diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
index 63ca8ee91..0124ea373 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
@@ -2275,8 +2275,10 @@ export type SaveSuccess = {
 export type SaveUrlInput = {
   clientRequestId: Scalars['ID'];
   labels?: InputMaybe<Array<CreateLabelInput>>;
+  locale?: InputMaybe<Scalars['String']>;
   source: Scalars['String'];
   state?: InputMaybe<ArticleSavingRequestStatus>;
+  timezone?: InputMaybe<Scalars['String']>;
   url: Scalars['String'];
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
index d015776ab..6fe0e53b5 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
@@ -1654,8 +1654,10 @@ type SaveSuccess {
 input SaveUrlInput {
   clientRequestId: ID!
   labels: [CreateLabelInput!]
+  locale: String
   source: String!
   state: ArticleSavingRequestStatus
+  timezone: String
   url: String!
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/schema.ts b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
index 5c9fd1163..bde299fd6 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
@@ -570,6 +570,8 @@ const schema = gql`
     clientRequestId: ID!
     state: ArticleSavingRequestStatus
     labels: [CreateLabelInput!]
+    locale: String
+    timezone: String
   }
 
   union SaveResult = SaveSuccess | SaveError
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
index 724389618..8e0678d74 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/create_page_save_request.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ interface PageSaveRequest {
   labels?: Label[]
   priority?: 'low' | 'high'
   user?: User | null
+  locale?: string
+  timezone?: string
 }
 
 const SAVING_CONTENT = 'Your link is being saved...'
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ export const createPageSaveRequest = async ({
   priority,
   labels,
   user,
+  locale,
+  timezone,
 }: PageSaveRequest): Promise<ArticleSavingRequest> => {
   try {
     validateUrl(url)
@@ -170,6 +174,8 @@ export const createPageSaveRequest = async ({
     priority,
     state: archivedAt ? ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Archived : undefined,
     labels: labelsInput,
+    locale,
+    timezone,
   })
 
   return pageToArticleSavingRequest(user, page)
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_url.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_url.ts
index 93e981d8c..cba500588 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_url.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_url.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export const saveUrl = async (
       archivedAt,
       labels,
       user,
+      locale: input.locale || undefined,
+      timezone: input.timezone || undefined,
     })
 
     return {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
index 2820c864f..8512d33ad 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ export const enqueueParseRequest = async ({
   queue = env.queue.name,
   state,
   labels,
+  locale,
+  timezone,
 }: {
   url: string
   userId: string
@@ -224,6 +226,8 @@ export const enqueueParseRequest = async ({
   queue?: string
   state?: ArticleSavingRequestStatus
   labels?: CreateLabelInput[]
+  locale?: string
+  timezone?: string
 }): Promise<string> => {
   const { GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT } = process.env
   const payload = {
@@ -232,6 +236,8 @@ export const enqueueParseRequest = async ({
     saveRequestId,
     state,
     labels,
+    locale,
+    timezone,
   }
 
   // If there is no Google Cloud Project Id exposed, it means that we are in local environment
diff --git a/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js b/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
index c172b546a..5ef409f8d 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
+++ b/packages/puppeteer-parse/index.js
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ async function fetchContent(req, res) {
   const source = req.body.source || 'parseContent';
   const taskId = req.body.taskId; // taskId is used to update import status
   const urlStr = (req.query ? req.query.url : undefined) || (req.body ? req.body.url : undefined);
+  const locale = (req.query ? req.query.locale : undefined) || (req.body ? req.body.locale : undefined);
+  const timezone = (req.query ? req.query.timezone : undefined) || (req.body ? req.body.timezone : undefined);
 
   let logRecord = {
     url: urlStr,
@@ -344,6 +346,8 @@ async function fetchContent(req, res) {
     state,
     labelsToAdd: labels,
     taskId: taskId,
+    locale,
+    timezone,
   };
 
   console.info(`Article parsing request`, logRecord);
@@ -374,7 +378,7 @@ async function fetchContent(req, res) {
     }
 
     if ((!content || !title) && contentType !== 'application/pdf') {
-      const result = await retrievePage(url, logRecord, functionStartTime);
+      const result = await retrievePage(url, logRecord, functionStartTime, locale, timezone);
       if (result && result.context) { context = result.context }
       if (result && result.page) { page = result.page }
       if (result && result.finalUrl) { finalUrl = result.finalUrl }
@@ -522,7 +526,7 @@ function getUrl(urlStr) {
   return parsed.href;
 }
 
-async function retrievePage(url, logRecord, functionStartTime) {
+async function retrievePage(url, logRecord, functionStartTime, locale, timezone) {
   validateUrlString(url);
 
   const browser = await getBrowserPromise;
@@ -536,6 +540,16 @@ async function retrievePage(url, logRecord, functionStartTime) {
   }
   await page.setUserAgent(userAgentForUrl(url));
 
+  // set locale for the page
+  if (locale) {
+    await page.setExtraHTTPHeaders({ 'Accept-Language': locale });
+  }
+
+  // set timezone for the page
+  if (timezone) {
+    await page.emulateTimezone(timezone);
+  }
+
   const client = await page.target().createCDPSession();
 
   // intercept request when response headers was received
@@ -747,15 +761,7 @@ async function retrieveHtml(page, logRecord) {
         document.getElementById('px-block-form-wrapper')) {
         return 'IS_BLOCKED'
       }
-      // check if create_time is defined
-      if (typeof create_time !== 'undefined' && create_time) {
-        // create_time is a global variable set by WeChat when rendering the page
-        const date = new Date(create_time * 1000);
-        const dateNode = document.createElement('div');
-        dateNode.className = 'omnivore-published-date';
-        dateNode.innerHTML = date.toLocaleString();
-        document.body.appendChild(dateNode);
-      }
+
       return document.documentElement.outerHTML;
     }, iframes);
     logRecord.puppeteerSuccess = true;
diff --git a/pkg/extension/src/scripts/content/prepare-content.js b/pkg/extension/src/scripts/content/prepare-content.js
index c10549a6f..59208ebed 100644
--- a/pkg/extension/src/scripts/content/prepare-content.js
+++ b/pkg/extension/src/scripts/content/prepare-content.js
@@ -136,19 +136,7 @@
     document.documentElement.appendChild(contentCopyEl);
 
     Array.from(contentCopyEl.getElementsByTagName('*')).forEach(prepareContentPostItem);
-    try {
-      // check if create_time is defined
-      if (typeof create_time !== 'undefined' && create_time) {
-        // create_time is a global variable set by WeChat when rendering the page
-        const date = new Date(create_time * 1000);
-        const dateNode = document.createElement('div');
-        dateNode.className = 'omnivore-published-date';
-        dateNode.innerHTML = date.toLocaleString();
-        contentCopyEl.appendChild(dateNode);
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.log('Error while trying to add published date to WeChat post', e);
-    }
+
     /*
    * Grab head and body separately as using clone on entire document into a div
    * removes the head and body tags while grabbing html in them. Instead we