diff --git a/Database/RethinkDB/Time.hs b/Database/RethinkDB/Time.hs
--- a/Database/RethinkDB/Time.hs
+++ b/Database/RethinkDB/Time.hs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 parseTimeZone "Z" = return Time.utc
 parseTimeZone tz = Time.minutesToTimeZone <$> case tz of 
   ('-':tz') -> negate <$> go tz'
+  ('+':tz') -> go tz'
   _ -> go tz
   where
     go tz' = do
diff --git a/rethinkdb.cabal b/rethinkdb.cabal
--- a/rethinkdb.cabal
+++ b/rethinkdb.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                rethinkdb
-version:             1.8.0.2
+version:             1.8.0.3
 description:         RethinkDB is a distributed document store with a powerful query language.
 synopsis:            RethinkDB driver for Haskell
 homepage:            http://github.com/atnnn/haskell-rethinkdb