From afd488d33b6c7272f83c86fb1911e7cab060ad24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Hamlett <alan.hamlett@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:33:25 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] catch exceptions from unknown timezones

---
 wakatime/__init__.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wakatime/__init__.py b/wakatime/__init__.py
index fa9b7cb..a59f3df 100644
--- a/wakatime/__init__.py
+++ b/wakatime/__init__.py
@@ -287,7 +287,10 @@ def send_action(project=None, branch=None, stats=None, key=None, targetFile=None
     request.add_header('Authorization', auth)
 
     # add Olson timezone to request
-    tz = tzlocal.get_localzone()
+    try:
+        tz = tzlocal.get_localzone()
+    except:
+        tz = None
     if tz:
         request.add_header('TimeZone', u(tz.zone))