diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index 03353d45a..76a565399 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -2550,6 +2550,9 @@ int ValidateDate(const byte* date, byte format, int dateType)
     struct tm* localTime;
     struct tm* tmpTime = NULL;
     int    i = 0;
+    int    timeDiff = 0 ;
+    int    diffHH = 0 ; int diffMM = 0 ;
+    int    diffSign = 0 ;
 
 #if defined(FREESCALE_MQX) || defined(TIME_OVERRIDES)
     struct tm tmpTimeStorage;
@@ -2580,11 +2583,17 @@ int ValidateDate(const byte* date, byte format, int dateType)
     GetTime((int*)&certTime.tm_min,  date, &i);
     GetTime((int*)&certTime.tm_sec,  date, &i);
 
-        if (date[i] != 'Z') {     /* only Zulu supported for this profile */
-        WOLFSSL_MSG("Only Zulu time supported for this profile");
-        return 0;
+    if ((date[i] == '+') || (date[i] == '-')) {
+        diffSign = date[i++]=='+' ? 1 : -1 ;
+        GetTime((int*)&diffHH,  date, &i);
+        GetTime((int*)&diffMM,  date, &i);
+        timeDiff = diffSign * (diffHH*60 + diffMM) * 60 ;
+    } else if (date[i] != 'Z') {
+            WOLFSSL_MSG("UTCtime, niether Zulu or time differential") ;
+            return 0;
     }
 
+    ltime -= timeDiff ;
     localTime = XGMTIME(&ltime, tmpTime);
 
     if (localTime == NULL) {
@@ -9316,4 +9325,3 @@ int ParseCRL(DecodedCRL* dcrl, const byte* buff, word32 sz, void* cm)
 
 
 #endif /* WOLFSSL_SEP */
-