diff --git a/basketball_reference_web_scraper/parsers.py b/basketball_reference_web_scraper/parsers.py
index 3a2c867f..9b98da5b 100644
--- a/basketball_reference_web_scraper/parsers.py
+++ b/basketball_reference_web_scraper/parsers.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def parse_start_time(self, formatted_date, formatted_time_of_day):
         # All basketball reference times seem to be in Eastern
         est = pytz.timezone("US/Eastern")
         localized_start_time = est.localize(start_time)
-        return localized_start_time.astimezone(self.time_zone)
+        return localized_start_time
 
 
 class SearchResultNameParser: