diff -urN asterisk-1.8.8.0.orig/main/stdtime/localtime.c asterisk-1.8.8.0/main/stdtime/localtime.c
--- asterisk-1.8.8.0.orig/main/stdtime/localtime.c	2010-10-14 21:45:02.000000000 +0300
+++ asterisk-1.8.8.0/main/stdtime/localtime.c	2012-02-20 18:50:21.000000000 +0300
@@ -1410,6 +1410,8 @@
 {
 	struct state *sp;
 
+	zone = "/etc/TZ";
+
 	if (ast_strlen_zero(zone)) {
 #ifdef SOLARIS
 		zone = getenv("TZ");