diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/histogram.js b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/histogram.js
index 17921776..1328383d 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/histogram.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/histogram.js
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Histogram.prototype._buildDateHistogramQuery = function (override, callback) {
     var _column = this.column;
     var _query = this.query;
     var _aggregation = override && override.aggregation ? override.aggregation : this.aggregation;
-    var _timezone = override && override.timezone ? override.timezone : this.timezone;
+    var _timezone = override && Number.isFinite(override.timezone) ? override.timezone : this.timezone;
 
     var dateBasicsQuery;
 
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ function getTimezone(timezone) {
     if (!timezone) {
         return '0';
     }
-
     var timezoneInHours = Math.ceil(timezone / 3600);
     return '' + timezoneInHours;
 }
diff --git a/test/acceptance/dataviews/histogram.js b/test/acceptance/dataviews/histogram.js
index cc9e3dc1..5e4de9b9 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/dataviews/histogram.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/dataviews/histogram.js
@@ -267,4 +267,44 @@ describe('histogram-dataview for date column type', function() {
             done();
         });
     });
+
+    it('should aggregate histogram overriding default timezone to UTC/GMT', function (done) {
+        var TIMEZONE_UTC_IN_SECONDS = 0 * 3600; // UTC
+        var TIMEZONE_UTC_IN_MINUTES = 0 * 60; // UTC
+        var params = {
+            timezone: TIMEZONE_UTC_IN_SECONDS
+        };
+
+        this.testClient = new TestClient(mapConfig, 1234);
+        this.testClient.getDataview('date_histogram', params, function(err, dataview) {
+            assert.ok(!err, err);
+            assert.equal(dataview.type, 'histogram');
+            assert.ok(dataview.bin_width > 0, 'Unexpected bin width: ' + dataview.bin_width);
+            assert.equal(dataview.bins.length, 15);
+
+            var initialTimestamp = '2007-02-01T00:00:00Z'; // UTC midnight
+            var binsStartInMilliseconds = dataview.bins_start * 1000;
+            var binsStartFormatted = moment.utc(binsStartInMilliseconds)
+                .utcOffset(TIMEZONE_UTC_IN_MINUTES)
+                .format();
+            assert.equal(binsStartFormatted, initialTimestamp);
+
+            dataview.bins.forEach(function(bin, index) {
+                var binTimestampExpected = moment.utc(initialTimestamp)
+                    .utcOffset(TIMEZONE_UTC_IN_MINUTES)
+                    .add(index, 'month')
+                    .format();
+                var binsTimestampInMilliseconds = bin.timestamp * 1000;
+                var binTimestampFormatted = moment.utc(binsTimestampInMilliseconds)
+                    .utcOffset(TIMEZONE_UTC_IN_MINUTES)
+                    .format();
+
+                assert.equal(binTimestampFormatted, binTimestampExpected);
+                assert.ok(bin.timestamp <= bin.min, 'bin timestamp < bin min: ' + JSON.stringify(bin));
+                assert.ok(bin.min <= bin.max, 'bin min < bin max: ' + JSON.stringify(bin));
+            });
+
+            done();
+        });
+    });
 });