diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 294a455..8be448a 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ var formatParsedObject = function(type, input, valid, parsed) {
 };
 
 /* istanbul ignore next */
-Utils._getCurrentDate = function(locale) {
+Utils._getCurrentDate = function(options) {
   // Makes unit testing possible, by allowing this
   // function to be mocked.
-  return SugarDate.create('now', locale);
+  return SugarDate.create('now', options);
 };
 
 /* istanbul ignore next */
-Utils._getFutureDate = function(str, locale) {
+Utils._getFutureDate = function(str, options) {
   // Makes unit testing possible, by allowing this
   // function to be mocked.
-  return SugarDate.create(str, {future: true, locale: locale});
+  return SugarDate.create(str, _.assign({future: true}, options));
 };
 
 Utils.activateDateParser = function() {
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ Utils.cloneTerse = function(input) {
  *  - Utils.parseDateTimeField('may 25th of next year')
  *  - Utils.parseDateTimeField('2014-01-18 09:30:00')
  *  - Utils.parseDateTimeField('2014-01-18 09:30:00 -0400')
+ *  - Utils.parseDateTimeField('2014-01-18 09:30:00', 'en-GB')
+ *  - Utils.parseDateTimeField('2014-01-18 09:30:00', {fromUTC: true, setUTC: true})
  *  - Utils.parseDateTimeField('in 2 days')
  *  - Utils.parseDateTimeField('5 minutes from now')
  *  - Utils.parseDateTimeField('2014-01-18 09:30:00 -0400 +2d +30m')
@@ -417,6 +419,7 @@ Utils.cloneTerse = function(input) {
  *  - -4d -6h will reduce the parsed date by 4 days and 6 hours
  *
  * @param  {String} field the date string to parse.
+ * @param  {String} locale the locale string OR options object.
  * @return {Object}       an object containing the parsed date, or the passed field if it was not a String.
  */
 Utils.parseDateTimeField = function(field, locale) {
@@ -424,6 +427,13 @@ Utils.parseDateTimeField = function(field, locale) {
     return formatParsedObject('date', field, isValid, parsed);
   };
 
+  var options = {};
+  if (_.isString(locale)) {
+    options.locale = locale;
+  } else if (locale) {
+    options = locale;
+  }
+
   var parsedDate;
 
   if(_.isDate(field)) {
@@ -431,7 +441,7 @@ Utils.parseDateTimeField = function(field, locale) {
 
   } else if(!_.isString(field)) {
     // Just create a date from the passed value.
-    parsedDate = SugarDate.create(field, locale);
+    parsedDate = SugarDate.create(field, options);
 
   } else {
     // Regex for parsing a offset modifier.
@@ -479,8 +489,8 @@ Utils.parseDateTimeField = function(field, locale) {
     // Otherwise, parse the string to create a date in the future.
     parsedDate =
       withoutOffsetModifiers === '' && hasOffsetModifier ?
-        Utils._getCurrentDate(locale) :
-        Utils._getFutureDate(withoutOffsetModifiers, locale);
+        Utils._getCurrentDate(options) :
+        Utils._getFutureDate(withoutOffsetModifiers, options);
 
     if(SugarDate.isValid(parsedDate) && hasOffsetModifier && offsetSecs) {
       // Apply the offset modifier.
diff --git a/spec/specs.js b/spec/specs.js
index 70a9a0a..e1e64bf 100644
--- a/spec/specs.js
+++ b/spec/specs.js
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ describe('Utils', function() {
 
     it('should parse a datetime string', function() {
       expectValidDate('tomorrow', epoch);
-      expect(Utils._getFutureDate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('tomorrow', undefined);
+      expect(Utils._getFutureDate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('tomorrow', {});
     });
 
     it('should return as invalid if no string is passed', function() {
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ describe('Utils', function() {
     describe('Locales', function() {
       it('parses a date withtout locale', function() {
         Utils.parseDateTimeField('now +1d');
-        expect(Utils._getFutureDate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now', undefined);
+        expect(Utils._getFutureDate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now', {});
 
         epoch = SugarDate.create('1/11/2017', {fromUTC: true});
         var d = Utils.parseDateTimeField('1/11/2017');
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ describe('Utils', function() {
 
       it('parses a date with locale', function() {
         Utils.parseDateTimeField('now +1d', 'en-GB');
-        expect(Utils._getFutureDate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now', 'en-GB');
+        expect(Utils._getFutureDate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now', {locale: 'en-GB'});
 
         epoch = SugarDate.create('1/11/2017', {fromUTC: true});
         var d = Utils.parseDateTimeField('11/1/2017');
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ describe('Utils', function() {
     describe('Offset Modifiers', function() {
       it('should strip offset modifier from string to parse', function() {
         Utils.parseDateTimeField('now +1d');
-        expect(Utils._getFutureDate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now', undefined);
+        expect(Utils._getFutureDate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('now', {});
       });
 
       describe('Increment', function() {