diff --git a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
index 9c8f0d30..6a6e7beb 100644
--- a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -204,4 +204,3 @@
     <junit.platform.version>1.3.2</junit.platform.version>
   </properties>
 </project>
-
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ee8669a..9bc9627e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -342,4 +342,4 @@
 
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.java
index 84097c79..b84dd277 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.java
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ public final class SplunkSinkConnectorConfig extends AbstractConfig {
      static final String ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_EXTRACTION_CONF = "enable.timestamp.extraction";
      static final String REGEX_CONF = "timestamp.regex";
      static final String TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_CONF = "timestamp.format";
+     static final String TIMESTAMP_TIMEZONE_CONF = "timestamp.timezone";
 
     // Kafka configuration description strings
     // Required Parameters
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ public final class SplunkSinkConnectorConfig extends AbstractConfig {
     static final String ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_EXTRACTION_DOC = "Set to true if you want to extract the timestamp";
     static final String REGEX_DOC = "Regex";
     static final String TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_DOC = "Timestamp format";
+    static final String TIMESTAMP_TIMEZONE_DOC = "Timestamp timezone";
 
     final String splunkToken;
     final String splunkURI;
@@ -263,6 +265,8 @@ public final class SplunkSinkConnectorConfig extends AbstractConfig {
     final String timestampFormat;
     final int queueCapacity;
 
+    final String timeZone;
+
     SplunkSinkConnectorConfig(Map<String, String> taskConfig) {
         super(conf(), taskConfig);
         splunkToken = getPassword(TOKEN_CONF).value();
@@ -316,6 +320,7 @@ public final class SplunkSinkConnectorConfig extends AbstractConfig {
         enableTimestampExtraction = getBoolean(ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_EXTRACTION_CONF);
         regex = getString(REGEX_CONF);
         timestampFormat = getString(TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_CONF).trim();
+        timeZone = getString(TIMESTAMP_TIMEZONE_CONF);
         validateRegexForTimestamp(regex);
         queueCapacity = getInt(QUEUE_CAPACITY_CONF);
         validateQueueCapacity(queueCapacity);
@@ -367,7 +372,8 @@ public static ConfigDef conf() {
                 .define(ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_EXTRACTION_CONF, ConfigDef.Type.BOOLEAN,  false , ConfigDef.Importance.MEDIUM, ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_EXTRACTION_DOC)
                 .define(REGEX_CONF, ConfigDef.Type.STRING,  "" , ConfigDef.Importance.MEDIUM, REGEX_DOC)
                 .define(TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_CONF, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "", ConfigDef.Importance.MEDIUM, TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_DOC)
-                .define(QUEUE_CAPACITY_CONF, ConfigDef.Type.INT, 100, ConfigDef.Importance.LOW, QUEUE_CAPACITY_DOC);       
+                .define(TIMESTAMP_TIMEZONE_CONF, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "", ConfigDef.Importance.MEDIUM, TIMESTAMP_TIMEZONE_DOC)
+                .define(QUEUE_CAPACITY_CONF, ConfigDef.Type.INT, 100, ConfigDef.Importance.LOW, QUEUE_CAPACITY_DOC);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTask.java b/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTask.java
index d51b8b98..a970c567 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTask.java
@@ -579,8 +579,12 @@ private void timestampExtraction(Event event) {
             }
         } else {
             SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(connectorConfig.timestampFormat);
+            df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
             Date date;
             try {
+                if(!connectorConfig.timeZone.isEmpty())
+                    df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(connectorConfig.timeZone));
+
                 date = df.parse(timestamp);
                 event.setTime(date.getTime() / 1000.0);
             } catch (ParseException e) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTaskTest.java b/src/test/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTaskTest.java
index f5ae931e..d4d08d95 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTaskTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTaskTest.java
@@ -274,7 +274,69 @@ public void checkExtractedTimestamp() {
         }  
         task.stop();
     }
-    
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkExtractedTimestampWithTimezone() {
+        SplunkSinkTask task = new SplunkSinkTask();
+        Collection<SinkRecord> record = createSinkRecords(1,"{\"id\": \"19\",\"host\":\"host-01\",\"source\":\"bu\",\"fields\":{\"hn\":\"hostname1\",\"CLASS\":\"class1\",\"cust_id\":\"000013934\",\"REQ_TIME\": \"20230904133016993\",\"category\":\"IFdata\",\"ifname\":\"LoopBack7\",\"IFdata.Bits received\":\"0\",\"IFdata.Bits sent\":\"0\"}");
+
+        UnitUtil uu = new UnitUtil(0);
+        Map<String, String> config = uu.createTaskConfig();
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.RAW_CONF, String.valueOf(false));
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_EXTRACTION_CONF, String.valueOf(true));
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.REGEX_CONF, "\\\"REQ_TIME\\\":\\s*\\\"(?<time>.*?)\"");
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_CONF, "yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS");
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.TIMESTAMP_TIMEZONE_CONF, "Asia/Seoul");
+        HecMock hec = new HecMock(task);
+        hec.setSendReturnResult(HecMock.success);
+        task.setHec(hec);
+        task.start(config);
+        task.put(record);
+
+        List<EventBatch> batches = hec.getBatches();
+        for (Iterator<EventBatch> iter = batches.listIterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
+            EventBatch batch = iter.next();
+            List<Event> event_list = batch.getEvents();
+            Iterator<Event> iterator = event_list.listIterator() ;
+            Event event = iterator.next();
+
+            Assert.assertEquals(1.693801816993E9, event.getTime(), 0);
+            break;
+        }
+        task.stop();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkExtractedTimestampWithoutTimezoneAsUTC() {
+        SplunkSinkTask task = new SplunkSinkTask();
+        Collection<SinkRecord> record = createSinkRecords(1,"{\"id\": \"19\",\"host\":\"host-01\",\"source\":\"bu\",\"fields\":{\"hn\":\"hostname1\",\"CLASS\":\"class1\",\"cust_id\":\"000013934\",\"REQ_TIME\": \"20230904133016993\",\"category\":\"IFdata\",\"ifname\":\"LoopBack7\",\"IFdata.Bits received\":\"0\",\"IFdata.Bits sent\":\"0\"}");
+
+        UnitUtil uu = new UnitUtil(0);
+        Map<String, String> config = uu.createTaskConfig();
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.RAW_CONF, String.valueOf(false));
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.ENABLE_TIMESTAMP_EXTRACTION_CONF, String.valueOf(true));
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.REGEX_CONF, "\\\"REQ_TIME\\\":\\s*\\\"(?<time>.*?)\"");
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.TIMESTAMP_FORMAT_CONF, "yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS");
+        config.put(SplunkSinkConnectorConfig.TIMESTAMP_TIMEZONE_CONF, "");
+        HecMock hec = new HecMock(task);
+        hec.setSendReturnResult(HecMock.success);
+        task.setHec(hec);
+        task.start(config);
+        task.put(record);
+
+        List<EventBatch> batches = hec.getBatches();
+        for (Iterator<EventBatch> iter = batches.listIterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
+            EventBatch batch = iter.next();
+            List<Event> event_list = batch.getEvents();
+            Iterator<Event> iterator = event_list.listIterator() ;
+            Event event = iterator.next();
+
+            Assert.assertEquals(1.693834216993E9, event.getTime(), 0);
+            break;
+        }
+        task.stop();
+    }
+
     @Test(expected = ConfigException.class)
     public void emptyRegex() {
         SplunkSinkTask task = new SplunkSinkTask();