diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/DateUtilities.java b/src/main/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/DateUtilities.java
index ae251165..1336edd2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/DateUtilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/DateUtilities.java
@@ -260,9 +260,10 @@ public static ZonedDateTime parseDate(String dateStr, ZoneId defaultZoneId, bool
                 tz = matcher.group(5).trim();
             }
             if (matcher.group(6) != null) {
-                if (StringUtilities.isEmpty(tz)) {    // Only use timezone name when offset is not used
-                    tz = stripBrackets(matcher.group(6).trim());
-                }
+                // to make round trip of ZonedDateTime equivalent we need to use the original Zone as ZoneId
+                // ZoneId is a much broader definition handling multiple possible dates, and we want this to
+                // be equivalent to the original zone that was used if one was present.
+                tz = stripBrackets(matcher.group(6).trim());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/convert/MapConversions.java b/src/main/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/convert/MapConversions.java
index 38836506..192aca4b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/convert/MapConversions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/convert/MapConversions.java
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ static ZoneId toZoneId(Object from, Converter converter) {
             ConverterOptions options = converter.getOptions();
             ZoneId zoneId = converter.convert(map.get(ZONE), ZoneId.class);
             return zoneId;
+        } else if (map.containsKey(ID)) {
+            ConverterOptions options = converter.getOptions();
+            ZoneId zoneId = converter.convert(map.get(ID), ZoneId.class);
+            return zoneId;
         } else {
             return fromSingleKey(from, converter, ZONE, ZoneId.class);
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/TestDateUtilities.java b/src/test/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/TestDateUtilities.java
index e9e73a65..6652e50b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/TestDateUtilities.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/TestDateUtilities.java
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 package com.cedarsoftware.util;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
-
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
@@ -17,6 +11,12 @@
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/convert/ZonedDateTimeConversionsTests.java b/src/test/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/convert/ZonedDateTimeConversionsTests.java
index e4e981fd..62d59971 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/convert/ZonedDateTimeConversionsTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cedarsoftware/util/convert/ZonedDateTimeConversionsTests.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -10,7 +11,9 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import com.cedarsoftware.util.DeepEquals;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 class ZonedDateTimeConversionsTests {
 
@@ -44,11 +47,13 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> roundTripZDT() {
     void testZonedDateTime(ZonedDateTime zdt) {
 
         String value = this.converter.convert(zdt, String.class);
-        System.out.println(value);
         ZonedDateTime actual = this.converter.convert(value, ZonedDateTime.class);
-        System.out.println(actual);
 
-        assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(zdt);
-    }
+        assertTrue(DeepEquals.deepEquals(actual, zdt));
 
+        value = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_ZONED_DATE_TIME.format(zdt);
+        actual = this.converter.convert(value, ZonedDateTime.class);
+
+        assertTrue(DeepEquals.deepEquals(actual, zdt));
+    }
 }