diff --git a/datetime/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/InstantSerializerBase.java b/datetime/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/InstantSerializerBase.java
index 14a16d17..6279c3f0 100644
--- a/datetime/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/InstantSerializerBase.java
+++ b/datetime/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/InstantSerializerBase.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.ser;
 
+import static com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE;
+
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
 import java.util.function.ToIntFunction;
@@ -130,10 +132,9 @@ protected String formatValue(T value, SerializerProvider provider)
         DateTimeFormatter formatter = (_formatter != null) ? _formatter : defaultFormat;
         if (formatter != null) {
             if (formatter.getZone() == null) { // timezone set if annotated on property
-                // 19-Oct-2020, tatu: As per [modules-java#188], only override with explicitly
-                //     set timezone, to minimize change from pre-2.12. May need to further
-                //     improve in future to maybe introduce more configuration.
-                if (provider.getConfig().hasExplicitTimeZone()) {
+                // If the user specified to use the context TimeZone explicitly, and the formatter provided doesn't contain a TZ
+                // Then we use the TZ specified in the objectMapper
+                if (provider.getConfig().hasExplicitTimeZone() && provider.isEnabled(WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE)) {
                     formatter = formatter.withZone(provider.getTimeZone().toZoneId());
                 }
             }
diff --git a/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/OffsetDateTimeSerTest.java b/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/OffsetDateTimeSerTest.java
index 981457a2..c607bade 100644
--- a/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/OffsetDateTimeSerTest.java
+++ b/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/OffsetDateTimeSerTest.java
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.ser;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
+import org.junit.Test;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
@@ -14,10 +19,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.MockObjectConfiguration;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.ModuleTestBase;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
 public class OffsetDateTimeSerTest
     extends ModuleTestBase
 {
@@ -233,4 +234,32 @@ public void testSerializationWithTypeInfoAndMapperTimeZone() throws Exception
         assertEquals("The value is not correct.",
                 "[\"" + OffsetDateTime.class.getName() + "\",\"" + FORMATTER.format(date) + "\"]", value);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSerializationAsStringWithDefaultTimeZoneAndContextTimeZoneOn() throws Exception {
+        OffsetDateTime date = OffsetDateTime.now(Z3);
+        String value = MAPPER.writer()
+                .with(TimeZone.getTimeZone(Z2))
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_ZONE_ID)
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
+                .with(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE)
+                .writeValueAsString(date);
+
+        // We expect to have the date written with the ZoneId Z2
+        assertEquals("The value is incorrect", "\"" + FORMATTER.format(date.atZoneSameInstant(Z2)) + "\"", value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSerializationAsStringWithDefaultTimeZoneAndContextTimeZoneOff() throws Exception {
+        ZonedDateTime date = ZonedDateTime.now(Z3);
+        String value = MAPPER.writer()
+                .with(TimeZone.getTimeZone(Z2))
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_ZONE_ID)
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE)
+                .writeValueAsString(date);
+
+        // We expect to have the date written with the ZoneId Z3
+        assertEquals("The value is incorrect", "\"" + FORMATTER.format(date) + "\"", value);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/ZonedDateTimeSerTest.java b/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/ZonedDateTimeSerTest.java
index b18fd687..a6dc0542 100644
--- a/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/ZonedDateTimeSerTest.java
+++ b/datetime/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/ser/ZonedDateTimeSerTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.ser;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
@@ -26,24 +30,23 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
+import org.junit.Test;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.DecimalUtils;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.MockObjectConfiguration;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.ModuleTestBase;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
 public class ZonedDateTimeSerTest
     extends ModuleTestBase
 {
+    private static final DateTimeFormatter FORMATTER_WITHOUT_ZONEID = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
+
     private static final DateTimeFormatter FORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME;
 
     private static final ZoneId Z1 = ZoneId.of("America/Chicago");
@@ -277,6 +280,70 @@ public void testSerializationAsStringWithZoneIdOn() throws Exception {
         assertEquals("The value is incorrect.", "\"" + DateTimeFormatter.ISO_ZONED_DATE_TIME.format(date) + "\"", value);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSerializationAsStringWithDefaultTimeZoneAndContextTimeZoneOnAndACustomFormatter() throws Exception {
+        ZonedDateTime date = ZonedDateTime.now(Z3);
+        // With a custom DateTimeFormatter without a ZoneId.
+        String value = newMapperBuilder().addModule(
+                new SimpleModule().addSerializer(new ZonedDateTimeSerializer(FORMATTER_WITHOUT_ZONEID)))
+                .build()
+                .writer()
+                .with(TimeZone.getTimeZone(Z2))
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_ZONE_ID)
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
+                .with(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE)
+                .writeValueAsString(date);
+
+        // We expect to have the date written with the datetime of ZoneId Z2
+        assertEquals("The value is incorrect", "\"" + date.withZoneSameInstant(Z2).format(FORMATTER_WITHOUT_ZONEID) + "\"", value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSerializationAsStringWithDefaultTimeZoneAndContextTimeZoneOffAndACustomFormatter() throws Exception {
+        ZonedDateTime date = ZonedDateTime.now(Z3);
+        // With a custom DateTimeFormatter without a Zone.
+        String value = newMapperBuilder().addModule(
+                new SimpleModule().addSerializer(new ZonedDateTimeSerializer(FORMATTER_WITHOUT_ZONEID)))
+                .build()
+                .writer()
+                .with(TimeZone.getTimeZone(Z2))
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_ZONE_ID)
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE)
+                .writeValueAsString(date);
+
+        // We expect to have the date written with the datetime of ZoneId Z3
+        assertEquals("The value is incorrect", "\"" + date.format(FORMATTER_WITHOUT_ZONEID) + "\"", value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSerializationAsStringWithDefaultTimeZoneAndContextTimeZoneOn() throws Exception {
+        ZonedDateTime date = ZonedDateTime.now(Z3);
+        String value = MAPPER.writer()
+                .with(TimeZone.getTimeZone(Z2))
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_ZONE_ID)
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
+                .with(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE)
+                .writeValueAsString(date);
+
+        // We expect to have the date written with the ZoneId Z2
+        assertEquals("The value is incorrect", "\"" + DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME.format(date.withZoneSameInstant(Z2)) + "\"", value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSerializationAsStringWithDefaultTimeZoneAndContextTimeZoneOff() throws Exception {
+        ZonedDateTime date = ZonedDateTime.now(Z3);
+        String value = MAPPER.writer()
+                .with(TimeZone.getTimeZone(Z2))
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_ZONE_ID)
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
+                .without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_CONTEXT_TIME_ZONE)
+                .writeValueAsString(date);
+
+        // We expect to have the date written with the ZoneId Z3
+        assertEquals("The value is incorrect", "\"" + DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME.format(date) + "\"", value);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSerializationWithTypeInfo01() throws Exception
     {