diff --git a/dateparse/README.md b/dateparse/README.md
index 2f8a1b1..8f2a982 100644
--- a/dateparse/README.md
+++ b/dateparse/README.md
@@ -10,36 +10,102 @@ Simple CLI to test out dateparse.
 # which method you use to parse
 
 $ dateparse --timezone="America/Denver" "2017-07-19 03:21:00"
-+------------+---------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
-| method     | Input               | Zone Source   | Timezone | Parsed, and Output as %v      |
-+------------+---------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
-| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | Local Default | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
-| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | timezone arg  | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
-| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | UTC           | UTC      | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
-| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | Local Default | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
-| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | timezone arg  | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 -0600 MDT |
-| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | UTC           | UTC      | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
-| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | Local Default | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
-| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | timezone arg  | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 -0600 MDT |
-| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | UTC           | UTC      | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
-+------------+---------------------+---------------+----------+-------------------------------+
+
+Your Current time.Local zone is PDT
+
++------------+---------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| method     | Input               | Zone Source               | Parsed: %v                    | Parsed: t.In(time.UTC)        |
++------------+---------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 -0600 MDT | 2017-07-19 09:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 -0600 MDT | 2017-07-19 09:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
++------------+---------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
 
 #  Note on this one that the outputed zone is always UTC/0 offset as opposed to above
 
 $ dateparse --timezone="America/Denver" "2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00"
-+------------+---------------------------+---------------+----------+---------------------------------+
-| method     | Input                     | Zone Source   | Timezone | Parsed, and Output as %v        |
-+------------+---------------------------+---------------+----------+---------------------------------+
-| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | Local Default | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   |
-| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | timezone arg  | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   |
-| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | UTC           | UTC      | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   |
-| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | Local Default | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   |
-| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | timezone arg  | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 +0000 |
-| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | UTC           | UTC      | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   |
-| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | Local Default | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   |
-| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | timezone arg  | PDT      | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 +0000 |
-| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | UTC           | UTC      | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   |
-+------------+---------------------------+---------------+----------+---------------------------------+
+
+Your Current time.Local zone is PDT
+
++------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| method     | Input                     | Zone Source               | Parsed: %v                      | Parsed: t.In(time.UTC)        |
++------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 +0000 | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 +0000 | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 +0000 | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | 2017-07-19 03:21:51+00:00 | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC   | 2017-07-19 03:21:51 +0000 UTC |
++------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+
+
+$ dateparse --timezone="America/Denver" "Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT"
+
+Your Current time.Local zone is PDT
+
++------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| method     | Input                          | Zone Source               | Parsed: %v                    | Parsed: t.In(time.UTC)        |
++------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ParseAny   | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 -0600 MDT | 2017-07-19 09:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 -0600 MDT | 2017-07-19 09:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 -0600 MDT | 2017-07-19 09:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
++------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+
+
+# pass in a wrong timezone "MST" (should be MDT)
+$ dateparse --timezone="America/Denver" "Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST"
+
+Your Current time.Local zone is PDT
+
++------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| method     | Input                          | Zone Source               | Parsed: %v                    | Parsed: t.In(time.UTC)        |
++------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ParseAny   | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MST | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 04:21:00 -0600 MDT | 2017-07-19 10:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MST | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MST | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 04:21:00 -0600 MDT | 2017-07-19 10:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MST | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MST | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 04:21:00 -0600 MDT | 2017-07-19 10:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MST | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MST | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
++------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+
+
+# note, we are using America/New_York which doesn't recognize MDT so essentially ignores it
+$ dateparse --timezone="America/New_York" "Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT"
+
+Your Current time.Local zone is PDT
+
++------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| method     | Input                          | Zone Source               | Parsed: %v                    | Parsed: t.In(time.UTC)        |
++------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ParseIn    | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseIn    | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseLocal | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = nil          | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = timezone arg | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
+| ParseAny   | Monday, 19-Jul-17 03:21:00 MDT | time.Local = time.UTC     | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 MDT | 2017-07-19 03:21:00 +0000 UTC |
++------------+--------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+
 
 
 ```
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diff --git a/dateparse/main.go b/dateparse/main.go
index 16da552..bdf24cf 100644
--- a/dateparse/main.go
+++ b/dateparse/main.go
@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ func main() {
 		loc = l
 	}
 
+	zonename, _ := time.Now().In(time.Local).Zone()
+	fmt.Printf("\nYour Current time.Local zone is %v\n\n", zonename)
+
 	table := termtables.CreateTable()
 
-	table.AddHeaders("method", "Input", "Zone Source", "Timezone", "Parsed, and Output as %v")
+	table.AddHeaders("method", "Input", "Zone Source", "Parsed", "Parsed: t.In(time.UTC)")
 
 	parsers := map[string]parser{
 		"ParseAny":   parseAny,
@@ -51,34 +54,38 @@ func main() {
 		"ParseLocal": parseLocal,
 	}
 
-	zonename, _ := time.Now().In(time.Local).Zone()
 	for name, parser := range parsers {
 		time.Local = nil
-		table.AddRow(name, datestr, "Local Default", zonename, parser(datestr, nil))
+		table.AddRow(name, datestr, "time.Local = nil", parser(datestr, nil), parser(datestr, nil).In(time.UTC))
 		if timezone != "" {
-			table.AddRow(name, datestr, "timezone arg", zonename, parser(datestr, loc))
+			time.Local = loc
+			table.AddRow(name, datestr, "time.Local = timezone arg", parser(datestr, loc), parser(datestr, loc).In(time.UTC))
 		}
 		time.Local = time.UTC
-		table.AddRow(name, datestr, "UTC", "UTC", parser(datestr, time.UTC))
+		table.AddRow(name, datestr, "time.Local = time.UTC", parser(datestr, time.UTC), parser(datestr, time.UTC).In(time.UTC))
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println(table.Render())
 }
 
-type parser func(datestr string, loc *time.Location) string
+func stuff() (string, string) {
+	return "more", "stuff"
+}
 
-func parseLocal(datestr string, loc *time.Location) string {
+type parser func(datestr string, loc *time.Location) time.Time
+
+func parseLocal(datestr string, loc *time.Location) time.Time {
 	time.Local = loc
 	t, _ := dateparse.ParseLocal(datestr)
-	return t.String()
+	return t
 }
 
-func parseIn(datestr string, loc *time.Location) string {
+func parseIn(datestr string, loc *time.Location) time.Time {
 	t, _ := dateparse.ParseIn(datestr, loc)
-	return t.String()
+	return t
 }
 
-func parseAny(datestr string, loc *time.Location) string {
+func parseAny(datestr string, loc *time.Location) time.Time {
 	t, _ := dateparse.ParseAny(datestr)
-	return t.String()
+	return t
 }