--- rsync-2.6.5/clientserver.c
+++ rsync-2.6.5/clientserver.c
@@ -360,6 +360,17 @@
 		 * a warning, unless a "require chroot" flag is set,
 		 * in which case we fail.
 		 */
+		time_t the_time;
+		struct tm* p_tm;
+		char envtz[10];
+		int s_timezone;
+
+		the_time = time(NULL);
+		p_tm = localtime(&the_time);
+		s_timezone = (int)p_tm->tm_gmtoff * -1;
+
+		snprintf(envtz, sizeof(envtz) - 1, "UTC%+d", s_timezone/3600);
+
 		if (chroot(lp_path(i))) {
 			rsyserr(FLOG, errno, "chroot %s failed",
 				safe_fname(lp_path(i)));
@@ -367,6 +378,8 @@
 			return -1;
 		}
 
+		setenv("TZ", envtz, 0);
+
 		if (!push_dir("/")) {
 			rsyserr(FLOG, errno, "chdir %s failed\n",
 				safe_fname(lp_path(i)));