diff --git a/core/java/android/pim/RecurrenceSet.java b/core/java/android/pim/RecurrenceSet.java
index 635323e..f5e1bac 100644
--- a/core/java/android/pim/RecurrenceSet.java
+++ b/core/java/android/pim/RecurrenceSet.java
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@
         boolean inUtc = start.parse(dtstart);
         boolean allDay = start.allDay;
 
-        if (inUtc) {
+        // We force TimeZone to UTC for "all day recurring events" as the server is sending no
+        // TimeZone in DTSTART for them
+        if (inUtc || allDay) {
             tzid = Time.TIMEZONE_UTC;
         }
                 
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/pim/RecurrenceSetTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/pim/RecurrenceSetTest.java
index 64cd6c4..5d01ba0 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/pim/RecurrenceSetTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/pim/RecurrenceSetTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         String recurrence = "DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090821\nDTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090822\n"
                 + "RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;WKST=SU";
         verifyPopulateContentValues(recurrence, "FREQ=YEARLY;WKST=SU", null,
-                null, null, 1250812800000L, null, "P1D", 1);
+                null, null, 1250812800000L, "UTC", "P1D", 1);
     }
 
     // Test 2 day all-day event
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         String recurrence = "DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090821\nDTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090823\n"
                 + "RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;WKST=SU";
         verifyPopulateContentValues(recurrence, "FREQ=YEARLY;WKST=SU", null,
-                null, null, 1250812800000L, null,  "P2D", 1);
+                null, null, 1250812800000L, "UTC",  "P2D", 1);
     }
 
     // run populateContentValues and verify the results