diff --git a/src/extractors/custom/www.mentalfloss.com/index.js b/src/extractors/custom/www.mentalfloss.com/index.js
index f1ff836e..f888d6ae 100644
--- a/src/extractors/custom/www.mentalfloss.com/index.js
+++ b/src/extractors/custom/www.mentalfloss.com/index.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const WwwMentalflossComExtractor = {
       ['meta[name="article:published_time"]', 'value'],
       '.date-display-single',
     ],
-    timezone: 'America/New_York',
+    // timezone: 'America/New_York',
   },
 
   lead_image_url: {
diff --git a/src/extractors/custom/www.newyorker.com/index.js b/src/extractors/custom/www.newyorker.com/index.js
index b7ed305f..d4b60c50 100644
--- a/src/extractors/custom/www.newyorker.com/index.js
+++ b/src/extractors/custom/www.newyorker.com/index.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const NewYorkerExtractor = {
       'time.content-header__publish-date',
       ['meta[name="pubdate"]', 'value'],
     ],
-    timezone: 'America/New_York',
+    // timezone: 'America/New_York',
   },
 
   lead_image_url: {
diff --git a/src/extractors/custom/www.rawstory.com/index.js b/src/extractors/custom/www.rawstory.com/index.js
index ff00f05f..81a4a533 100644
--- a/src/extractors/custom/www.rawstory.com/index.js
+++ b/src/extractors/custom/www.rawstory.com/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const WwwRawstoryComExtractor = {
       '.blog-author a:last-of-type',
     ],
 
-    timezone: 'EST',
+    // timezone: 'EST',
   },
 
   lead_image_url: {
diff --git a/src/extractors/custom/www.rollingstone.com/index.js b/src/extractors/custom/www.rollingstone.com/index.js
index 78c2f44f..7a573301 100644
--- a/src/extractors/custom/www.rollingstone.com/index.js
+++ b/src/extractors/custom/www.rollingstone.com/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const WwwRollingstoneComExtractor = {
       'time.content-published-date',
     ],
 
-    timezone: 'America/New_York',
+    // timezone: 'America/New_York',
   },
 
   dek: {
diff --git a/src/extractors/custom/www.si.com/index.js b/src/extractors/custom/www.si.com/index.js
index f1f2d85f..1d663861 100644
--- a/src/extractors/custom/www.si.com/index.js
+++ b/src/extractors/custom/www.si.com/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const WwwSiComExtractor = {
   date_published: {
     selectors: [['meta[name="published"]', 'value']],
 
-    timezone: 'America/New_York',
+    // timezone: 'America/New_York',
   },
 
   dek: {
diff --git a/src/extractors/custom/www.usmagazine.com/index.js b/src/extractors/custom/www.usmagazine.com/index.js
index 5a6ae017..5482fa7f 100644
--- a/src/extractors/custom/www.usmagazine.com/index.js
+++ b/src/extractors/custom/www.usmagazine.com/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const WwwUsmagazineComExtractor = {
   },
 
   date_published: {
-    timezone: 'America/New_York',
+    // timezone: 'America/New_York',
 
     selectors: [['meta[name="article:published_time"]', 'value']],
   },