diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9c0d5ae..5b96436 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono-tz"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2554a3155fec064362507487171dcc4edc3df60cb10f3a1fb10ed8094822b120"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "parse-zoneinfo",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -340,6 +350,7 @@ name = "fej"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
+ "chrono-tz",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "rocket",
@@ -1010,6 +1021,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parse-zoneinfo"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c705f256449c60da65e11ff6626e0c16a0a0b96aaa348de61376b249bc340f41"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pear"
 version = "0.1.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6969693..3e94794 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 rocket = "0.4.7"
 serde = "1.0.124"
 chrono = "0.4.19"
+chrono-tz = "0.5.3"
 regex = "1.4.5"
 
 [dependencies.reqwest]
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index cf78244..a34dba6 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// I can probably do this way easier using an external crate, I should do that
 use rocket::http::Status;
 
 pub enum FejError {
@@ -20,3 +21,9 @@ impl From<reqwest::Error> for FejError {
         FejError::FailedRequest
     }
 }
+
+impl From<chrono::ParseError> for FejError {
+    fn from(_: chrono::ParseError) -> FejError {
+        FejError::InvalidArgument
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ivago/controller/pickup_times.rs b/src/ivago/controller/pickup_times.rs
index 0a9bd3d..955e840 100644
--- a/src/ivago/controller/pickup_times.rs
+++ b/src/ivago/controller/pickup_times.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use super::structs::{BasicDate, PickupTime, Street};
 use crate::errors::FejError;
+use chrono::DateTime;
+use chrono_tz::Tz;
 use reqwest::blocking as reqwest;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::convert::{From, TryFrom};
@@ -8,10 +10,10 @@ const BASE_URL: &str = "https://www.ivago.be/nl/particulier/afval/ophaling";
 const CAL_URL: &str = "https://www.ivago.be/nl/particulier/garbage/pick-up/pickups";
 
 pub fn get_pickup_times(
-    street: Street,
-    number: u32,
-    start_date: BasicDate,
-    end_date: BasicDate,
+    street: &Street,
+    number: &u32,
+    start_date: &DateTime<Tz>,
+    end_date: &DateTime<Tz>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<PickupTime>, FejError> {
     let client = reqwest::Client::builder().cookie_store(true).build()?;
 
@@ -31,8 +33,8 @@ pub fn get_pickup_times(
         .query(&[
             ("_format", "json"),
             ("type", ""),
-            ("start", &start_date.epoch().to_string()),
-            ("end", &end_date.epoch().to_string()),
+            ("start", &start_date.timestamp().to_string()),
+            ("end", &end_date.timestamp().to_string()),
         ])
         .send()?;
     let data: Vec<HashMap<String, String>> = response.json()?;
@@ -41,8 +43,9 @@ pub fn get_pickup_times(
 
     for map in data.iter() {
         output.push(PickupTime::new(
-            // TODO should I check here if the parsing worked?
-            BasicDate::try_from(map.get("date").unwrap().as_str()).unwrap(),
+            // TODO it's really not logical here that this would return an
+            // "InvalidArgument" error, it should just skip the item
+            BasicDate::try_from(map.get("date").unwrap().as_str())?,
             map.get("label").unwrap().to_string(),
         ))
     }
diff --git a/src/ivago/controller/structs/basic_date.rs b/src/ivago/controller/structs/basic_date.rs
index 421d7df..e7518fa 100644
--- a/src/ivago/controller/structs/basic_date.rs
+++ b/src/ivago/controller/structs/basic_date.rs
@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
-use chrono::{FixedOffset, TimeZone};
-use regex::Regex;
+use crate::errors::FejError;
+use chrono::{DateTime, NaiveDate, TimeZone};
+use chrono_tz::Europe::Brussels;
+use chrono_tz::Tz;
 use rocket::http::RawStr;
 use rocket::request::FromFormValue;
 use serde::ser::Serializer;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 
-/// Represents a very simple Timezoneless date. Considering the timezone will
-/// always be CEST (aka Belgium's timezone), this is good enough. I use this
-/// instead of a NaiveDate to avoid E0117.
-pub struct BasicDate {
-    year: u32,
-    month: u8,
-    day: u8,
-}
-
-impl BasicDate {
-    /// Return the seconds since epoch for this date
-    pub fn epoch(&self) -> i64 {
-        // Timezone of Brussels is UTC + 2 hours in the western hemisphere
-        FixedOffset::west(7_200)
-            .ymd(self.year as i32, self.month as u32, self.day as u32)
-            // For some reason, I couldn't get .timestamp() to work on a Date
-            // without a time component, even though the docs seemed to
-            // indicate this was possible
-            .and_hms(0, 0, 0)
-            .timestamp()
-    }
-}
+/// This class is a simple wrapper around chrono's DateTime. Its sole purpose
+/// is to avoid error E0117.
+pub struct BasicDate(pub DateTime<Tz>);
 
 /// This allows us to use BasicDate as a query parameter in our routes.
 impl<'v> FromFormValue<'v> for BasicDate {
@@ -41,29 +24,25 @@ impl<'v> FromFormValue<'v> for BasicDate {
     }
 }
 
-/// We need this when deserializing BasicDate.
-impl ToString for BasicDate {
-    fn to_string(&self) -> String {
-        format!("{}-{}-{}", self.year, self.month, self.day)
+/// This is used to serialize BasicDate.
+impl TryFrom<&str> for BasicDate {
+    type Error = FejError;
+
+    fn try_from(s: &str) -> Result<BasicDate, Self::Error> {
+        let naive_date = NaiveDate::parse_from_str(s, "%Y-%m-%d")?;
+
+        Ok(BasicDate(
+            Brussels
+                .from_local_datetime(&naive_date.and_hms(0, 0, 0))
+                .single()
+                .ok_or(FejError::InvalidArgument)?,
+        ))
     }
 }
 
-/// This is used to serialize BasicDate.
-impl TryFrom<&str> for BasicDate {
-    type Error = ();
-
-    fn try_from(s: &str) -> Result<BasicDate, Self::Error> {
-        let re = Regex::new(r"^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$").unwrap();
-
-        match re.captures(s) {
-            None => Err(()),
-            Some(caps) => Ok(BasicDate {
-                // TODO change this to ? operator if possible
-                year: caps.get(1).unwrap().as_str().parse().unwrap(),
-                month: caps.get(2).unwrap().as_str().parse().unwrap(),
-                day: caps.get(3).unwrap().as_str().parse().unwrap(),
-            }),
-        }
+impl From<&BasicDate> for String {
+    fn from(date: &BasicDate) -> String {
+        format!("{}", date.0.format("%Y-%m-%d"))
     }
 }
 
@@ -72,6 +51,6 @@ impl Serialize for BasicDate {
     where
         S: Serializer,
     {
-        serializer.serialize_str(&self.to_string())
+        serializer.serialize_str(&String::from(self))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ivago/controller/structs/street.rs b/src/ivago/controller/structs/street.rs
index 35f7e16..1ca64ec 100644
--- a/src/ivago/controller/structs/street.rs
+++ b/src/ivago/controller/structs/street.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ pub struct Street {
     pub city: String,
 }
 
-impl From<Street> for String {
-    fn from(street: Street) -> String {
+impl From<&Street> for String {
+    fn from(street: &Street) -> String {
         format!("{} ({})", street.name, street.city)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ivago/mod.rs b/src/ivago/mod.rs
index 78b1fc2..4a03e48 100644
--- a/src/ivago/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ivago/mod.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ pub fn route_get_pickup_times(
     end_date: BasicDate,
 ) -> Result<Json<Vec<PickupTime>>, Status> {
     Ok(Json(get_pickup_times(
-        street, number, start_date, end_date,
+        &street,
+        &number,
+        &start_date.0,
+        &end_date.0,
     )?))
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9452f9f..485f370 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rocket;
 
+extern crate chrono_tz;
+
 // Route modules
 mod catchers;
 mod errors;