diff --git a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/mql/MqlDate.java b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/mql/MqlDate.java
index b6600aaf68..63637df688 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/mql/MqlDate.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/mql/MqlDate.java
@@ -138,6 +138,20 @@ public interface MqlDate extends MqlValue {
      */
     MqlString asString(MqlString timezone, MqlString format);
 
+    /**
+     * The string representation of {@code this} date as determined by the
+     * provided {@code timezone} with default format as below:
+     *
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li>If {@code timezone} is UTC timezone, {@code "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%LZ"} will be the default
+     *     <li>Otherwise the default format will be {@code "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%L"}
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @param timezone the UTC Offset or Olson Timezone Identifier.
+     * @return the resulting value.
+     */
+    MqlString asString(MqlString timezone);
+
     /**
      * The result of passing {@code this} value to the provided function.
      * Equivalent to {@code f.apply(this)}, and allows lambdas and static,
diff --git a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/mql/MqlExpression.java b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/mql/MqlExpression.java
index eb7ea9a68c..56108fb143 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/mql/MqlExpression.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/client/model/mql/MqlExpression.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
+import static com.mongodb.assertions.Assertions.fail;
 import static com.mongodb.client.model.mql.MqlValues.of;
 import static com.mongodb.client.model.mql.MqlValues.ofNull;
 import static com.mongodb.client.model.mql.MqlValues.ofStringArray;
@@ -953,6 +954,10 @@ public MqlString asString(final MqlString timezone, final MqlString format) {
                 .append("timezone", toBsonValue(cr, timezone))));
     }
 
+    public MqlString asString(final MqlString timezone) {
+        throw fail(); // intentionally not implemented, see DRIVERS-2620
+    }
+
     @Override
     public MqlDate parseDate(final MqlString timezone, final MqlString format) {
         Assertions.notNull("timezone", timezone);