diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8397192b3f0..8e2c70d60ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -314,6 +314,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono-tz"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d59ae0466b83e838b81a54256c39d5d7c20b9d7daa10510a242d9b75abd5936e"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "chrono-tz-build",
+ "phf",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono-tz-build"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "433e39f13c9a060046954e0592a8d0a4bcb1040125cbf91cb8ee58964cfb350f"
+dependencies = [
+ "parse-zoneinfo",
+ "phf",
+ "phf_codegen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clang-sys"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1155,16 +1177,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
-version = "0.1.53"
+version = "0.1.60"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64c122667b287044802d6ce17ee2ddf13207ed924c712de9a66a5814d5b64765"
+checksum = "e7ffbb5a1b541ea2561f8c41c087286cc091e21e556a4f09a8f6cbf17b69b141"
 dependencies = [
  "android_system_properties",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "iana-time-zone-haiku",
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "winapi",
+ "windows-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1657,6 +1679,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parse-zoneinfo"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c705f256449c60da65e11ff6626e0c16a0a0b96aaa348de61376b249bc340f41"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parse_datetime"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -2655,7 +2686,9 @@ name = "uu_date"
 version = "0.0.28"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
+ "chrono-tz",
  "clap",
+ "iana-time-zone",
  "libc",
  "parse_datetime",
  "uucore",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 79e6dff4018..044f0b7f51d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.38", default-features = false, features = [
   "alloc",
   "clock",
 ] }
+chrono-tz = "0.8.3"
+iana-time-zone = "0.1.57"
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 clap_complete = "4.4"
 clap_mangen = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
index a99f284713a..f9af720d3f9 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ chrono = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 parse_datetime = { workspace = true }
+chrono-tz = { workspace = true }
+iana-time-zone = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
index 766e79bd497..e3270c2d270 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (chrono) Datelike Timelike ; (format) DATEFILE MMDDhhmm ; (vars) datetime datetimes
 
 use chrono::format::{Item, StrftimeItems};
-use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset, Local, Offset, TimeDelta, Utc};
+use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset, Local, Offset, TimeDelta, TimeZone, Utc};
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use chrono::{Datelike, Timelike};
+use chrono_tz::{OffsetName, Tz};
 use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
+use iana_time_zone::get_timezone;
 #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos"), not(target_os = "redox")))]
 use libc::{clock_settime, timespec, CLOCK_REALTIME};
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -272,8 +274,15 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         for date in dates {
             match date {
                 Ok(date) => {
+                    // TODO - Revisit when chrono 0.5 is released. https://github.com/chronotope/chrono/issues/970
+                    let tz_str = get_timezone().unwrap_or("Etc/UTC".to_string());
+                    let tz: Tz = tz_str.parse().unwrap();
+                    let offset = tz.offset_from_utc_date(&Utc::now().date_naive());
+                    let tz_abbreviation = offset.abbreviation();
                     // GNU `date` uses `%N` for nano seconds, however crate::chrono uses `%f`
-                    let format_string = &format_string.replace("%N", "%f");
+                    let format_string = &format_string
+                        .replace("%N", "%f")
+                        .replace("%Z", tz_abbreviation);
                     // Refuse to pass this string to chrono as it is crashing in this crate
                     if format_string.contains("%#z") {
                         return Err(USimpleError::new(
@@ -403,7 +412,7 @@ fn make_format_string(settings: &Settings) -> &str {
             Rfc3339Format::Ns => "%F %T.%f%:z",
         },
         Format::Custom(ref fmt) => fmt,
-        Format::Default => "%c",
+        Format::Default => "%a %b %e %X %Z %Y",
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
index 553414af853..c5c0bf7cfc9 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ fn test_date_parse_from_format() {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
 fn test_date_from_stdin() {
     new_ucmd!()
         .arg("-f")
@@ -473,8 +474,27 @@ fn test_date_from_stdin() {
         )
         .succeeds()
         .stdout_is(
-            "Mon Mar 27 08:30:00 2023\n\
-             Sat Apr  1 12:00:00 2023\n\
-             Sat Apr 15 18:30:00 2023\n",
+            "Mon Mar 27 08:30:00 UTC 2023\n\
+             Sat Apr  1 12:00:00 UTC 2023\n\
+             Sat Apr 15 18:30:00 UTC 2023\n",
+        );
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+fn test_date_from_stdin() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .arg("-f")
+        .arg("-")
+        .pipe_in(
+            "2023-03-27 08:30:00\n\
+             2023-04-01 12:00:00\n\
+             2023-04-15 18:30:00\n",
+        )
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is(
+            "Mon Mar 27 08:30:00 GMT 2023\n\
+             Sat Apr  1 12:00:00 GMT 2023\n\
+             Sat Apr 15 18:30:00 GMT 2023\n",
         );
 }