diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f33532f..a2eaee3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 We follow the [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0](http://semver.org/) format.
 
 
+## 2.2.1 - 2015-06-25
+
+### Changed
+- `time`/`datetime` fields saved under a taxonomy now save the timezone in the
+    term description
+
 ## 2.2.0 - 2015-06-23
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/cms-toolkit.php b/cms-toolkit.php
index 5ce6605..f11da81 100644
--- a/cms-toolkit.php
+++ b/cms-toolkit.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 available throughout the application and make building complex functionality 
 in WordPress a little easier.
 
-Version: 2.2.0
+Version: 2.2.1
 Author: Greg Boone, Aman Kaur, Matthew Duran, Scott Cranfill, Kurt Wall
 Author URI: https://github.com/cfpb/
 License: Public Domain work of the Federal Government
diff --git a/inc/meta-box-callbacks.php b/inc/meta-box-callbacks.php
index f96b3c9..e864d2e 100644
--- a/inc/meta-box-callbacks.php
+++ b/inc/meta-box-callbacks.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public function replace_Taxonomy($Taxonomy) {
 	 * @param boolean $multiples, Determines whether the term shoud append (true) or replace (false) existing terms
 	 * @return identical to wp_set_object_terms
 	 */
-	public function date( $post_id, $taxonomy, $multiples = false, $date = array(), $term_num = null ) {
+	public function date( $post_id, $taxonomy, $multiples = false, $date = array(), $timezone = null, $term_num = null ) {
 		global $post;
 		$rmTerm = 'rm_' . $taxonomy . '_' . $term_num;
 		if ( isset( $_POST[$rmTerm] ) and !empty( $_POST[$rmTerm] ) ) {
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ public function date( $post_id, $taxonomy, $multiples = false, $date = array(),
 			if ( $tounset ) {
 				$this->Taxonomy->remove_post_term( $post_id, $tounset->term_id, $taxonomy );
 			}
-		} elseif ( isset( $date ) ) {
+		} elseif ( ! empty( $date ) ) {
 			wp_set_object_terms( $post_id, $date->format('c'), $taxonomy, $append = $multiples );
+			if ( isset( $timezone ) ) {
+				$term = get_term_by( 'name', $date->format('c'), $taxonomy );
+				wp_update_term( $term->term_id, $taxonomy, $args = array( 'description' => $timezone ) );
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/inc/meta-box-models.php b/inc/meta-box-models.php
index 95b0c48..e0d1301 100644
--- a/inc/meta-box-models.php
+++ b/inc/meta-box-models.php
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ public function validate_datetime( $post_ID, $field, &$validated ) {
 			}
 		}
 		foreach ( $terms_to_remove as $t ) {
-			$this->Callbacks->date( $post_ID, $field['taxonomy'], $multiple = $field['multiple'], null, $t );
+			$this->Callbacks->date( $post_ID, $field['taxonomy'], $multiple = $field['multiple'], null, null, $t );
 		}
 		$data = array($field['key'] => '');
 		if ( $field['type'] != 'time') {
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ public function validate_datetime( $post_ID, $field, &$validated ) {
 				$data[$field['key']] .= ' ' . $_POST[$timezone][0];
 			}
 		}
-		$timezone = null;
+		$timezone = $_POST[$field['key'] . '_timezone'][0];
 		if ( $field['type'] == 'date' ) {
 			$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('F j Y', $data[$field['key']]);
 		} else {
@@ -354,9 +354,9 @@ public function validate_datetime( $post_ID, $field, &$validated ) {
 		}
 		if ( $date ) {
 			if ( $field['key'] == $field['taxonomy'] ) {
-				$this->Callbacks->date( $post_ID, $field['taxonomy'], $multiple = $field['multiple'], $date, null );
+				$this->Callbacks->date( $post_ID, $field['taxonomy'], $multiple = $field['multiple'], $date, $timezone, null );
 			}
-			$validated = array( 'date' => $date->format( Datetime::ISO8601 ), 'timezone' => $_POST[$field['key'] . '_timezone'][0] );
+			$validated = array( 'date' => $date->format( 'c' ), 'timezone' => $timezone );
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/test-meta-box-callbacks.php b/tests/test-meta-box-callbacks.php
index ef3651a..a49e106 100644
--- a/tests/test-meta-box-callbacks.php
+++ b/tests/test-meta-box-callbacks.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function testDateCallsGetTermByWhenAttemptingToDeleteATerm() {
 		$_POST = array( 'rm_tax_0' => 'term' );
 		\WP_Mock::wpFunction('get_term_by', array('times' => 1, 'return' => false ) );
 		// Act
-		$c->date( 0, 'tax', false, array(), 0 );
+		$c->date( 0, 'tax', false, array(), null, 0 );
 		// Assert
 	}
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function testDateCallsRemovePostTermWhenAttemptingToDeleteATerm() {
 		$c = new Callbacks();
 		$c->replace_Taxonomy( $Taxonomy );
 		// Act
-		$c->date( 0, 'tax', false, array(), 0 );
+		$c->date( 0, 'tax', false, array(), null, 0 );
 		// Assert
 	}
 
@@ -124,9 +124,35 @@ function testRmTermKeyDateExpectsRemovePostTermCalled() {
 		$c->replace_Taxonomy($Mock);
 
 		// Act
-		$c->date($post_id, $taxonomy, false, array(), 1);
+		$c->date($post_id, $taxonomy, false, array(), null, 1);
 
 		// Assert: test fails if remove_post_term is called more or fewer than 1 time.
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests whether the date() method properly calls wp_set_objeect_terms,
+	 * get_term_by, wp_update_term
+	 *
+	 * @group isolated
+	 * @group stable
+	 * @group date
+	 * @group taxonomy_save
+	 * 
+	 */
+	function testDateGetTermByAndWPUpdateTermCalledOnceForDateData() {
+		// Arrange
+		\WP_Mock::wpFunction('wp_set_object_terms', array('times' => 1));
+		$term = new \StdClass;
+		$term->term_id = 1;
+		\WP_Mock::wpFunction('get_term_by', array('times' => 1, 'return' => $term));
+		\WP_Mock::wpFunction('wp_update_term', array('times' => 1));
+		$post_id = 0;
+		$taxonomy = 'category';
+		$data = Datetime::createFromFormat('F j Y', 'January 12 2000');
+		// Act
+		$c = new Callbacks();
+		$c->date($post_id, $taxonomy, false, $data, 'America/New_York');
+		// Assert
+	}
 }
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test-meta_box_models.php b/tests/test-meta_box_models.php
index 319cba5..169d80e 100644
--- a/tests/test-meta_box_models.php
+++ b/tests/test-meta_box_models.php
@@ -938,7 +938,8 @@ function testInvalidDateFieldExpectsCallbackNotCalled() {
 			'post_ID' => 1,
 			'category_year' => '' ,
 			'category_month' => 'January',
-			'category_day' => '01');
+			'category_day' => '01',
+			'category_timezone' => 'America/New_York');
 		$anything = $this->anything();
 
 		// act