diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
index a50534be70..4247742f1f 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
@@ -1647,6 +1647,18 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
                 .wrap('(', ')');
               break;
             }
+          } else if (this.isMssql) {
+            // if there is no timezone info, convert to database timezone, then convert to UTC
+            if (column.dt !== 'datetime2') {
+              const col = `${sanitize(alias || this.model.table_name)}.${
+                column.column_name
+              }`;
+              res[sanitize(column.title || column.column_name)] =
+                this.dbDriver.raw(
+                  `SWITCHOFFSET(??, DATEPART(TZOFFSET, ??)) AT TIME ZONE 'UTC'`,
+                  [col, col],
+                );
+            }
           }
           res[sanitize(column.title || column.column_name)] = sanitize(
             `${alias || this.model.table_name}.${column.column_name}`,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/models/Model.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/models/Model.ts
index e9d552d764..77c825f617 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/models/Model.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/models/Model.ts
@@ -506,10 +506,14 @@ export default class Model implements TableType {
             ]);
           } else if (isMssql) {
             // e.g. 2023-05-10T08:49:32.000Z -> 2023-05-10 08:49:32-08:00
-            val = dayjs(val).utc().format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ssZ');
+            // then convert to db timezone
+            val = knex.raw(
+              `SWITCHOFFSET(? AT TIME ZONE 'UTC', SYSDATETIMEOFFSET()`,
+              [dayjs(val).utc().format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ssZ')],
+            );
           } else {
-            // e.g. 2023-01-01T12:00:00.000Z -> 2023-01-01 20:00:00+08:00
-            val = dayjs(val).format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ssZ');
+            // e.g. 2023-01-01T12:00:00.000Z -> 2023-01-01 12:00:00+00:00
+            val = dayjs(val).utc().format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ssZ');
           }
         }
         insertObj[sanitize(col.column_name)] = val;