diff --git a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
index 2993564929..035abf82fe 100644
--- a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
+++ b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/core/form-field.model.ts
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ export class FormFieldModel extends FormWidgetModel {
                 }
                 break;
             case FormFieldTypes.DATETIME:
-                const dateTimeValue = moment(this.value, this.dateDisplayFormat, true);
+                const dateTimeValue = moment(this.value, this.dateDisplayFormat, true).utc();
                 if (dateTimeValue && dateTimeValue.isValid()) {
                     /* cspell:disable-next-line */
                     this.form.values[this.id] = dateTimeValue.format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ');
diff --git a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/date-time/date-time.widget.ts b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/date-time/date-time.widget.ts
index 1cdcfac80b..5462bc0921 100644
--- a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/date-time/date-time.widget.ts
+++ b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/date-time/date-time.widget.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
- /* tslint:disable:component-selector  */
+/* tslint:disable:component-selector  */
 
 import { Component, OnInit, ViewEncapsulation, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 import { DateAdapter, MAT_DATE_FORMATS } from '@angular/material';
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ export class DateTimeWidgetComponent extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit,
                 this.maxDate = moment(this.field.maxValue, 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ');
             }
         }
-        this.displayDate = moment(this.field.value, this.field.dateDisplayFormat);
+        this.displayDate = moment(this.field.value, this.field.dateDisplayFormat)
+            .add(
+                moment(this.field.value, this.field.dateDisplayFormat).utcOffset(),
+                'minutes');
     }
 
     ngOnDestroy() {