diff --git a/Vss2Git/GitExporter.cs b/Vss2Git/GitExporter.cs
index 2193557..97ddb62 100755
--- a/Vss2Git/GitExporter.cs
+++ b/Vss2Git/GitExporter.cs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace Hpdi.Vss2Git
                 // create mappings for root projects
                 foreach (var rootProject in revisionAnalyzer.RootProjects)
                 {
-                    var rootPath = VssPathMapper.GetWorkingPath(repoPath, rootProject.Path);
+                    var rootPath = VssPathMapper.GetWorkingPath(repoPath, String.Empty);
                     pathMapper.SetProjectPath(rootProject.PhysicalName, rootPath, rootProject.Path);
                 }
 
diff --git a/Vss2Git/GitWrapper.cs b/Vss2Git/GitWrapper.cs
index 2b9569a..d1f7300 100755
--- a/Vss2Git/GitWrapper.cs
+++ b/Vss2Git/GitWrapper.cs
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ namespace Hpdi.Vss2Git
         private static string GetUtcTimeString(DateTime localTime)
         {
             // convert local time to UTC based on whether DST was in effect at the time
-            var utcTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc(localTime);
+            // var utcTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeToUtc(localTime);
 
             // format time according to ISO 8601 (avoiding locale-dependent month/day names)
-            return utcTime.ToString("yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss +0000");
+            return localTime.ToString("yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss zzz");
         }
 
         private void GitExec(string args)