diff --git a/cm/CHANGES.md b/cm/CHANGES.md
index 0c0994287..7aab0b0e4 100644
--- a/cm/CHANGES.md
+++ b/cm/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## V2.2.0.1
+   - added timezone to utils.get_current_date_time to correctly time stamp various experiments!
+
 ## V2.2.0
    - fixed detection of a CM artifact using 'cm info .' when inside virtual env entries.
    - added "cmind.utils.debug_here" function to attach remote Python debugger
diff --git a/cm/cmind/__init__.py b/cm/cmind/__init__.py
index 1bd8ddb44..f90ca5d96 100644
--- a/cm/cmind/__init__.py
+++ b/cm/cmind/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "2.2.0"
+__version__ = "2.2.0.1"
 
 from cmind.core import access
 from cmind.core import error
diff --git a/cm/cmind/utils.py b/cm/cmind/utils.py
index 21e52952d..e6e4b9b75 100644
--- a/cm/cmind/utils.py
+++ b/cm/cmind/utils.py
@@ -1215,7 +1215,8 @@ def get_current_date_time(i):
     Get current date and time.
 
     Args:    
-       (CM input dict): empty dict
+       (CM input dict): 
+         - (timezone) (str): timezone in pytz format: "Europe/Paris"
 
     Returns: 
        (CM return dict):
@@ -1239,7 +1240,14 @@ def get_current_date_time(i):
 
     a = {}
 
-    now1 = datetime.datetime.now()
+    tz = None
+
+    tz_str = i.get('timezone', '').strip()
+    if tz_str != '':
+        import pytz
+        tz = pytz.timezone(tz_str)
+
+    now1 = datetime.datetime.now(tz)
     now = now1.timetuple()
 
     a['date_year'] = now[0]