diff --git a/pyfpdb/PokerStarsToFpdb.py b/pyfpdb/PokerStarsToFpdb.py
index 87574e9d..1771f925 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/PokerStarsToFpdb.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/PokerStarsToFpdb.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class PokerStars(HandHistoryConverter):
 #        self.re_setHandInfoRegex('.*#(?P<HID>[0-9]+): Table (?P<TABLE>[ a-zA-Z]+) - \$?(?P<SB>[.0-9]+)/\$?(?P<BB>[.0-9]+) - (?P<GAMETYPE>.*) - (?P<HR>[0-9]+):(?P<MIN>[0-9]+) ET - (?P<YEAR>[0-9]+)/(?P<MON>[0-9]+)/(?P<DAY>[0-9]+)Table (?P<TABLE>[ a-zA-Z]+)\nSeat (?P<BUTTON>[0-9]+)')    
 
     re_DateTime     = re.compile("""(?P<Y>[0-9]{4})\/(?P<M>[0-9]{2})\/(?P<D>[0-9]{2})[\- ]+(?P<H>[0-9]+):(?P<MIN>[0-9]+):(?P<S>[0-9]+)""", re.MULTILINE)
+    re_DateTime     = re.compile("""(?P<Y>[0-9]{4})\/(?P<M>[0-9]{2})\/(?P<D>[0-9]{2})[\- ]+(?P<H>[0-9]+):(?P<MIN>[0-9]+):(?P<S>[0-9]+):\(+(?P<TZ>[A-Z]+)""", re.MULTILINE)
 
     def compilePlayerRegexs(self,  hand):
         players = set([player[1] for player in hand.players])
@@ -193,14 +194,18 @@ class PokerStars(HandHistoryConverter):
         log.debug("readHandInfo: %s" % info)
         for key in info:
             if key == 'DATETIME':
-                #2008/11/12 10:00:48 CET [2008/11/12 4:00:48 ET]
+                #2008/11/12 10:00:48 CET [2008/11/12 4:00:48 ET]    are both dates parsed so ET one overrides the other?
                 #2008/08/17 - 01:14:43 (ET)
                 #2008/09/07 06:23:14 ET
                 m1 = self.re_DateTime.finditer(info[key])
                 # m2 = re.search("(?P<Y>[0-9]{4})\/(?P<M>[0-9]{2})\/(?P<D>[0-9]{2})[\- ]+(?P<H>[0-9]+):(?P<MIN>[0-9]+):(?P<S>[0-9]+)", info[key])
                 for a in m1:
                     datetimestr = "%s/%s/%s %s:%s:%s" % (a.group('Y'), a.group('M'),a.group('D'),a.group('H'),a.group('MIN'),a.group('S'))
+                    #tz = a.group('TZ')  just assume ET for now
                 hand.starttime = datetime.datetime.strptime(datetimestr, "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
+                offset = 5*3600 # assume ET for now
+                e1 = mktime(hand.starttime) + offset  # seconds since epoch so offset is in seconds
+                new = gmtime(e1) # assign new to starttime if ok
             if key == 'HID':
                 hand.handid = info[key]
             if key == 'TOURNO':