diff --git a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/restclient/lib/DateTools.java b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/restclient/lib/DateTools.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/restclient/lib/DateTools.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/restclient/lib/DateTools.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class DateTools {
     public static final String ES_DATE_FORMAT_NO_MS = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
 
     public static final DateTimeFormatter DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("E MMM dd YYYY HH:mm:ss.SSS ZZ");
+    public static final DateTimeFormatter SHORT_DATE_FORMAT_TZ = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS ZZ");
     public static final DateTimeFormatter SHORT_DATE_FORMAT = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
     private static DateTimeZone globalTimezone = DateTimeZone.getDefault();
Addd short date format including TZ