diff --git a/Userland/Applications/ClockSettings/ClockSettingsWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/ClockSettings/ClockSettingsWidget.cpp
index b851bcd906..4f3c9dfeab 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/ClockSettings/ClockSettingsWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/ClockSettings/ClockSettingsWidget.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ClockSettingsWidget::ClockSettingsWidget()
     load_from_gml(clock_settings_widget_gml);
 
     static auto time_zones = TimeZone::all_time_zones();
-    m_time_zone = TimeZone::current_time_zone();
+    m_time_zone = TimeZone::system_time_zone();
 
     m_time_zone_combo_box = *find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::ComboBox>("time_zone_input");
     m_time_zone_combo_box->set_only_allow_values_from_model(true);
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibC/time.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibC/time.cpp
index 4d68119555..0390d2cbd7 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibC/time.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibC/time.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ void tzset()
     if (char* tz = getenv("TZ"); tz != nullptr)
         time_zone = tz;
     else
-        time_zone = TimeZone::current_time_zone();
+        time_zone = TimeZone::system_time_zone();
 
     auto set_default_values = []() {
         timezone = 0;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibTimeZone/TimeZone.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibTimeZone/TimeZone.cpp
index af9b739b1e..2ab7eb7e2a 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibTimeZone/TimeZone.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibTimeZone/TimeZone.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <AK/String.h>
 #include <LibTimeZone/TimeZone.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 namespace TimeZone {
 
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ private:
     FILE* m_file { nullptr };
 };
 
-StringView current_time_zone()
+StringView system_time_zone()
 {
     TimeZoneFile time_zone_file("r");
 
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ StringView current_time_zone()
     return "UTC"sv;
 }
 
+StringView current_time_zone()
+{
+    return canonicalize_time_zone(tzname[0]).value_or("UTC"sv);
+}
+
 ErrorOr<void> change_time_zone([[maybe_unused]] StringView time_zone)
 {
 #ifdef __serenity__
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibTimeZone/TimeZone.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibTimeZone/TimeZone.h
index 710461f86c..cbb7830ac2 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibTimeZone/TimeZone.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibTimeZone/TimeZone.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct NamedOffset : public Offset {
     String name;
 };
 
+StringView system_time_zone();
 StringView current_time_zone();
 ErrorOr<void> change_time_zone(StringView time_zone);
 Span<StringView const> all_time_zones();
diff --git a/Userland/Utilities/timezone.cpp b/Userland/Utilities/timezone.cpp
index 641d8ef548..2d4cdaf8f7 100644
--- a/Userland/Utilities/timezone.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Utilities/timezone.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     }
 
     if (time_zone.is_empty()) {
-        outln("{}", TimeZone::current_time_zone());
+        outln("{}", TimeZone::system_time_zone());
         return 0;
     }