diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c1ddef..96605a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ class ExampleApp {
         client.submitEvent(
                 EventPluginContext.from(
                         client.createLog("test-log").referenceId("test-reference-id").build()));
-
-        // Submit async events using submitXXXAsync methods
-        client.submitLogAsync("Test log");
     }
 }
 ```
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ client uses v4. In that case you have to explicitly declare v4 of the library in
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.exceptionless</groupId>
         <artifactId>exceptionless-client</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-beta1</version>
+        <version>0.1.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/ExceptionlessClient.java b/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/ExceptionlessClient.java
index b5d037f..037c5e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/ExceptionlessClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/ExceptionlessClient.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ public Event.EventBuilder createSessionStart() {
   }
 
   public Event.EventBuilder createEvent() {
-    return Event.builder().dataExclusions(configuration.getDataExclusions()).date(LocalDate.now());
+    return Event.builder().dataExclusions(configuration.getDataExclusions()).date(OffsetDateTime.now());
   }
 
   public void submitEvent(Event event) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/models/Event.java b/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/models/Event.java
index 4155b52..44aaa88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/models/Event.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/models/Event.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ public class Event extends Model {
 
   private String type;
   private String source;
-  private LocalDate date;
+  private OffsetDateTime date;
   private Set<String> tags;
   private String message;
   private String geo;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public class Event extends Model {
   public Event(
       String type,
       String source,
-      LocalDate date,
+      OffsetDateTime date,
       Set<String> tags,
       String message,
       String geo,
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public Event(
       Set<String> dataExclusions) {
     this.type = type;
     this.source = source;
-    this.date = date == null ? LocalDate.now() : date;
+    this.date = date == null ? OffsetDateTime.now() : date;
     this.tags = tags == null ? new HashSet<>() : tags;
     this.message = message;
     this.geo = geo;
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ public EventBuilder source(String source) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public EventBuilder date(LocalDate date) {
+    public EventBuilder date(OffsetDateTime date) {
       super.date(date);
       return this;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/plugins/MergedEvent.java b/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/plugins/MergedEvent.java
index 3157e40..fe0e08a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/plugins/MergedEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/plugins/MergedEvent.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import lombok.Data;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 
 @Data
 public class MergedEvent {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ public void incrementCount(long count) {
     event.setCount(event.getCount() + count);
   }
 
-  public void updateDate(LocalDate date) {
+  public void updateDate(OffsetDateTime date) {
     if (date.isAfter(event.getDate())) {
       event.setDate(date);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/submission/EventRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/submission/EventRequest.java
index 9c9d7a0..14b2e01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/submission/EventRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/submission/EventRequest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import lombok.Value;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 public class EventRequest {
   String type;
   String source;
-  LocalDate date;
+  OffsetDateTime date;
   Set<String> tags;
   String message;
   String geo;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/ExceptionlessClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/ExceptionlessClientTest.java
index 4022fac..2e889c4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/ExceptionlessClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/ExceptionlessClientTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public void itCanSubmitAnExceptionEvent() {
             argThat(
                 event ->
                     event.getType().equals(EventType.ERROR.value())
-                        && event.getDate().equals(LocalDate.now())
+                        && event.getDate().toLocalDate().equals(OffsetDateTime.now().toLocalDate())
                         && event.getReferenceId() != null
                         && event.getError().isPresent()
                         && event.getEnvironmentInfo().isPresent()
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ public void itCanSubmitUnhandledExceptionEvent() {
             argThat(
                 event ->
                     event.getType().equals(EventType.ERROR.value())
-                        && event.getDate().equals(LocalDate.now())
+                        && event.getDate().toLocalDate().equals(OffsetDateTime.now().toLocalDate())
                         && event.getReferenceId() != null
                         && event.getError().isPresent()
                         && event.getEnvironmentInfo().isPresent()
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ public void itCanSubmitFeatureUsageEvent() {
                 event ->
                     event.getType().equals(EventType.USAGE.value())
                         && event.getSource().equals("test-feature")
-                        && event.getDate().equals(LocalDate.now())
+                        && event.getDate().toLocalDate().equals(OffsetDateTime.now().toLocalDate())
                         && event.getReferenceId() != null
                         && event.getEnvironmentInfo().isPresent()));
     assertThat(configuration.getLastReferenceIdManager().getLast()).isNotNull();
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ public void itCanSubmitALogEvent() {
                     event.getType().equals(EventType.LOG.value())
                         && event.getSource().equals("test-log-source")
                         && event.getMessage().equals("test-log-message")
-                        && event.getDate().equals(LocalDate.now())
+                        && event.getDate().toLocalDate().equals(OffsetDateTime.now().toLocalDate())
                         && event.getReferenceId() != null
                         && event.getEnvironmentInfo().isPresent()
                         && event.getData().containsKey(EventPropertyKey.LOG_LEVEL.value())));
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ public void itCanSubmitANotFoundEvent() {
                 event ->
                     event.getType().equals(EventType.NOT_FOUND.value())
                         && event.getSource().equals("test-resource")
-                        && event.getDate().equals(LocalDate.now())
+                        && event.getDate().toLocalDate().equals(OffsetDateTime.now().toLocalDate())
                         && event.getReferenceId() != null
                         && event.getEnvironmentInfo().isPresent()));
     assertThat(configuration.getLastReferenceIdManager().getLast()).isNotNull();
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ public void itCanSubmitASessionStartEvent() {
             argThat(
                 event ->
                     event.getType().equals(EventType.SESSION.value())
-                        && event.getDate().equals(LocalDate.now())
+                        && event.getDate().toLocalDate().equals(OffsetDateTime.now().toLocalDate())
                         && event.getReferenceId() != null
                         && event.getEnvironmentInfo().isPresent()));
     assertThat(configuration.getLastReferenceIdManager().getLast()).isNotNull();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/plugins/MergedEventTest.java b/src/test/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/plugins/MergedEventTest.java
index 8f79134..e9b59ab 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/plugins/MergedEventTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/exceptionless/exceptionlessclient/plugins/MergedEventTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.argThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ public class MergedEventTest {
   public void setup() {
     mergedEvent =
         MergedEvent.builder()
-            .event(Event.builder().date(LocalDate.now()).build())
+            .event(Event.builder().date(OffsetDateTime.now()).build())
             .eventQueue(eventQueue)
             .build();
   }
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public void itCanIncrementCount() {
 
   @Test
   public void itCanUpdateDate() {
-    LocalDate tomorrow = LocalDate.now().plusDays(1);
+    OffsetDateTime tomorrow = OffsetDateTime.now().plusDays(1);
     mergedEvent.updateDate(tomorrow);
     mergedEvent.resubmit();
 
@@ -47,18 +48,19 @@ public void itCanUpdateDate() {
 
   @Test
   public void itShouldNotUpdateDateIfSameAsTheEvent() {
-    mergedEvent.updateDate(LocalDate.now());
+    OffsetDateTime now = OffsetDateTime.now();
+    mergedEvent.updateDate(now);
     mergedEvent.resubmit();
 
-    verify(eventQueue, times(1)).enqueue(argThat(event -> event.getDate().equals(LocalDate.now())));
+    verify(eventQueue, times(1)).enqueue(argThat(event -> event.getDate().equals(now)));
   }
 
   @Test
   public void itShouldNotUpdateDateIfBeforeAsTheEvent() {
-    LocalDate yesterday = LocalDate.now().minusDays(1);
+    OffsetDateTime yesterday = OffsetDateTime.now().minusDays(1);
     mergedEvent.updateDate(yesterday);
     mergedEvent.resubmit();
 
-    verify(eventQueue, times(1)).enqueue(argThat(event -> event.getDate().equals(LocalDate.now())));
+    verify(eventQueue, times(1)).enqueue(argThat(event -> event.getDate().toLocalDate().equals(OffsetDateTime.now().toLocalDate())));
   }
 }