diff --git a/internal/internal.go b/internal/internal.go
index 1078756e1..2bd0ba6d5 100644
--- a/internal/internal.go
+++ b/internal/internal.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func CompressWithGzip(data io.Reader) io.ReadCloser {
 // The location is a location string suitable for time.LoadLocation.  Unix
 // times do not use the location string, a unix time is always return in the
 // UTC location.
-func ParseTimestamp(format string, timestamp interface{}, location string, separator ...string) (time.Time, error) {
+func ParseTimestamp(format string, timestamp interface{}, location *time.Location, separator ...string) (time.Time, error) {
 	switch format {
 	case "unix", "unix_ms", "unix_us", "unix_ns":
 		sep := []string{",", "."}
@@ -359,10 +359,10 @@ func sanitizeTimestamp(timestamp string, decimalSeparator []string) string {
 }
 
 // parseTime parses a string timestamp according to the format string.
-func parseTime(format string, timestamp string, location string) (time.Time, error) {
-	loc, err := time.LoadLocation(location)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Unix(0, 0), err
+func parseTime(format string, timestamp string, location *time.Location) (time.Time, error) {
+	loc := location
+	if loc == nil {
+		loc = time.UTC
 	}
 
 	switch strings.ToLower(format) {
diff --git a/internal/internal_test.go b/internal/internal_test.go
index b25d0675d..4fe52e97a 100644
--- a/internal/internal_test.go
+++ b/internal/internal_test.go
@@ -670,7 +670,13 @@ func TestParseTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			tm, err := ParseTimestamp(tt.format, tt.timestamp, tt.location, tt.separator...)
+			var loc *time.Location
+			if tt.location != "" {
+				var err error
+				loc, err = time.LoadLocation(tt.location)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+			tm, err := ParseTimestamp(tt.format, tt.timestamp, loc, tt.separator...)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Equal(t, tt.expected, tm)
 		})
@@ -682,7 +688,6 @@ func TestParseTimestampInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 		name      string
 		format    string
 		timestamp interface{}
-		location  string
 		expected  string
 	}{
 		{
@@ -691,13 +696,6 @@ func TestParseTimestampInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 			timestamp: "2019-02-20 21:50",
 			expected:  "cannot parse \"\" as \":\"",
 		},
-		{
-			name:      "invalid timezone",
-			format:    "2006-01-02 15:04:05",
-			timestamp: "2019-02-20 21:50:34",
-			location:  "InvalidTimeZone",
-			expected:  "unknown time zone InvalidTimeZone",
-		},
 		{
 			name:      "invalid layout",
 			format:    "rfc3399",
@@ -737,7 +735,7 @@ func TestParseTimestampInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			_, err := ParseTimestamp(tt.format, tt.timestamp, tt.location)
+			_, err := ParseTimestamp(tt.format, tt.timestamp, nil)
 			require.ErrorContains(t, err, tt.expected)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sql/sql.go b/plugins/inputs/sql/sql.go
index e186e977a..b67487e12 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sql/sql.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sql/sql.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (q *Query) parse(acc telegraf.Accumulator, rows *dbsql.Rows, t time.Time) (
 					return 0, fmt.Errorf("time column %q of type \"%T\" unsupported", name, columnData[i])
 				}
 				if !skipParsing {
-					if timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(q.TimeFormat, fieldvalue, ""); err != nil {
+					if timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(q.TimeFormat, fieldvalue, nil); err != nil {
 						return 0, fmt.Errorf("parsing time failed: %w", err)
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/avro/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/avro/parser.go
index 99a0fbbd6..c6d5ecbdd 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/avro/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/avro/parser.go
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func (p *Parser) createMetric(data map[string]interface{}, schema string) (teleg
 	if p.Timestamp != "" {
 		rawTime := fmt.Sprintf("%v", fields[p.Timestamp])
 		var err error
-		timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(p.TimestampFormat, rawTime, "")
+		timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(p.TimestampFormat, rawTime, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse '%s' to '%s'", rawTime, p.TimestampFormat)
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go
index 789b72872..026604ecd 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ type Parser struct {
 	Log                telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
 	metadataSeparatorList metadataPattern
+	location              *time.Location
 
 	gotColumnNames bool
 
@@ -170,6 +171,14 @@ func (p *Parser) Init() error {
 		p.TimeFunc = time.Now
 	}
 
+	if p.Timezone != "" {
+		loc, err := time.LoadLocation(p.Timezone)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid timezone: %w", err)
+		}
+		p.location = loc
+	}
+
 	if p.ResetMode == "" {
 		p.ResetMode = "none"
 	}
@@ -446,7 +455,7 @@ outer:
 		}
 	}
 
-	metricTime, err := parseTimestamp(p.TimeFunc, recordFields, p.TimestampColumn, p.TimestampFormat, p.Timezone)
+	metricTime, err := parseTimestamp(p.TimeFunc, recordFields, p.TimestampColumn, p.TimestampFormat, p.location)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -464,7 +473,7 @@ outer:
 // will be the current timestamp, else it will try to parse the time according
 // to the format.
 func parseTimestamp(timeFunc func() time.Time, recordFields map[string]interface{},
-	timestampColumn, timestampFormat string, timezone string,
+	timestampColumn, timestampFormat string, timezone *time.Location,
 ) (time.Time, error) {
 	if timestampColumn != "" {
 		if recordFields[timestampColumn] == nil {
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/json/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/json/parser.go
index 6f8ab3c79..81b90742b 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/json/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json/parser.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type Parser struct {
 	DefaultTags map[string]string `toml:"-"`
 	Log         telegraf.Logger   `toml:"-"`
 
+	location     *time.Location
 	tagFilter    filter.Filter
 	stringFilter filter.Filter
 }
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ func (p *Parser) parseObject(data map[string]interface{}, timestamp time.Time) (
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(p.TimeFormat, f.Fields[p.TimeKey], p.Timezone)
+		timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(p.TimeFormat, f.Fields[p.TimeKey], p.location)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -169,6 +170,14 @@ func (p *Parser) Init() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("compiling tag-key filter failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if p.Timezone != "" {
+		loc, err := time.LoadLocation(p.Timezone)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid timezone: %w", err)
+		}
+		p.location = loc
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
index bc8a484eb..65a0af497 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ func (p *Parser) Init() error {
 		if cfg.MeasurementName == "" {
 			p.Configs[i].MeasurementName = p.DefaultMetricName
 		}
+		if cfg.TimestampTimezone != "" {
+			loc, err := time.LoadLocation(cfg.TimestampTimezone)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid timezone in config %d: %w", i+1, err)
+			}
+			p.Configs[i].Location = loc
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -111,7 +118,7 @@ func (p *Parser) Parse(input []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
 				}
 
 				var err error
-				timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(c.TimestampFormat, result.String(), c.TimestampTimezone)
+				timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(c.TimestampFormat, result.String(), c.Location)
 
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
@@ -321,7 +328,15 @@ func (p *Parser) expandArray(result MetricNode, timestamp time.Time) ([]telegraf
 				err := fmt.Errorf("use of 'timestamp_query' requires 'timestamp_format'")
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			timestamp, err := internal.ParseTimestamp(p.objectConfig.TimestampFormat, result.String(), p.objectConfig.TimestampTimezone)
+			var loc *time.Location
+			if p.objectConfig.TimestampTimezone != "" {
+				var err error
+				loc, err = time.LoadLocation(p.objectConfig.TimestampTimezone)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid timezone: %w", err)
+				}
+			}
+			timestamp, err := internal.ParseTimestamp(p.objectConfig.TimestampFormat, result.String(), loc)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/temporary/json_v2/types.go b/plugins/parsers/temporary/json_v2/types.go
index 0dd889aee..c366ae31c 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/temporary/json_v2/types.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/temporary/json_v2/types.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package json_v2
 
+import "time"
+
 // Config definition for backward compatibility ONLY.
 // We need this here to avoid cyclic dependencies. However, we need
 // to move this to plugins/parsers/json_v2 once we deprecate parser
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Fields      []DataSet `toml:"field"`
 	Tags        []DataSet `toml:"tag"`
 	JSONObjects []Object  `toml:"object"`
+
+	Location *time.Location
 }
 
 type DataSet struct {
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/temporary/xpath/types.go b/plugins/parsers/temporary/xpath/types.go
index 10f426a13..4373535bc 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/temporary/xpath/types.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/temporary/xpath/types.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package xpath
 
-import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/filter"
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/filter"
+)
 
 // Config definition for backward compatibility ONLY.
 // We need this here to avoid cyclic dependencies. However, we need
@@ -11,6 +15,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Selection    string            `toml:"metric_selection"`
 	Timestamp    string            `toml:"timestamp"`
 	TimestampFmt string            `toml:"timestamp_format"`
+	Timezone     string            `toml:"timezone"`
 	Tags         map[string]string `toml:"tags"`
 	Fields       map[string]string `toml:"fields"`
 	FieldsInt    map[string]string `toml:"fields_int"`
@@ -27,4 +32,5 @@ type Config struct {
 	TagNameExpand bool   `toml:"tag_name_expansion"`
 
 	FieldsHexFilter filter.Filter
+	Location        *time.Location
 }
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md b/plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md
index 6768091d6..663c2e57f 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ This is a list of known headers and the corresponding values for
     ## This can be any of "unix", "unix_ms", "unix_us", "unix_ns" or a valid Golang
     ## time format. If not specified, a "unix" timestamp (in seconds) is expected.
     # timestamp_format = "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"
+    ## Optional: Timezone of the parsed time
+    ## This will locate the parsed time to the given timezone. Please note that
+    ## for times with timezone-offsets (e.g. RFC3339) the timestamp is unchanged.
+    ## This is ignored for all (unix) timestamp formats.
+    # timezone = "UTC"
 
     ## Optional: List of fields to convert to hex-strings if they are
     ## containing byte-arrays. This might be the case for e.g. protocol-buffer
@@ -286,7 +291,7 @@ By specifying `metric_name` you can override the metric/measurement name with
 the result of the given [XPath][xpath] query. If not specified, the default
 metric name is used.
 
-### timestamp, timestamp_format (optional)
+### timestamp, timestamp_format, timezone (optional)
 
 By default the current time will be used for all created metrics. To set the
 time from values in the XML document you can specify a [XPath][xpath] query in
@@ -298,6 +303,16 @@ package for details and additional examples on how to set the time format.  If
 `timestamp_format` is omitted `unix` format is assumed as result of the
 `timestamp` query.
 
+The `timezone` setting will be used to locate the parsed time in the given
+timezone. This is helpful for cases where the time does not contain timezone
+information, e.g. `2023-03-09 14:04:40` and is not located in _UTC_, which is
+the default setting. It is also possible to set the `timezone` to `Local` which
+used the configured host timezone.
+
+For time formats with timezone information, e.g. RFC3339, the resulting
+timestamp is unchanged. The `timezone` setting is ignored for all `unix`
+timestamp formats.
+
 ### tags sub-section
 
 [XPath][xpath] queries in the `tag name = query` format to add tags to the
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/xpath/parser.go
index 39a5d76cc..22cb8a47b 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/xpath/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/parser.go
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ func (p *Parser) Init() error {
 		if config.TimestampFmt == "" {
 			config.TimestampFmt = "unix"
 		}
+		if config.Timezone == "" {
+			config.Location = time.UTC
+		} else {
+			loc, err := time.LoadLocation(config.Timezone)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid location in config %d: %w", i+1, err)
+			}
+			config.Location = loc
+		}
 		f, err := filter.Compile(config.FieldsHex)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("creating hex-fields filter failed: %w", err)
@@ -232,7 +241,7 @@ func (p *Parser) parseQuery(starttime time.Time, doc, selected dataNode, config
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to query timestamp: %w", err)
 		}
 		if v != nil {
-			timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(config.TimestampFmt, v, "")
+			timestamp, err = internal.ParseTimestamp(config.TimestampFmt, v, config.Location)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse timestamp: %w", err)
 			}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/parser_test.go b/plugins/parsers/xpath/parser_test.go
index 2c1691757..84c67302f 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/xpath/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/parser_test.go
@@ -1405,16 +1405,6 @@ func TestMultipleConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 		return &file.File{}
 	})
 
-	// Prepare the influx parser for expectations
-	parser := &influx.Parser{}
-	require.NoError(t, parser.Init())
-
-	// Compare options
-	options := []cmp.Option{
-		testutil.IgnoreTime(),
-		testutil.SortMetrics(),
-	}
-
 	for _, f := range folders {
 		// Only handle folders
 		if !f.IsDir() || f.Name() == "protos" {
@@ -1426,6 +1416,14 @@ func TestMultipleConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedErrorFilename := filepath.Join(testcasePath, "expected.err")
 
 		t.Run(f.Name(), func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Prepare the influx parser for expectations
+			parser := &influx.Parser{}
+			require.NoError(t, parser.Init())
+			parser.SetTimeFunc(func() time.Time { return time.Time{} })
+
+			// Compare options
+			options := []cmp.Option{testutil.SortMetrics()}
+
 			// Read the expected output if any
 			var expected []telegraf.Metric
 			if _, err := os.Stat(expectedFilename); err == nil {
@@ -1433,6 +1431,9 @@ func TestMultipleConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 				expected, err = testutil.ParseMetricsFromFile(expectedFilename, parser)
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			}
+			if len(expected) > 0 && expected[0].Time().IsZero() {
+				options = append(options, testutil.IgnoreTime())
+			}
 
 			// Read the expected output if any
 			var expectedErrors []string
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/name_expansion/expected.out b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/name_expansion/expected.out
index f49896f04..80ba2f7d5 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/name_expansion/expected.out
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/name_expansion/expected.out
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-devices ok=true,phases_0_load=34,phases_0_voltage=231,phases_1_load=35,phases_1_voltage=231,phases_2_load=36,phases_2_voltage=231,rpm=423,type="Motor" 1662730607000000000
-devices flow=3.1414,hours=8762,ok=true,type="Pump" 1662730607000000000
-devices ok=true,phases_0_load=341,phases_0_voltage=231,phases_1_load=352,phases_1_voltage=231,phases_2_load=363,phases_2_voltage=231,throughput=1026,type="Machine" 1662730607000000000
+devices ok=true,phases_0_load=34,phases_0_voltage=231,phases_1_load=35,phases_1_voltage=231,phases_2_load=36,phases_2_voltage=231,rpm=423,type="Motor"
+devices flow=3.1414,hours=8762,ok=true,type="Pump"
+devices ok=true,phases_0_load=341,phases_0_voltage=231,phases_1_load=352,phases_1_voltage=231,phases_2_load=363,phases_2_voltage=231,throughput=1026,type="Machine"
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_float_exponential/expected.out b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_float_exponential/expected.out
index d158287be..7bf17ce89 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_float_exponential/expected.out
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_float_exponential/expected.out
@@ -1 +1 @@
-time_float_exponential truth=42.0 1663830962276000
+time_float_exponential truth=42.0 1663830962276000000
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/expected.out b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38cae6273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+time truth=42.0 1678370680000000000
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/telegraf.conf b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/telegraf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c6895d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/telegraf.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[[inputs.file]]
+  files = ["./testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/test.json"]
+  data_format = "xpath_json"
+  xpath_native_types = true
+
+  [[inputs.file.xpath]]
+    metric_name = "'time'"
+    timestamp = "t"
+    timestamp_format = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
+    timezone = "Europe/Berlin"
+    field_selection = "."
+    field_name = "id"
+    field_value = "v"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/test.json b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ddc08433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_Berlin/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "id": "truth",
+  "v": 42,
+  "t": "2023-03-09 15:04:40"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_CEST/expected.out b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_CEST/expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ca762443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_CEST/expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+time truth=42.0 1683641080000000000
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_CEST/telegraf.conf b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_CEST/telegraf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5ed889e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_CEST/telegraf.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[[inputs.file]]
+  files = ["./testcases/time_timezone_CEST/test.json"]
+  data_format = "xpath_json"
+  xpath_native_types = true
+
+  [[inputs.file.xpath]]
+    metric_name = "'time'"
+    timestamp = "t"
+    timestamp_format = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
+    timezone = "CET"
+    field_selection = "."
+    field_name = "id"
+    field_value = "v"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_CEST/test.json b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_CEST/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcace6cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_CEST/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "id": "truth",
+  "v": 42,
+  "t": "2023-05-09 16:04:40"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_MST/expected.out b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_MST/expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ca762443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_MST/expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+time truth=42.0 1683641080000000000
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_MST/telegraf.conf b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_MST/telegraf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9034d9394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_MST/telegraf.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[[inputs.file]]
+  files = ["./testcases/time_timezone_MST/test.json"]
+  data_format = "xpath_json"
+  xpath_native_types = true
+
+  [[inputs.file.xpath]]
+    metric_name = "'time'"
+    timestamp = "t"
+    timestamp_format = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
+    timezone = "MST"
+    field_selection = "."
+    field_name = "id"
+    field_value = "v"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_MST/test.json b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_MST/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14c8a3949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_MST/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "id": "truth",
+  "v": 42,
+  "t": "2023-05-09 07:04:40"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_utc/expected.out b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_utc/expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38cae6273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_utc/expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+time truth=42.0 1678370680000000000
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_utc/telegraf.conf b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_utc/telegraf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e81b739b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_utc/telegraf.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[[inputs.file]]
+  files = ["./testcases/time_timezone_utc/test.json"]
+  data_format = "xpath_json"
+  xpath_native_types = true
+
+  [[inputs.file.xpath]]
+    metric_name = "'time'"
+    timestamp = "t"
+    timestamp_format = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
+    field_selection = "."
+    field_name = "id"
+    field_value = "v"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_utc/test.json b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_utc/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6fc6c53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_utc/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "id": "truth",
+  "v": 42,
+  "t": "2023-03-09 14:04:40"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/expected.out b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ca762443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+time truth=42.0 1683641080000000000
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/telegraf.conf b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/telegraf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d9fe38bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/telegraf.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[[inputs.file]]
+  files = ["./testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/test.json"]
+  data_format = "xpath_json"
+  xpath_native_types = true
+
+  [[inputs.file.xpath]]
+    metric_name = "'time'"
+    timestamp = "t"
+    timestamp_format = "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00"
+    timezone = "CET"
+    field_selection = "."
+    field_name = "id"
+    field_value = "v"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/test.json b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..874bdc52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/xpath/testcases/time_timezone_with_offset/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "id": "truth",
+  "v": 42,
+  "t": "2023-05-09T07:04:40-07:00"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/processors/converter/converter.go b/plugins/processors/converter/converter.go
index fe69977c3..df99ac698 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/converter/converter.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/converter/converter.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (p *Converter) convertTags(metric telegraf.Metric) {
 		}
 
 		if p.tagConversions.Timestamp != nil && p.tagConversions.Timestamp.Match(key) {
-			time, err := internal.ParseTimestamp(p.Tags.TimestampFormat, value, "")
+			time, err := internal.ParseTimestamp(p.Tags.TimestampFormat, value, nil)
 			if err != nil {
 				p.Log.Errorf("error converting to timestamp [%T]: %v", value, value)
 				continue
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (p *Converter) convertFields(metric telegraf.Metric) {
 		}
 
 		if p.fieldConversions.Timestamp != nil && p.fieldConversions.Timestamp.Match(key) {
-			time, err := internal.ParseTimestamp(p.Fields.TimestampFormat, value, "")
+			time, err := internal.ParseTimestamp(p.Fields.TimestampFormat, value, nil)
 			if err != nil {
 				p.Log.Errorf("error converting to timestamp [%T]: %v", value, value)
 				continue