diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations/ProjectExplorer.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations/ProjectExplorer.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bc63de00b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/runConfigurations/ProjectExplorer.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
+  <configuration default="false" name="ProjectExplorer" type="Application" factoryName="Application" nameIsGenerated="true">
+    <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH" value="BUNDLED" />
+    <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH_ENABLED" value="true" />
+    <envs>
+      <env name="JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS" value="" />
+    </envs>
+    <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="net.sf.mpxj.explorer.ProjectExplorer" />
+    <module name="mpxj" />
+    <extension name="coverage">
+      <pattern>
+        <option name="PATTERN" value="net.sf.mpxj.explorer.*" />
+        <option name="ENABLED" value="true" />
+      </pattern>
+    </extension>
+    <method v="2">
+      <option name="Make" enabled="true" />
+    </method>
+  </configuration>
+</component>
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diff --git a/src/main/java/net/sf/mpxj/mpp/ProjectPropertiesReader.java b/src/main/java/net/sf/mpxj/mpp/ProjectPropertiesReader.java
index 9d46cdb781..b834c6fa75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/sf/mpxj/mpp/ProjectPropertiesReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/sf/mpxj/mpp/ProjectPropertiesReader.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import net.sf.mpxj.common.DayOfWeekHelper;
@@ -243,6 +242,9 @@ private LocalDateTime getLocalDateTime(Date date)
          return null;
       }
 
-      return LocalDateTime.ofInstant(date.toInstant(), TimeZone.getDefault().toZoneId());
+      m_calendar.setTime(date);
+      return LocalDateTime.of(m_calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR), m_calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1, m_calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH), m_calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY), m_calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE), m_calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND));
    }
+
+   private final Calendar m_calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
 }