diff --git a/src/js/charts/cb-xy/parse-xy.js b/src/js/charts/cb-xy/parse-xy.js
index dbf909ac..994b389c 100644
--- a/src/js/charts/cb-xy/parse-xy.js
+++ b/src/js/charts/cb-xy/parse-xy.js
@@ -23,9 +23,17 @@ function parseXY(config, _chartProps, callback, parseOpts) {
 	// clone so that we aren't modifying original
 	// this can probably be avoided by applying new settings differently
 	var chartProps = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(_chartProps));
+
 	var bySeries = dataBySeries(chartProps.input.raw, {
 		checkForDate: true,
-		type: chartProps.input.type
+		type: chartProps.input.type,
+		inputTZ: (function() {
+			if (chartProps.scale.dateSettings) {
+				return chartProps.scale.dateSettings.inputTZ;
+			} else {
+				return "Z";
+			}
+		})()
 	});
 
 	var labels = chartProps._annotations.labels;
diff --git a/src/js/components/chart-grid/ChartGridXY.jsx b/src/js/components/chart-grid/ChartGridXY.jsx
index 96f971f1..79cf9ebf 100644
--- a/src/js/components/chart-grid/ChartGridXY.jsx
+++ b/src/js/components/chart-grid/ChartGridXY.jsx
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ function drawXYChartGrid(el, state) {
 					text: numericSettings ? numericSettings.suffix : "",
 					dy: state.grid.rows == 1 ? "1.2em" : 0
 				}]
-			})			
-			
+			})
+
 		})
 		.using("xAxis", function(axis) {
 			if(chartProps.scale.isNumeric) {
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ function drawXYChartGrid(el, state) {
 					text: "",
 					dy: 0
 				}]
-			})			
-			
+			})
+
 		})
 		chart.outerWidth(state.dimensions.width);
 		chart.extraPadding(extraPadding);
diff --git a/src/js/components/chart-xy/XYRenderer.jsx b/src/js/components/chart-xy/XYRenderer.jsx
index 1e737939..fe493844 100644
--- a/src/js/components/chart-xy/XYRenderer.jsx
+++ b/src/js/components/chart-xy/XYRenderer.jsx
@@ -759,11 +759,9 @@ function drawXY(el, state) {
 				var inputOffset = state.chartProps.scale.dateSettings.inputTZ ? -help.TZOffsetToMinutes(state.chartProps.scale.dateSettings.inputTZ) : curOffset;
 				var timeOffset = 0;
 				axis.tickFormat(function(d,i) {
-
-					if(displayTZ === "as-entered") {
+					if (displayTZ === "as-entered") {
 						timeOffset = curOffset - inputOffset;
 					}
-
 					return dateSettings.dateFormatter(d.clone(),i,timeOffset);
 				});
 			}
diff --git a/src/js/stores/SessionStore.js b/src/js/stores/SessionStore.js
index 71139caf..cdac7efb 100644
--- a/src/js/stores/SessionStore.js
+++ b/src/js/stores/SessionStore.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ var _session = {
 	separators: detectNumberSeparators(),
 	emSize: 10,
 	width: 640,
-	timerOn: (localStorage.hasOwnProperty("model") === true),
+	timerOn: (function() {
+		if (localStorage) return ( localStorage.hasOwnProperty("model") === true );
+		return false;
+	})(),
 	nowOffset: getTZOffset(now),
 	now: now
 };
diff --git a/src/js/util/helper.js b/src/js/util/helper.js
index 9ad6acb6..b7c65cc0 100644
--- a/src/js/util/helper.js
+++ b/src/js/util/helper.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function merge_or_apply(defaults, source) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Given a the domain of a scale suggest the most numerous number 
+ * Given a the domain of a scale suggest the most numerous number
  * of round number ticks that it cold be divided into while still containing
  values evenly divisible by 1, 2, 2.5, 5, 10, or 25.
  * @param {array} domain - An array of two number like objects
diff --git a/src/js/util/parse-data-by-series.js b/src/js/util/parse-data-by-series.js
index 6b82a5be..651eba02 100644
--- a/src/js/util/parse-data-by-series.js
+++ b/src/js/util/parse-data-by-series.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ function dataBySeries(input, opts) {
 
 	var parsedInput = parseDelimInput(input, {
 		checkForDate: opts.checkForDate,
-		type: opts.type
+		type: opts.type,
+		inputTZ: opts.inputTZ
 	});
 
 	var columnNames = parsedInput.columnNames;
diff --git a/src/js/util/parse-delimited-input.js b/src/js/util/parse-delimited-input.js
index d33c67ab..75712a65 100644
--- a/src/js/util/parse-delimited-input.js
+++ b/src/js/util/parse-delimited-input.js
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ var help = require("./helper.js");
 var assign = require("lodash/assign");
 var defaults = require("lodash/defaults");
 var unique = require("lodash/uniq");
-var separators;
+var SessionStore = require("../stores/SessionStore");
+
+var curOffset = Date.create().getTimezoneOffset();
+var tz_pattern = /((\+|\-)\d\d\:?\d\d)/gi;
 
 // We need this to get the current locale's thousands separator
 // Check for localStorage in case we are testing from node
 if (typeof(localStorage) !== 'undefined') {
-	separators = require("../stores/SessionStore").get("separators");
+	separators = SessionStore.get("separators");
 } else {
 	separators = {
 		decimal: ".",
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ function parseDelimInput(input, opts) {
 	var _defaultOpts = defaults(opts, {
 		delimiter: parseUtils.detectDelimiter(input),
 		type: opts.type,
-		inputTZ: "Z"
+		inputTZ: SessionStore.get("nowOffset")
 	});
 
 	if (opts.checkForDate === false) {
@@ -97,12 +100,10 @@ function cast_data(input, columnNames, stripCharsRegex, opts) {
 	var all_index_types = [];
 	var all_entry_values = [];
 
-	var tz_pattern = /([+-]\d\d:*\d\d)/gi;
-	var found_timezones = input.match(tz_pattern);
+	var found_timezones = tz_pattern.test(input);
+	var offset = opts.inputTZ !== null ? -help.TZOffsetToMinutes(opts.inputTZ) : curOffset;
 
 	var data = dsv.parse(input, function(d,ii) {
-		var curOffset = Date.create().getTimezoneOffset();
-		var offset = opts.inputTZ !== null ? -help.TZOffsetToMinutes(opts.inputTZ) : curOffset;
 		each(columnNames, function(column, i) {
 			if (i === 0) {
 				//first column
diff --git a/test/timezone-adjustments.js b/test/timezone-adjustments.js
index 2e2c94e4..b788fe0b 100644
--- a/test/timezone-adjustments.js
+++ b/test/timezone-adjustments.js
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ test("timezone: tz adjustments", function(t) {
 	entries = cast(input, ["date-col", "val"], stripCharsRegex, opts).entries;
 	t.deepEqual(entries, expected,"dates that don't have a timezone are adjusted to local when there is no inputTZ");
 
-
 	opts = {
 		type: "date",
 		inputTZ: "-0500",