diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bf6f0429..9ded02e4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 requests
 requests-oauthlib
 python-dateutil
+pytz
diff --git a/trello/card.py b/trello/card.py
index c9a30d37..7fb88714 100644
--- a/trello/card.py
+++ b/trello/card.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from trello.label import Label
 
 import datetime
+import pytz
 
 
 class Card(object):
@@ -408,9 +409,10 @@ def create_date(self):
                 it fails. attriExp('convertToCardFromCheckItem') allows to
                 test for the condition.
         """
-        self.fetch_actions()
-        date_str = self.actions[0]['date']
-        return dateparser.parse(date_str)
+        if not hasattr(self, "creation_date"):
+            localtz = pytz.timezone(Organization.TIMEZONE)
+            self.creation_date = localtz.localize(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(self.id[0: 8], 16)))
+        return self.creation_date
 
     @property
     def due_date(self):
diff --git a/trello/organization.py b/trello/organization.py
index 279424f5..74e9bab9 100644
--- a/trello/organization.py
+++ b/trello/organization.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import with_statement, print_function, absolute_import
 from trello.board import Board
 from trello.member import Member
@@ -6,6 +7,8 @@
 
 class Organization(object):
 
+    TIMEZONE = None
+
     """
     Class representing an organization
     """