
+                    break;
+                }
+        }
+
+        // if that doesn't work, use UTC as fallback
+        if (localTZ == null) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't identify time zone, using UTC as fallback");
+            localTZ = Time.TIMEZONE_UTC;
+        }
+
+        Log.d(TAG, "Assuming time zone " + localTZ + " for " + tzID);
+        return localTZ;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/Event.java b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/Event.java
index c64709d7..0ed016b8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/Event.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/Event.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import java.util.SimpleTimeZone;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import at.bitfire.davdroid.Constants;
+import at.bitfire.davdroid.DateUtils;
 import at.bitfire.davdroid.syncadapter.DavSyncAdapter;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NonNull;
@@ -408,33 +409,7 @@ public class Event extends Resource {
         if (tzID == null)
             return;
 
-        String localTZ = null;
-		String availableTZs[] = SimpleTimeZone.getAvailableIDs();
-
-        // first, try to find an exact match (case insensitive)
-        for (String availableTZ : availableTZs)
-            if (tzID.equalsIgnoreCase(availableTZ)) {
-                localTZ = availableTZ;
-                break;
-            }
-
-		// if that doesn't work, try to find something else that matches
-        if (localTZ == null) {
-	        Log.w(TAG, "Coulnd't find time zone with matching identifiers, trying to guess");
-	        for (String availableTZ : availableTZs)
-		        if (StringUtils.indexOfIgnoreCase(tzID, availableTZ) != -1) {
-			        localTZ = availableTZ;
-			        break;
-		        }
-        }
-
-		// if that doesn't work, use UTC as fallback
-		if (localTZ == null) {
-			Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't identify time zone, using UTC as fallback");
-			localTZ = Time.TIMEZONE_UTC;
-		}
-
-        Log.d(TAG, "Assuming time zone " + localTZ + " for " + tzID);
+        String localTZ = DateUtils.findAndroidTimezoneID(tzID);
         date.setTimeZone(tzRegistry.getTimeZone(localTZ));
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalCalendar.java b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalCalendar.java
index 92b48023..70b20662 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalCalendar.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/at/bitfire/davdroid/resource/LocalCalendar.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import at.bitfire.davdroid.DateUtils;
 import lombok.Cleanup;
 import lombok.Getter;
 
@@ -576,7 +577,12 @@ public class LocalCalendar extends LocalCollection<Event> {
 		}
 		if (event.getRdate() != null) {
 			recurring = true;
-			builder = builder.withValue(Events.RDATE, event.getRdate().getValue());
+			RDate rDate = event.getRdate();
+			String rDateStr = event.getRdate().getValue();
+			if (rDate.getTimeZone() != null)
+				rDateStr = DateUtils.findAndroidTimezoneID(rDate.getTimeZone().getID()) + ";" + rDateStr;
+			Log.i(TAG, "Setting RDate in DB: " + rDateStr);
+			builder = builder.withValue(Events.RDATE, rDateStr);
 		}
 		if (event.getExrule() != null)
 			builder = builder.withValue(Events.EXRULE, event.getExrule().getValue());