diff --git a/runtime/src/index.ts b/runtime/src/index.ts
index a3f580d9..ae1185e2 100644
--- a/runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export {
     useDataEngine,
 } from '@dhis2/app-service-data'
 
-export { useConfig } from '@dhis2/app-service-config'
+export { useConfig, useTimeZoneConversion } from '@dhis2/app-service-config'
 
 export { useAlerts, useAlert } from '@dhis2/app-service-alerts'
 
diff --git a/services/config/package.json b/services/config/package.json
index 505a9be4..ee4b71ad 100644
--- a/services/config/package.json
+++ b/services/config/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         "watch": "NODE_ENV=development concurrently -n build,types \"yarn build:package --watch\" \"yarn build:types --watch\"",
         "type-check": "tsc --noEmit --allowJs --checkJs",
         "type-check:watch": "yarn type-check --watch",
-        "test": "d2-app-scripts test",
+        "test": "TZ=Etc/UTC d2-app-scripts test",
         "coverage": "yarn test --coverage"
     }
 }
diff --git a/services/config/src/__tests__/useTimeZoneConversion.test.tsx b/services/config/src/__tests__/useTimeZoneConversion.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a209aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/config/src/__tests__/useTimeZoneConversion.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks'
+import React, { ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { ConfigProvider, useTimeZoneConversion } from '../index'
+
+const defaultConfig = { baseUrl: '/', apiVersion: 40 }
+const defaultSystemInfo = {
+    version: '40',
+    contextPath: '',
+    serverTimeZoneId: 'UTC',
+}
+
+// tests are set to run at UTC when running yarn test
+
+describe('useTimeZoneConversion', () => {
+    it('Hook returns a fromClientDate and fromServerDate function', () => {
+        const config = { baseUrl: '/', apiVersion: 30 }
+        const wrapper = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+            <ConfigProvider config={config}>{children}</ConfigProvider>
+        )
+        const { result } = renderHook(() => useTimeZoneConversion(), {
+            wrapper,
+        })
+
+        expect(result.current).toHaveProperty('fromClientDate')
+        expect(typeof result.current.fromClientDate).toBe('function')
+        expect(result.current).toHaveProperty('fromServerDate')
+        expect(typeof result.current.fromServerDate).toBe('function')
+    })
+
+    it('returns fromServerDate that corrects for server time zone', () => {
+        const systemInfo = {
+            ...defaultSystemInfo,
+            serverTimeZoneId: 'Europe/Oslo',
+        }
+        const config = { ...defaultConfig, systemInfo }
+        const wrapper = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+            <ConfigProvider config={config}>{children}</ConfigProvider>
+        )
+        const { result } = renderHook(() => useTimeZoneConversion(), {
+            wrapper,
+        })
+
+        const serverDate = result.current.fromServerDate('2010-01-01')
+        const expectedDateString = '2009-12-31T23:00:00.000'
+        expect(serverDate.getClientZonedISOString()).toBe(expectedDateString)
+    })
+
+    // fromServerDate accepts number, valid date string, or date object
+    it('returns fromServerDate which accepts number, valid date string, or date object', () => {
+        const config = { ...defaultConfig, systemInfo: defaultSystemInfo }
+        const wrapper = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+            <ConfigProvider config={config}>{children}</ConfigProvider>
+        )
+        const { result } = renderHook(() => useTimeZoneConversion(), {
+            wrapper,
+        })
+
+        const dateString = '2010-01-01'
+        const dateFromString = new Date('2010-01-01')
+        const millisecondsAfterUTC = dateFromString.getTime()
+
+        const serverDateFromString = result.current.fromServerDate(dateString)
+        const serverDateFromDate = result.current.fromServerDate(dateFromString)
+        const serverDateFromNumber =
+            result.current.fromServerDate(millisecondsAfterUTC)
+
+        expect(serverDateFromString).toEqual(serverDateFromDate)
+        expect(serverDateFromString).toEqual(serverDateFromNumber)
+    })
+
+    // returns current (client) date if no argument is provided
+    it('returns fromServerDate which returns current timestamp if no argument is passed', () => {
+        const config = { ...defaultConfig, systemInfo: defaultSystemInfo }
+        const wrapper = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+            <ConfigProvider config={config}>{children}</ConfigProvider>
+        )
+        const { result } = renderHook(() => useTimeZoneConversion(), {
+            wrapper,
+        })
+
+        // if no date-like is passed to fromSeverDate, Date.now() is used to initialize date
+        jest.spyOn(global.Date, 'now').mockImplementation(() =>
+            new Date('2020-10-15T12:00:00.000Z').valueOf()
+        )
+
+        const timeFromHook = result.current.fromServerDate()
+
+        expect(timeFromHook).toEqual(new Date('2020-10-15T12:00:00.000Z'))
+    })
+
+    // fromServerDate defaults to client time zone if invalid server time zone provided
+    it('returns fromServerDate that assumes no time zone difference if provided time zone is invalid', () => {
+        const systemInfo = {
+            ...defaultSystemInfo,
+            serverTimeZoneId: 'Asia/Oslo',
+        }
+        const config = { ...defaultConfig, systemInfo }
+        const wrapper = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+            <ConfigProvider config={config}>{children}</ConfigProvider>
+        )
+        const { result } = renderHook(() => useTimeZoneConversion(), {
+            wrapper,
+        })
+
+        const serverDate = result.current.fromServerDate('2010-01-01')
+        const expectedDateString = '2010-01-01T00:00:00.000'
+        expect(serverDate.getClientZonedISOString()).toBe(expectedDateString)
+    })
+
+    it('returns fromServerDate with server date that matches passed time regardless of timezone', () => {
+        const systemInfo = {
+            ...defaultSystemInfo,
+            serverTimeZoneId: 'Asia/Jakarta',
+        }
+        const config = { ...defaultConfig, systemInfo }
+        const wrapper = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+            <ConfigProvider config={config}>{children}</ConfigProvider>
+        )
+        const { result } = renderHook(() => useTimeZoneConversion(), {
+            wrapper,
+        })
+
+        const serverDate = result.current.fromServerDate('2015-03-03T12:00:00')
+        const expectedDateString = '2015-03-03T12:00:00.000'
+        expect(serverDate.getServerZonedISOString()).toBe(expectedDateString)
+    })
+
+    it('returns fromClientDate that reflects client time but makes server time string accessible', () => {
+        const systemInfo = {
+            ...defaultSystemInfo,
+            serverTimeZoneId: 'America/Guatemala',
+        }
+        const config = { ...defaultConfig, systemInfo }
+        const wrapper = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
+            <ConfigProvider config={config}>{children}</ConfigProvider>
+        )
+        const { result } = renderHook(() => useTimeZoneConversion(), {
+            wrapper,
+        })
+
+        const serverDate = result.current.fromClientDate('2018-08-15T12:00:00')
+        const expectedClientDateString = '2018-08-15T12:00:00.000'
+        const expectedServerDateString = '2018-08-15T06:00:00.000'
+        const javascriptDate = new Date('2018-08-15T12:00:00')
+        expect(serverDate.getClientZonedISOString()).toBe(
+            expectedClientDateString
+        )
+        expect(serverDate.getServerZonedISOString()).toBe(
+            expectedServerDateString
+        )
+        expect(serverDate.getTime()).toEqual(javascriptDate.getTime())
+    })
+})
diff --git a/services/config/src/index.ts b/services/config/src/index.ts
index 790d6ba1..dc132ee9 100644
--- a/services/config/src/index.ts
+++ b/services/config/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export { useConfig } from './useConfig'
+export { useTimeZoneConversion } from './useTimeZoneConversion'
 export { ConfigProvider } from './ConfigProvider'
 
 export type { Config } from './types'
diff --git a/services/config/src/types.ts b/services/config/src/types.ts
index f4fd397d..6391e812 100644
--- a/services/config/src/types.ts
+++ b/services/config/src/types.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ type Version = {
     tag?: string
 }
 
+export type DateInput = string | Date | number | null
+
 interface SystemInfo {
     version: string
     contextPath: string
+    serverTimeZoneId: string
 }
 
 export interface Config {
diff --git a/services/config/src/useTimeZoneConversion.ts b/services/config/src/useTimeZoneConversion.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77aa0978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/config/src/useTimeZoneConversion.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { DateInput } from './types'
+import { useConfig } from './useConfig'
+
+// extend date with extra methods
+class DHIS2Date extends Date {
+    serverOffset: number
+    serverTimezone: string
+    clientTimezone: string
+
+    constructor({
+        date,
+        serverOffset,
+        serverTimezone,
+        clientTimezone,
+    }: {
+        date: DateInput
+        serverOffset: number
+        serverTimezone: string
+        clientTimezone: string
+    }) {
+        if (date) {
+            super(date)
+        } else {
+            super(Date.now())
+        }
+        this.serverOffset = serverOffset
+        this.serverTimezone = serverTimezone
+        this.clientTimezone = clientTimezone
+    }
+
+    private _getISOString(date: Date): string {
+        const year = date.getFullYear().toString().padStart(4, '0')
+        const month = (date.getMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0')
+        const days = date.getDate().toString().padStart(2, '0')
+        const hours = date.getHours().toString().padStart(2, '0')
+        const minutes = date.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0')
+        const seconds = date.getSeconds().toString().padStart(2, '0')
+        const milliseconds = date.getMilliseconds().toString().padStart(3, '0')
+        return `${year}-${month}-${days}T${hours}:${minutes}:${seconds}.${milliseconds}`
+    }
+
+    public getServerZonedISOString(): string {
+        const serverDate = new Date(this.getTime() - this.serverOffset)
+        return this._getISOString(serverDate)
+    }
+
+    public getClientZonedISOString(): string {
+        return this._getISOString(this)
+    }
+}
+
+const useServerTimeOffset = (serverTimezone: string): number => {
+    return useMemo(() => {
+        try {
+            const nowClientTime = new Date()
+            nowClientTime.setMilliseconds(0)
+
+            // 'sv' is used for localeString because it is the closest to ISO format
+            // in principle, any locale should be parsable back to a date, but we encountered an error
+            // when using en-US in certain environments, which we could not replicate when using 'sv'
+            // Converting to localeString and then back to date is unfortunately the only current way
+            // to construct a date that accounts for timezone.
+            const serverLocaleString = nowClientTime.toLocaleString('sv', {
+                timeZone: serverTimezone,
+            })
+            const nowServerTimeZone = new Date(serverLocaleString)
+            nowServerTimeZone.setMilliseconds(0)
+
+            return nowClientTime.getTime() - nowServerTimeZone.getTime()
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.error(
+                'Server time offset could not be determined; assuming no client/server difference',
+                err
+            )
+            // if date is not constructable with timezone, assume 0 difference between client/server
+            return 0
+        }
+    }, [serverTimezone])
+}
+
+export const useTimeZoneConversion = (): {
+    fromServerDate: (date?: DateInput) => DHIS2Date
+    fromClientDate: (date?: DateInput) => DHIS2Date
+} => {
+    const { systemInfo } = useConfig()
+    let serverTimezone: string
+    const clientTimezone: string =
+        Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone
+
+    if (systemInfo?.serverTimeZoneId) {
+        serverTimezone = systemInfo.serverTimeZoneId
+    } else {
+        // Fallback to client timezone
+        serverTimezone = clientTimezone
+        console.warn(
+            'No server timezone ID found, falling back to client timezone. This could cause date conversion issues.'
+        )
+    }
+
+    const serverOffset = useServerTimeOffset(serverTimezone)
+
+    const fromServerDate = useCallback(
+        (date) => {
+            const serverDate = new Date(date)
+            const clientDate = new DHIS2Date({
+                date: serverDate.getTime() + serverOffset,
+                serverOffset,
+                serverTimezone,
+                clientTimezone,
+            })
+
+            return clientDate
+        },
+        [serverOffset, serverTimezone, clientTimezone]
+    )
+
+    const fromClientDate = useCallback(
+        (date) => {
+            const clientDate = new DHIS2Date({
+                date,
+                serverOffset,
+                serverTimezone,
+                clientTimezone,
+            })
+
+            return clientDate
+        },
+        [serverOffset, serverTimezone, clientTimezone]
+    )
+
+    return useMemo(
+        () => ({ fromServerDate, fromClientDate }),
+        [fromServerDate, fromClientDate]
+    )
+}