diff --git a/backend/src/calendar.rs b/backend/src/calendar.rs
index 5702a85..00153ab 100644
--- a/backend/src/calendar.rs
+++ b/backend/src/calendar.rs
@@ -330,13 +330,26 @@ impl CalDAVClient {
         event: ical::parser::ical::component::IcalEvent,
     ) -> Result<CalendarEvent, CalDAVError> {
         let mut properties: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
+        let mut full_properties: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
 
         // Extract all properties from the event
         for property in &event.properties {
-            properties.insert(
-                property.name.to_uppercase(),
-                property.value.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
-            );
+            let prop_name = property.name.to_uppercase();
+            let prop_value = property.value.clone().unwrap_or_default();
+            
+            properties.insert(prop_name.clone(), prop_value.clone());
+            
+            // Build full property string with parameters for timezone parsing
+            let mut full_prop = format!("{}", prop_name);
+            if let Some(params) = &property.params {
+                for (param_name, param_values) in params {
+                    if !param_values.is_empty() {
+                        full_prop.push_str(&format!(";{}={}", param_name, param_values.join(",")));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            full_prop.push_str(&format!(":{}", prop_value));
+            full_properties.insert(prop_name, full_prop);
         }
 
         // Required UID field
@@ -349,11 +362,11 @@ impl CalDAVClient {
         let start = properties
             .get("DTSTART")
             .ok_or_else(|| CalDAVError::ParseError("Missing DTSTART field".to_string()))?;
-        let start = self.parse_datetime(start, properties.get("DTSTART"))?;
+        let start = self.parse_datetime(start, full_properties.get("DTSTART"))?;
 
         // Parse end time (optional - use start time if not present)
         let end = if let Some(dtend) = properties.get("DTEND") {
-            Some(self.parse_datetime(dtend, properties.get("DTEND"))?)
+            Some(self.parse_datetime(dtend, full_properties.get("DTEND"))?)
         } else if let Some(_duration) = properties.get("DURATION") {
             // TODO: Parse duration and add to start time
             Some(start)
@@ -671,16 +684,39 @@ impl CalDAVClient {
         Ok(calendar_paths)
     }
 
-    /// Parse iCal datetime format
+    /// Parse iCal datetime format with timezone support
     fn parse_datetime(
         &self,
         datetime_str: &str,
-        _original_property: Option<&String>,
+        original_property: Option<&String>,
     ) -> Result<DateTime<Utc>, CalDAVError> {
         use chrono::TimeZone;
+        use chrono_tz::Tz;
 
-        // Handle different iCal datetime formats
+        // Extract timezone information from the original property if available
+        let mut timezone_id: Option<&str> = None;
+        if let Some(prop) = original_property {
+            // Look for TZID parameter in the property
+            // Format: DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20231225T090000
+            if let Some(tzid_start) = prop.find("TZID=") {
+                let tzid_part = &prop[tzid_start + 5..];
+                if let Some(tzid_end) = tzid_part.find(':') {
+                    timezone_id = Some(&tzid_part[..tzid_end]);
+                } else if let Some(tzid_end) = tzid_part.find(';') {
+                    timezone_id = Some(&tzid_part[..tzid_end]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Clean the datetime string - remove any TZID prefix if present
         let cleaned = datetime_str.replace("TZID=", "").trim().to_string();
+        
+        // Split on colon to separate TZID from datetime if format is "TZID=America/Denver:20231225T090000"
+        let datetime_part = if let Some(colon_pos) = cleaned.find(':') {
+            &cleaned[colon_pos + 1..]
+        } else {
+            &cleaned
+        };
 
         // Try different parsing formats
         let formats = [
@@ -690,17 +726,39 @@ impl CalDAVClient {
         ];
 
         for format in &formats {
-            if let Ok(dt) = chrono::NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(&cleaned, format) {
-                return Ok(Utc.from_utc_datetime(&dt));
+            // Try parsing as UTC first (if it has Z suffix)
+            if datetime_part.ends_with('Z') {
+                if let Ok(dt) = chrono::NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(&datetime_part[..datetime_part.len()-1], "%Y%m%dT%H%M%S") {
+                    return Ok(dt.and_utc());
+                }
             }
-            if let Ok(date) = chrono::NaiveDate::parse_from_str(&cleaned, format) {
+            
+            // Try parsing as naive datetime
+            if let Ok(naive_dt) = chrono::NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(datetime_part, format) {
+                // If we have timezone information, convert accordingly
+                if let Some(tz_id) = timezone_id {
+                    if let Ok(tz) = tz_id.parse::<Tz>() {
+                        // Convert from the specified timezone to UTC
+                        if let Some(local_dt) = tz.from_local_datetime(&naive_dt).single() {
+                            let utc_dt = local_dt.with_timezone(&Utc);
+                            return Ok(utc_dt);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // If timezone parsing fails, log and fall back to UTC
+                }
+                // No timezone info or parsing failed - treat as UTC
+                return Ok(Utc.from_utc_datetime(&naive_dt));
+            }
+            
+            // Try parsing as date only
+            if let Ok(date) = chrono::NaiveDate::parse_from_str(datetime_part, format) {
                 return Ok(Utc.from_utc_datetime(&date.and_hms_opt(0, 0, 0).unwrap()));
             }
         }
 
         Err(CalDAVError::ParseError(format!(
-            "Unable to parse datetime: {}",
-            datetime_str
+            "Unable to parse datetime: {} (cleaned: {}, timezone: {:?})",
+            datetime_str, datetime_part, timezone_id
         )))
     }