diff --git a/src/datetime/mod.rs b/src/datetime/mod.rs
index d2a0c9b611..21a2b172ab 100644
--- a/src/datetime/mod.rs
+++ b/src/datetime/mod.rs
@@ -1418,7 +1418,9 @@ where
             &FixedOffset::east_opt(3650).unwrap().with_ymd_and_hms(2014, 7, 24, 12, 34, 6).unwrap()
         )
         .ok(),
-        Some(r#""2014-07-24T12:34:06+01:00:50""#.into())
+        // An offset with seconds is not allowed by RFC 3339, so we round it to the nearest minute.
+        // In this case `+01:00:50` becomes `+01:01`
+        Some(r#""2014-07-24T12:34:06+01:01""#.into())
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/datetime/rustc_serialize.rs b/src/datetime/rustc_serialize.rs
index 8e75350d92..115ec9eb3f 100644
--- a/src/datetime/rustc_serialize.rs
+++ b/src/datetime/rustc_serialize.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "rustc-serialize")))]
 
-use super::DateTime;
+use super::{DateTime, SecondsFormat};
 #[cfg(feature = "clock")]
 use crate::offset::Local;
 use crate::offset::{FixedOffset, LocalResult, TimeZone, Utc};
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use rustc_serialize::{Decodable, Decoder, Encodable, Encoder};
 
 impl<Tz: TimeZone> Encodable for DateTime<Tz> {
     fn encode<S: Encoder>(&self, s: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error> {
-        format!("{:?}", self).encode(s)
+        self.to_rfc3339_opts(SecondsFormat::AutoSi, true).encode(s)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/datetime/serde.rs b/src/datetime/serde.rs
index 0e58d95ed6..61f7f68840 100644
--- a/src/datetime/serde.rs
+++ b/src/datetime/serde.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 use core::fmt;
 use serde::{de, ser};
 
-use super::DateTime;
+use super::{DateTime, SecondsFormat};
+use crate::format::write_rfc3339;
 use crate::naive::datetime::serde::serde_from;
 #[cfg(feature = "clock")]
 use crate::offset::Local;
-use crate::offset::{FixedOffset, TimeZone, Utc};
+use crate::offset::{FixedOffset, Offset, TimeZone, Utc};
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ pub struct MicroSecondsTimestampVisitor;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct MilliSecondsTimestampVisitor;
 
-/// Serialize into a rfc3339 time string
+/// Serialize into an ISO 8601 formatted string.
 ///
 /// See [the `serde` module](./serde/index.html) for alternate
 /// serializations.
@@ -34,18 +35,19 @@ impl<Tz: TimeZone> ser::Serialize for DateTime<Tz> {
     where
         S: ser::Serializer,
     {
-        struct FormatWrapped<'a, D: 'a> {
-            inner: &'a D,
+        struct FormatIso8601<'a, Tz: TimeZone> {
+            inner: &'a DateTime<Tz>,
         }
 
-        impl<'a, D: fmt::Debug> fmt::Display for FormatWrapped<'a, D> {
+        impl<'a, Tz: TimeZone> fmt::Display for FormatIso8601<'a, Tz> {
             fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-                self.inner.fmt(f)
+                let naive = self.inner.naive_local();
+                let offset = self.inner.offset.fix();
+                write_rfc3339(f, naive, offset, SecondsFormat::AutoSi, true)
             }
         }
 
-        // Debug formatting is correct RFC3339, and it allows Zulu.
-        serializer.collect_str(&FormatWrapped { inner: &self })
+        serializer.collect_str(&FormatIso8601 { inner: self })
     }
 }
 
@@ -1154,7 +1156,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[cfg(feature = "clock")]
     use crate::datetime::test_decodable_json;
     use crate::datetime::test_encodable_json;
-    use crate::{DateTime, TimeZone, Utc};
+    use crate::{DateTime, FixedOffset, TimeZone, Utc};
+    use core::fmt;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_serde_serialize() {
@@ -1183,4 +1186,54 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(dt, decoded);
         assert_eq!(dt.offset(), decoded.offset());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serde_no_offset_debug() {
+        use crate::{LocalResult, NaiveDate, NaiveDateTime, Offset};
+        use core::fmt::Debug;
+
+        #[derive(Clone)]
+        struct TestTimeZone;
+        impl Debug for TestTimeZone {
+            fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+                write!(f, "TEST")
+            }
+        }
+        impl TimeZone for TestTimeZone {
+            type Offset = TestTimeZone;
+            fn from_offset(_state: &TestTimeZone) -> TestTimeZone {
+                TestTimeZone
+            }
+            fn offset_from_local_date(&self, _local: &NaiveDate) -> LocalResult<TestTimeZone> {
+                LocalResult::Single(TestTimeZone)
+            }
+            fn offset_from_local_datetime(
+                &self,
+                _local: &NaiveDateTime,
+            ) -> LocalResult<TestTimeZone> {
+                LocalResult::Single(TestTimeZone)
+            }
+            fn offset_from_utc_date(&self, _utc: &NaiveDate) -> TestTimeZone {
+                TestTimeZone
+            }
+            fn offset_from_utc_datetime(&self, _utc: &NaiveDateTime) -> TestTimeZone {
+                TestTimeZone
+            }
+        }
+        impl Offset for TestTimeZone {
+            fn fix(&self) -> FixedOffset {
+                FixedOffset::east_opt(15 * 60 * 60).unwrap()
+            }
+        }
+
+        let tz = TestTimeZone;
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", &tz), "TEST");
+
+        let dt = tz.with_ymd_and_hms(2023, 4, 24, 21, 10, 33).unwrap();
+        let encoded = serde_json::to_string(&dt).unwrap();
+        dbg!(&encoded);
+        let decoded: DateTime<FixedOffset> = serde_json::from_str(&encoded).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(dt, decoded);
+        assert_eq!(dt.offset().fix(), *decoded.offset());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/format/formatting.rs b/src/format/formatting.rs
index c0a877cd09..429b9658b0 100644
--- a/src/format/formatting.rs
+++ b/src/format/formatting.rs
@@ -10,19 +10,17 @@ use core::borrow::Borrow;
 use core::fmt;
 use core::fmt::Write;
 
+use crate::datetime::SecondsFormat;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
-use crate::naive::{NaiveDate, NaiveDateTime, NaiveTime};
+use crate::offset::Offset;
+use crate::{Datelike, FixedOffset, NaiveDateTime, Timelike};
 #[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
-use crate::offset::{FixedOffset, Offset};
-#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
-use crate::{Datelike, SecondsFormat, Timelike, Weekday};
+use crate::{NaiveDate, NaiveTime, Weekday};
 
 use super::locales;
+use super::{Colons, OffsetFormat, OffsetPrecision, Pad};
 #[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
-use super::{
-    Colons, Fixed, InternalFixed, InternalInternal, Item, Locale, Numeric, OffsetFormat,
-    OffsetPrecision, Pad,
-};
+use super::{Fixed, InternalFixed, InternalInternal, Item, Locale, Numeric};
 use locales::*;
 
 /// A *temporary* object which can be used as an argument to `format!` or others.
@@ -447,7 +445,6 @@ fn format_inner(
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
 impl OffsetFormat {
     /// Writes an offset from UTC with the format defined by `self`.
     fn format(&self, w: &mut impl Write, off: FixedOffset) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -528,7 +525,6 @@ impl OffsetFormat {
 }
 
 /// Writes the date, time and offset to the string. same as `%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%.f%:z`
-#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
 #[inline]
 pub(crate) fn write_rfc3339(
     w: &mut impl Write,
diff --git a/src/format/mod.rs b/src/format/mod.rs
index 65598187e6..42ee3c2fb2 100644
--- a/src/format/mod.rs
+++ b/src/format/mod.rs
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ pub(crate) mod locales;
 
 pub(crate) use formatting::write_hundreds;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
+pub(crate) use formatting::write_rfc2822;
+pub(crate) use formatting::write_rfc3339;
+#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
 pub use formatting::{format, format_item, DelayedFormat};
 #[cfg(feature = "unstable-locales")]
 pub use formatting::{format_item_localized, format_localized};
-#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
-pub(crate) use formatting::{write_rfc2822, write_rfc3339};
 #[cfg(feature = "unstable-locales")]
 pub use locales::Locale;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "unstable-locales"))]