diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27a805e..4761412 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ To setup `git-privacy` for a _single Git repository_ do the following:
       - h: Sets the hour to midnight
       - m: Sets the minute to zero (full hour)
       - s: Sets the seconds to zero (full minute)
+      - z: Normalises the timezone to UTC (offset +00:00)
 
 
        $ git config privacy.pattern <pattern>
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ To setup `git-privacy` _globally for all new repositories_ do the following:
       - h: Sets the hour to midnight
       - m: Sets the minute to zero (full hour)
       - s: Sets the seconds to zero (full minute)
+      - z: Normalises the timezone to UTC (offset +00:00)
 
 
        $ git config --global privacy.pattern <pattern>
diff --git a/gitprivacy/dateredacter/reduce.py b/gitprivacy/dateredacter/reduce.py
index fe68915..9487a20 100644
--- a/gitprivacy/dateredacter/reduce.py
+++ b/gitprivacy/dateredacter/reduce.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 import re
 
 from . import DateRedacter
@@ -19,10 +19,18 @@ def __init__(self, pattern="s", limit=None, mode="reduce"):
 
     def redact(self, timestamp: datetime) -> datetime:
         """Reduces timestamp precision for the parts specifed by the pattern using
-        M: month, d: day, h: hour, m: minute, s: second.
+        M: month, d: day, h: hour, m: minute, s: second, z: timezone (to UTC).
 
-        Example: A pattern of 's' sets the seconds to 0."""
+        Example: A pattern of 's' sets the seconds to 0.
 
+        'z' converts the timestamp to UTC (offset +00:00) and thereby removes
+        the timezone offset as a location fingerprint. It is applied before the
+        precision reductions, so those operate on the resulting UTC wall-clock
+        time (and, with a 'limit', the working-hours window is interpreted in
+        UTC as well)."""
+
+        if "z" in self.pattern:
+            timestamp = self._to_utc(timestamp)
         if "M" in self.pattern:
             timestamp = timestamp.replace(month=1)
         if "d" in self.pattern:
@@ -36,6 +44,15 @@ def redact(self, timestamp: datetime) -> datetime:
         timestamp = self._enforce_limit(timestamp)
         return timestamp
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _to_utc(timestamp: datetime) -> datetime:
+        """Convert an aware timestamp to UTC, preserving the instant. A naive
+        timestamp is assumed to already be UTC and merely tagged as such, so the
+        result is deterministic regardless of the host's local timezone."""
+        if timestamp.tzinfo is None:
+            return timestamp.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        return timestamp.astimezone(timezone.utc)
+
     def _enforce_limit(self, timestamp: datetime) -> datetime:
         if not self.limit:
             return timestamp
diff --git a/gitprivacy/gitprivacy.py b/gitprivacy/gitprivacy.py
index d926aad..4f5a71f 100755
--- a/gitprivacy/gitprivacy.py
+++ b/gitprivacy/gitprivacy.py
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ def get_dateredacter(self) -> DateRedacter:
                 "\n"
                 "The pattern is a comma separated list that may contain the "
                 "following time unit identifiers: "
-                "M: month, d: day, h: hour, m: minute, s: second.",
+                "M: month, d: day, h: hour, m: minute, s: second, "
+                "z: timezone (normalise to UTC).",
                 preserve_paragraphs=True))
         return ResolutionDateRedacter(self.pattern, self.limit, self.mode)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_timestamp.py b/tests/test_timestamp.py
index ad959df..4293aef 100644
--- a/tests/test_timestamp.py
+++ b/tests/test_timestamp.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import unittest
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
 from gitprivacy.dateredacter import ResolutionDateRedacter
 
@@ -40,6 +40,47 @@ def test_month(self):
         self.assertEqual(ts.redact(self.full), expected)
 
 
+class TimezoneTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        # 14:42:13 at UTC+02:00  ==  12:42:13 UTC (same instant)
+        self.cet = datetime(year=2018, month=12, day=18,
+                            hour=14, minute=42, second=13,
+                            tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(hours=2)))
+
+    def test_to_utc(self):
+        ts = ResolutionDateRedacter(mode="reduce", pattern="z")
+        result = ts.redact(self.cet)
+        expected = datetime(year=2018, month=12, day=18,
+                            hour=12, minute=42, second=13,
+                            tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        self.assertEqual(result, expected)
+        self.assertEqual(result.utcoffset(), timedelta(0))
+
+    def test_preserves_instant(self):
+        ts = ResolutionDateRedacter(mode="reduce", pattern="z")
+        self.assertEqual(ts.redact(self.cet).timestamp(), self.cet.timestamp())
+
+    def test_applied_before_reductions(self):
+        # 01:30 +02:00 -> 2018-12-17 23:30 UTC -> 'h' zeroes the hour -> 00:30 UTC.
+        # The date rolling back to the 17th proves the UTC conversion ran first.
+        ts = ResolutionDateRedacter(mode="reduce", pattern="hz")
+        early = datetime(year=2018, month=12, day=18,
+                         hour=1, minute=30, second=0,
+                         tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(hours=2)))
+        expected = datetime(year=2018, month=12, day=17,
+                            hour=0, minute=30, second=0,
+                            tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        self.assertEqual(ts.redact(early), expected)
+
+    def test_naive_assumed_utc(self):
+        ts = ResolutionDateRedacter(mode="reduce", pattern="z")
+        naive = datetime(year=2018, month=12, day=18,
+                         hour=14, minute=42, second=13)
+        result = ts.redact(naive)
+        self.assertEqual(result.utcoffset(), timedelta(0))
+        self.assertEqual(result.replace(tzinfo=None), naive)
+
+
 class LimitTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_before(self):
         ts = ResolutionDateRedacter(limit="9-17")