diff --git a/cqlengine/columns.py b/cqlengine/columns.py
index 10a5e1b9..dd7b3ba3 100644
--- a/cqlengine/columns.py
+++ b/cqlengine/columns.py
@@ -328,11 +328,9 @@ class DateTime(Column):
             else:
                 raise ValidationError("'{}' is not a datetime object".format(value))
         epoch = datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=value.tzinfo)
-        offset = 0
-        if epoch.tzinfo:
-            offset_delta = epoch.tzinfo.utcoffset(epoch)
-            offset = offset_delta.days*24*3600 + offset_delta.seconds
-        return long(((value  - epoch).total_seconds() - offset) * 1000)
+        offset = epoch.tzinfo.utcoffset(epoch).total_seconds() if epoch.tzinfo else 0
+
+        return long(((value - epoch).total_seconds() - offset) * 1000)
 
 
 class Date(Column):
@@ -402,12 +400,7 @@ class TimeUUID(UUID):
         global _last_timestamp
 
         epoch = datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=dt.tzinfo)
-
-        offset = 0
-        if epoch.tzinfo:
-            offset_delta = epoch.tzinfo.utcoffset(epoch)
-            offset = offset_delta.days*24*3600 + offset_delta.seconds
-
+        offset = epoch.tzinfo.utcoffset(epoch).total_seconds() if epoch.tzinfo else 0
         timestamp = (dt  - epoch).total_seconds() - offset
 
         node = None
diff --git a/cqlengine/functions.py b/cqlengine/functions.py
index eee1fcab..13661845 100644
--- a/cqlengine/functions.py
+++ b/cqlengine/functions.py
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ class MinTimeUUID(BaseQueryFunction):
         super(MinTimeUUID, self).__init__(value)
 
     def get_value(self):
-        epoch = datetime(1970, 1, 1)
-        return long((self.value - epoch).total_seconds() * 1000)
+        epoch = datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=self.value.tzinfo)
+        offset = epoch.tzinfo.utcoffset(epoch).total_seconds() if epoch.tzinfo else 0
+
+        return long(((self.value - epoch).total_seconds() - offset) * 1000)
 
     def get_dict(self, column):
         return {self.identifier: self.get_value()}
@@ -79,8 +81,10 @@ class MaxTimeUUID(BaseQueryFunction):
         super(MaxTimeUUID, self).__init__(value)
 
     def get_value(self):
-        epoch = datetime(1970, 1, 1)
-        return long((self.value - epoch).total_seconds() * 1000)
+        epoch = datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=self.value.tzinfo)
+        offset = epoch.tzinfo.utcoffset(epoch).total_seconds() if epoch.tzinfo else 0
+
+        return long(((self.value - epoch).total_seconds() - offset) * 1000)
 
     def get_dict(self, column):
         return {self.identifier: self.get_value()}
diff --git a/cqlengine/tests/query/test_queryset.py b/cqlengine/tests/query/test_queryset.py
index 117c87c1..9004a28b 100644
--- a/cqlengine/tests/query/test_queryset.py
+++ b/cqlengine/tests/query/test_queryset.py
@@ -11,6 +11,25 @@ from cqlengine.management import delete_table
 from cqlengine.models import Model
 from cqlengine import columns
 from cqlengine import query
+from datetime import timedelta
+from datetime import tzinfo
+
+
+class TzOffset(tzinfo):
+    """Minimal implementation of a timezone offset to help testing with timezone
+    aware datetimes.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, offset):
+        self._offset = timedelta(hours=offset)
+
+    def utcoffset(self, dt):
+        return self._offset
+
+    def tzname(self, dt):
+        return 'TzOffset: {}'.format(self._offset.hours)
+
+    def dst(self, dt):
+        return timedelta(0)
 
 class TestModel(Model):
     test_id = columns.Integer(primary_key=True)
@@ -515,6 +534,49 @@ class TestMinMaxTimeUUIDFunctions(BaseCassEngTestCase):
         super(TestMinMaxTimeUUIDFunctions, cls).tearDownClass()
         delete_table(TimeUUIDQueryModel)
 
+    def test_tzaware_datetime_support(self):
+        """Test that using timezone aware datetime instances works with the
+        MinTimeUUID/MaxTimeUUID functions.
+        """
+        pk = uuid4()
+        midpoint_utc = datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=TzOffset(0))
+        midpoint_helsinki = midpoint_utc.astimezone(TzOffset(3))
+
+        # Assert pre-condition that we have the same logical point in time
+        assert midpoint_utc.utctimetuple() == midpoint_helsinki.utctimetuple()
+        assert midpoint_utc.timetuple() != midpoint_helsinki.timetuple()
+
+        TimeUUIDQueryModel.create(
+            partition=pk,
+            time=columns.TimeUUID.from_datetime(midpoint_utc - timedelta(minutes=1)),
+            data='1')
+
+        TimeUUIDQueryModel.create(
+            partition=pk,
+            time=columns.TimeUUID.from_datetime(midpoint_utc),
+            data='2')
+
+        TimeUUIDQueryModel.create(
+            partition=pk,
+            time=columns.TimeUUID.from_datetime(midpoint_utc + timedelta(minutes=1)),
+            data='3')
+
+        assert ['1', '2'] == [o.data for o in TimeUUIDQueryModel.filter(
+            TimeUUIDQueryModel.partition == pk,
+            TimeUUIDQueryModel.time <= functions.MaxTimeUUID(midpoint_utc))]
+
+        assert ['1', '2'] == [o.data for o in TimeUUIDQueryModel.filter(
+            TimeUUIDQueryModel.partition == pk,
+            TimeUUIDQueryModel.time <= functions.MaxTimeUUID(midpoint_helsinki))]
+
+        assert ['2', '3'] == [o.data for o in TimeUUIDQueryModel.filter(
+            TimeUUIDQueryModel.partition == pk,
+            TimeUUIDQueryModel.time >= functions.MinTimeUUID(midpoint_utc))]
+
+        assert ['2', '3'] == [o.data for o in TimeUUIDQueryModel.filter(
+            TimeUUIDQueryModel.partition == pk,
+            TimeUUIDQueryModel.time >= functions.MinTimeUUID(midpoint_helsinki))]
+
     def test_success_case(self):
         """ Test that the min and max time uuid functions work as expected """
         pk = uuid4()