diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79e2fb89..45429d42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ### Main (unreleased)
 
 - Added CSV batching functionality to EnumeratorBuilder with `build_csv_enumerator_on_batches` method and `csv_on_batches` alias.
+- Added support for custom timezones on ActiveRecordEnumerator and ActiveRecordBatchEnumerator. This allows for using cursors with datetime columns where ActiveRecord.default_timezone is set to :local and ActiveRecord is not using the same timezone as the database.
 
 ## v1.6.0 (Sep 24, 2024)
 
diff --git a/lib/job-iteration/active_record_batch_enumerator.rb b/lib/job-iteration/active_record_batch_enumerator.rb
index 3972693f..81d4585a 100644
--- a/lib/job-iteration/active_record_batch_enumerator.rb
+++ b/lib/job-iteration/active_record_batch_enumerator.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ class ActiveRecordBatchEnumerator
 
     SQL_DATETIME_WITH_NSEC = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%N"
 
-    def initialize(relation, columns: nil, batch_size: 100, cursor: nil)
+    def initialize(relation, columns: nil, batch_size: 100, timezone: nil, cursor: nil)
       @batch_size = batch_size
+      @timezone = timezone
       @primary_key = "#{relation.table_name}.#{relation.primary_key}"
       @columns = Array(columns&.map(&:to_s) || @primary_key)
       @primary_key_index = @columns.index(@primary_key) || @columns.index(relation.primary_key)
@@ -114,7 +115,10 @@ def serialize_column_values!(column_values)
     end
 
     def column_value(value)
-      value.is_a?(Time) ? value.strftime(SQL_DATETIME_WITH_NSEC) : value
+      return value unless value.is_a?(Time)
+
+      value = value.in_time_zone(@timezone) unless @timezone.nil?
+      value.strftime(SQL_DATETIME_WITH_NSEC)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/job-iteration/active_record_enumerator.rb b/lib/job-iteration/active_record_enumerator.rb
index 6633e708..7c721ff5 100644
--- a/lib/job-iteration/active_record_enumerator.rb
+++ b/lib/job-iteration/active_record_enumerator.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ module JobIteration
   class ActiveRecordEnumerator
     SQL_DATETIME_WITH_NSEC = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%N"
 
-    def initialize(relation, columns: nil, batch_size: 100, cursor: nil)
+    def initialize(relation, columns: nil, batch_size: 100, timezone: nil, cursor: nil)
       @relation = relation
       @batch_size = batch_size
+      @timezone = timezone
       @columns = if columns
         Array(columns)
       else
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ def column_value(record, attribute)
       value = record.read_attribute(attribute.to_sym)
       case record.class.columns_hash.fetch(attribute).type
       when :datetime
+        value = value.in_time_zone(@timezone) unless @timezone.nil?
         value.strftime(SQL_DATETIME_WITH_NSEC)
       else
         value
diff --git a/test/unit/active_record_batch_enumerator_test.rb b/test/unit/active_record_batch_enumerator_test.rb
index 79da7793..d16e76a0 100644
--- a/test/unit/active_record_batch_enumerator_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/active_record_batch_enumerator_test.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ActiveRecordBatchEnumeratorTest < IterationUnitTest
       enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:updated_at])
       products = Product.order(:updated_at).take(2)
 
-      expected_product_cursor = products.last.updated_at.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT)
+      expected_product_cursor = products.last.updated_at.utc.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT)
       assert_equal([products, expected_product_cursor], enum.first)
     end
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ActiveRecordBatchEnumeratorTest < IterationUnitTest
       enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:updated_at, :id])
       products = Product.order(:updated_at, :id).take(2)
 
-      expected_product_cursor = [products.last.updated_at.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), products.last.id]
+      expected_product_cursor = [products.last.updated_at.utc.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), products.last.id]
       assert_equal([products, expected_product_cursor], enum.first)
     end
 
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ class ActiveRecordBatchEnumeratorTest < IterationUnitTest
       assert_match(/\A\s?`products`.`updated_at`, `products`.`id`\z/, queries.first[/SELECT (.*) FROM/, 1])
     end
 
+    test "columns use UTC during serialization if they are Time" do
+      enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:updated_at])
+      products = Product.order(:updated_at).take(2)
+
+      expected_product_cursor = products.last.updated_at.utc.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT)
+      assert_equal([products, expected_product_cursor], enum.first)
+    end
+
     test "cursor can be used to resume" do
       products = Product.order(:id).take(3)
 
@@ -100,17 +108,26 @@ class ActiveRecordBatchEnumeratorTest < IterationUnitTest
       assert_equal([products, products.last.id], enum.first)
     end
 
+    test "using custom timezone results in a cursor with the correct offset" do
+      custom_timezone = "Eastern Time (US & Canada)"
+      enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:created_at, :id], timezone: custom_timezone)
+      shops = Product.order(:created_at, :id).take(2)
+
+      cursor = [shops.last.created_at.in_time_zone(custom_timezone).strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), shops.last.id]
+      assert_equal([shops, cursor], enum.first)
+    end
+
     test "cursor can be used to resume on multiple columns" do
       enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:created_at, :id])
       products = Product.order(:created_at, :id).take(2)
 
-      cursor = [products.last.created_at.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), products.last.id]
+      cursor = [products.last.created_at.utc.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), products.last.id]
       assert_equal([products, cursor], enum.first)
 
       enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:created_at, :id], cursor: cursor)
       products = Product.order(:created_at, :id).offset(2).take(2)
 
-      cursor = [products.last.created_at.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), products.last.id]
+      cursor = [products.last.created_at.utc.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), products.last.id]
       assert_equal([products, cursor], enum.first)
     end
 
@@ -133,10 +150,11 @@ class ActiveRecordBatchEnumeratorTest < IterationUnitTest
 
     private
 
-    def build_enumerator(relation: Product.all, batch_size: 2, columns: nil, cursor: nil)
+    def build_enumerator(relation: Product.all, batch_size: 2, timezone: nil, columns: nil, cursor: nil)
       JobIteration::ActiveRecordBatchEnumerator.new(
         relation,
         batch_size: batch_size,
+        timezone: timezone,
         columns: columns,
         cursor: cursor,
       )
diff --git a/test/unit/active_record_enumerator_test.rb b/test/unit/active_record_enumerator_test.rb
index 724bbaae..724f8779 100644
--- a/test/unit/active_record_enumerator_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/active_record_enumerator_test.rb
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ class ActiveRecordEnumeratorTest < IterationUnitTest
       enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:updated_at]).batches
       shops = Product.order(:updated_at).take(2)
 
-      assert_equal([shops, shops.last.updated_at.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT)], enum.first)
+      assert_equal([shops, shops.last.updated_at.utc.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT)], enum.first)
     end
 
     test "columns can be an array" do
       enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:updated_at, :id]).batches
       shops = Product.order(:updated_at, :id).take(2)
 
-      assert_equal([shops, [shops.last.updated_at.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), shops.last.id]], enum.first)
+      assert_equal([shops, [shops.last.updated_at.utc.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), shops.last.id]], enum.first)
     end
 
     test "cursor can be used to resume" do
@@ -83,13 +83,22 @@ class ActiveRecordEnumeratorTest < IterationUnitTest
       enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:created_at, :id]).batches
       shops = Product.order(:created_at, :id).take(2)
 
-      cursor = [shops.last.created_at.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), shops.last.id]
+      cursor = [shops.last.created_at.utc.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), shops.last.id]
       assert_equal([shops, cursor], enum.first)
 
       enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:created_at, :id], cursor: cursor).batches
       shops = Product.order(:created_at, :id).offset(2).take(2)
 
-      cursor = [shops.last.created_at.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), shops.last.id]
+      cursor = [shops.last.created_at.utc.strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), shops.last.id]
+      assert_equal([shops, cursor], enum.first)
+    end
+
+    test "using custom timezone results in a cursor with the correct offset" do
+      custom_timezone = "Eastern Time (US & Canada)"
+      enum = build_enumerator(columns: [:created_at, :id], timezone: custom_timezone).batches
+      shops = Product.order(:created_at, :id).take(2)
+
+      cursor = [shops.last.created_at.in_time_zone(custom_timezone).strftime(SQL_TIME_FORMAT), shops.last.id]
       assert_equal([shops, cursor], enum.first)
     end
 
@@ -135,10 +144,11 @@ class ActiveRecordEnumeratorTest < IterationUnitTest
 
     private
 
-    def build_enumerator(relation: Product.all, batch_size: 2, columns: nil, cursor: nil)
+    def build_enumerator(relation: Product.all, batch_size: 2, timezone: nil, columns: nil, cursor: nil)
       JobIteration::ActiveRecordEnumerator.new(
         relation,
         batch_size: batch_size,
+        timezone: timezone,
         columns: columns,
         cursor: cursor,
       )