2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_time.rb b/test/ruby/test_time.rb
index 7c5ee5466d..2bd4bc8455 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_time.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_time.rb
@@ -556,6 +556,10 @@ class TestTime < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_zone
     assert_zone_encoding Time.now
+    t = Time.now.utc
+    assert_equal("UTC", t.zone)
+    assert_nil(t.getlocal(0).zone)
+    assert_nil(t.getlocal("+02:00").zone)
   end
 
   def test_plus_minus_succ
diff --git a/time.c b/time.c
index abe64c7170..3bbfce6b38 100644
--- a/time.c
+++ b/time.c
@@ -1896,6 +1896,7 @@ time_set_utc_offset(VALUE time, VALUE off)
     GetTimeval(time, tobj);
 
     tobj->tm_got = 0;
+    tobj->vtm.zone = Qnil;
     TZMODE_SET_FIXOFF(tobj, off);
 
     return time;