diff --git a/lib/Excel/Writer/XLSX/Utility.pm b/lib/Excel/Writer/XLSX/Utility.pm
index 2678717e..ac53f9fe 100644
--- a/lib/Excel/Writer/XLSX/Utility.pm
+++ b/lib/Excel/Writer/XLSX/Utility.pm
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ This function converts a date and time string into a number that represents an E
 
 The parsing is performed using the C<ParseDate()> function of the L<Date::Manip> module. Refer to the C<Date::Manip> documentation for further information about the date and time formats that can be parsed. In order to use this function you will probably have to initialise some C<Date::Manip> variables via the C<xl_parse_date_init()> function, see below.
 
-    xl_parse_date_init( "TZ=GMT", "DateFormat=non-US" );
+    xl_parse_date_init( "DateFormat=non-US" );
 
     $date1 = xl_parse_date( "11/7/97" );
     $date2 = xl_parse_date( "Friday 11 July 1997" );
@@ -1211,10 +1211,7 @@ This function is used to initialise variables required by the L<Date::Manip> mod
 
 This function is a thin wrapper for the C<Date::Manip::Date_Init()> function. You can use C<Date_Init()>  directly if you wish. Refer to the C<Date::Manip> documentation for further information.
 
-    xl_parse_date_init( "TZ=MST", "DateFormat=US" );
-    $date1 = xl_parse_date( "11/7/97" );    # November 7th 1997
-
-    xl_parse_date_init( "TZ=GMT", "DateFormat=non-US" );
+    xl_parse_date_init( "DateFormat=non-US" );
     $date1 = xl_parse_date( "11/7/97" );    # July 11th 1997
 
 =head2 xl_decode_date_EU($string)
diff --git a/t/utility/xl_parse_date.t b/t/utility/xl_parse_date.t
index ae4e2a84..29fe0750 100755
--- a/t/utility/xl_parse_date.t
+++ b/t/utility/xl_parse_date.t
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ my $expected;
 my $caption;
 my $date;
 
-xl_parse_date_init( "TZ=GMT", "DateFormat=non-US" );
+xl_parse_date_init( "DateFormat=non-US" );
 
 
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