diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e0f6ed..99d73d4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
 find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+find_package(date REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBSECRET REQUIRED libsecret-1)
 
 add_library(launchpad SHARED
@@ -78,5 +79,6 @@ target_link_libraries(launchpad PRIVATE
     nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
     OpenSSL::Crypto
     CURL::libcurl
+    date::date-tz
     ${LIBSECRET_LIBRARIES}
 )
diff --git a/src/build.cpp b/src/build.cpp
index 47a3433..db48afb 100644
--- a/src/build.cpp
+++ b/src/build.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "source_package_publishing_history.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "launchpad.h"
+#include <date/date.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <regex>
@@ -66,48 +67,48 @@ void build::parse_json(const std::string& json_data) {
             {"external_dependencies", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) { external_dependencies = val.get<std::string>(); }},
             {"pocket", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) { pocket = val.get<std::string>(); }},
             {"date_first_dispatched", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) {
-                std::string datetimeStr = val.get<std::string>();
-                std::istringstream ss(datetimeStr);
-                std::tm tm = {};
-                ss >> std::get_time(&tm, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f%z");
+                std::chrono::sys_time<std::chrono::microseconds> parsed_time;
+                std::istringstream ss(val.get<std::string>());
+                ss >> date::parse("%FT%T%z", parsed_time);
+
                 if (ss.fail()) {
-                    std::cout << val << std::endl;
-                    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse date_first_dispatched");
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse date_first_dispatched: " + val.get<std::string>());
                 }
-                date_first_dispatched = std::chrono::system_clock::from_time_t(std::mktime(&tm));
+
+                date_first_dispatched = std::chrono::time_point_cast<std::chrono::system_clock::duration>(parsed_time);
             }},
             {"date_started", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) {
-                std::string datetimeStr = val.get<std::string>();
-                std::istringstream ss(datetimeStr);
-                std::tm tm = {};
-                ss >> std::get_time(&tm, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f%z");
+                std::chrono::sys_time<std::chrono::microseconds> parsed_time;
+                std::istringstream ss(val.get<std::string>());
+                ss >> date::parse("%FT%T%z", parsed_time);
+
                 if (ss.fail()) {
-                    std::cout << val << std::endl;
-                    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse date_started");
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse date_started: " + val.get<std::string>());
                 }
-                date_started = std::chrono::system_clock::from_time_t(std::mktime(&tm));
+
+                date_started = std::chrono::time_point_cast<std::chrono::system_clock::duration>(parsed_time);
             }},
             {"datebuilt", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) {
-                std::string datetimeStr = val.get<std::string>();
-                std::istringstream ss(datetimeStr);
-                std::tm tm = {};
-                ss >> std::get_time(&tm, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f%z");
+                std::chrono::sys_time<std::chrono::microseconds> parsed_time;
+                std::istringstream ss(val.get<std::string>());
+                ss >> date::parse("%FT%T%z", parsed_time);
+
                 if (ss.fail()) {
-                    std::cout << val << std::endl;
-                    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse datebuilt");
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse datebuilt: " + val.get<std::string>());
                 }
-                datebuilt = std::chrono::system_clock::from_time_t(std::mktime(&tm));
+
+                datebuilt = std::chrono::time_point_cast<std::chrono::system_clock::duration>(parsed_time);
             }},
             {"datecreated", [this](const nlohmann::json& val) {
-                std::string datetimeStr = val.get<std::string>();
-                std::istringstream ss(datetimeStr);
-                std::tm tm = {};
-                ss >> std::get_time(&tm, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f%z");
+                std::chrono::sys_time<std::chrono::microseconds> parsed_time;
+                std::istringstream ss(val.get<std::string>());
+                ss >> date::parse("%FT%T%z", parsed_time);
+
                 if (ss.fail()) {
-                    std::cout << val << std::endl;
-                    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse datecreated");
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse datecreated: " + val.get<std::string>());
                 }
-                datecreated = std::chrono::system_clock::from_time_t(std::mktime(&tm));
+
+                datecreated = std::chrono::time_point_cast<std::chrono::system_clock::duration>(parsed_time);
             }}
         };