diff --git a/app/notify_client/job_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/job_api_client.py
index ac1cdfd9b..bd4400177 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/job_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/job_api_client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+import datetime
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
+
 from app.extensions import redis_client
 from app.notify_client import NotifyAdminAPIClient, _attach_current_user, cache
+from app.utils.csv import get_user_preferred_timezone
 
 
 class JobApiClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
@@ -86,10 +90,26 @@ class JobApiClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
     def has_jobs(self, service_id):
         return bool(self.get_jobs(service_id)["data"])
 
+    @classmethod
+    def convert_user_time_to_utc(cls, scheduled_for):
+        user_preferred_tz = get_user_preferred_timezone()
+
+        user_date = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(scheduled_for)
+        scheduled_for = (
+            user_date.replace(tzinfo=ZoneInfo(user_preferred_tz))
+            .astimezone(ZoneInfo("UTC"))
+            .strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
+        )
+
+        return scheduled_for
+
     def create_job(self, job_id, service_id, scheduled_for=None):
         data = {"id": job_id}
 
+        # make a datetime object in the user's preferred timezone
+
         if scheduled_for:
+            scheduled_for = self.convert_user_time_to_utc(scheduled_for)
             data.update({"scheduled_for": scheduled_for})
 
         data = _attach_current_user(data)
diff --git a/app/utils/time.py b/app/utils/time.py
index 9ae24b1bd..b658fba56 100644
--- a/app/utils/time.py
+++ b/app/utils/time.py
@@ -22,3 +22,9 @@ def is_less_than_days_ago(date_from_db, number_of_days):
 
 def parse_naive_dt(dt):
     return parser.parse(dt, ignoretz=True)
+
+
+def hilite(message):
+    ansi_green = "\033[32m"
+    ansi_reset = "\033[0m"
+    return f"{ansi_green}{message}{ansi_reset}"
diff --git a/tests/app/notify_client/test_job_client.py b/tests/app/notify_client/test_job_client.py
index 7cec603c6..6f76b1786 100644
--- a/tests/app/notify_client/test_job_client.py
+++ b/tests/app/notify_client/test_job_client.py
@@ -32,16 +32,24 @@ def test_client_creates_job_data_correctly(mocker, fake_uuid):
     )
 
 
+def test_convert_user_time_to_utc():
+    original_time = "2023-12-01T12:00:00"
+    utc_time = JobApiClient.convert_user_time_to_utc(original_time)
+    assert utc_time == "2023-12-01T17:00:00"
+
+
 def test_client_schedules_job(mocker, fake_uuid):
     mocker.patch("app.notify_client.current_user", id="1")
 
     mock_post = mocker.patch("app.notify_client.job_api_client.JobApiClient.post")
 
-    when = "2016-08-25T13:04:21.767198"
+    # The default timezone is US/Easter which is off by 4 hours in the summer from UTC
+    when_in_utc = "2016-08-25T17:04:21"
+    when = "2016-08-25T13:04:21"
 
     JobApiClient().create_job(fake_uuid, 1, scheduled_for=when)
 
-    assert mock_post.call_args[1]["data"]["scheduled_for"] == when
+    assert mock_post.call_args[1]["data"]["scheduled_for"] == when_in_utc
 
 
 def test_client_gets_job_by_service_and_job(mocker):