diff --git a/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.js b/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.js
index 46260fb5..be5efe8f 100644
--- a/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.js
+++ b/jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.js
@@ -49,7 +49,34 @@ function Timepicker() {
 		minuteText: 'Minute',
 		secondText: 'Second',
 		millisecText: 'Millisecond',
-		timezoneText: 'Time Zone'
+		timezoneText: 'Time Zone',
+		timezoneLabels: {
+			'-1100': '-11h NUT: Niue Time',
+			'-1000': '-10h HST: Hawaii Standard Time',
+			'-0900': '-09h HDT: Hawaii Summer Time',
+			'-0800': '-08h PST: Pacific Standard Time',
+			'-0700': '-07h PDT: Pacific Summer Time',
+			'-0600': '-06h CST: Central Standard Time (America)',
+			'-0500': '-05h EST: Eastern Standard Time (America)',
+			'-0400': '-04h EDT: Eastern Summer Time (America)',
+			'-0300': '-03h BRT: Brasilia Standard Time',
+			'-0200': '-02h BRST: Brasilia Summer Time',
+			'-0100': '-01h CVT: Cape Verde Time',
+			'+0000': '±00h UTC: Universal Coordinated Time (Greenwich)',
+			'+0100': '+01h CET: Central European Standard Time',
+			'+0200': '+02h CEST: Central European Summer Time',
+			'+0300': '+03h AST: Arabia Time',
+			'+0400': '+04h MSK: Moscow Time',
+			'+0500': '+05h PKT: Pakistan Time',
+			'+0600': '+06h BST: Bangladesh Time',
+			'+0700': '+07h ICT: Indochina Time',
+			'+0800': '+08h CST: China Standard Time',
+			'+0900': '+09h JST: Japan Time',
+			'+1000': '+10h AEST: Australian Eastern Standard Time',
+			'+1100': '+11h AEDT: Australian Eastern Summer Time',
+			'+1200': '+12h NZST: New Zealand Standard Time',
+			'+1300': '+13h NZDT: New Zealand Summer Time'
+		}
 	};
 	this._defaults = { // Global defaults for all the datetime picker instances
 		showButtonPanel: true,
@@ -440,8 +467,8 @@ $.extend(Timepicker.prototype, {
 			$.fn.append.apply(this.timezone_select,
 				$.map(o.timezoneList, function(val, idx) {
 					return $("<option />")
-						.val(typeof val == "object" ? val.value : val)
-						.text(typeof val == "object" ? val.label : val);
+						.val(val)
+						.text(o.timezoneLabels[val]);
 				})
 			);
 			this.timezone_select.val((typeof this.timezone != "undefined" && this.timezone != null && this.timezone != "") ? this.timezone : o.timezone);
diff --git a/localization/jquery-ui-timepicker-de.js b/localization/jquery-ui-timepicker-de.js
index 741298b8..fd01f4de 100644
--- a/localization/jquery-ui-timepicker-de.js
+++ b/localization/jquery-ui-timepicker-de.js
@@ -14,7 +14,34 @@
 		timeFormat: 'hh:mm tt',
 		amNames: ['vorm.', 'AM', 'A'],
 		pmNames: ['nachm.', 'PM', 'P'],
-		ampm: false
+		ampm: false,
+		timezoneLabels: {
+			'-1100': '-11h NUT: Niue Zeit',
+			'-1000': '-10h HST: Hawaiianische Standardzeit',
+			'-0900': '-09h HDT: Hawaiianische Sommerzeit',
+			'-0800': '-08h PST: Pazifische Standardzeit',
+			'-0700': '-07h PDT: Pazifische Sommerzeit',
+			'-0600': '-06h CST: Zentrale Standardzeit (Amerika)',
+			'-0500': '-05h EST: Östliche Standardzeit (Amerika)',
+			'-0400': '-04h EDT: Östliche Sommerzeit (Amerika)',
+			'-0300': '-03h BRT: Brasilianische Standardzeit',
+			'-0200': '-02h BRST: Brasilianische Sommerzeit',
+			'-0100': '-01h CVT: Kap Verde Zeit',
+			'+0000': '±00h UTC: Koordinierte Weltzeit (Greenwich)',
+			'+0100': '+01h CET: Mitteleuropäische Standardzeit (MEZ)',
+			'+0200': '+02h CEST: Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit (MESZ)',
+			'+0300': '+03h AST: Arabische Zeit',
+			'+0400': '+04h MSK: Moskauer Zeit',
+			'+0500': '+05h PKT: Pakistanische Zeit',
+			'+0600': '+06h BST: Bangladesch Zeit',
+			'+0700': '+07h ICT: Indochinesische Zeit',
+			'+0800': '+08h CST: Chinesische Standardzeit',
+			'+0900': '+09h JST: Japanische Zeit',
+			'+1000': '+10h AEST: Ost-Australische Standardzeit',
+			'+1100': '+11h AEDT: Ost-Australische Sommerzeit',
+			'+1200': '+12h NZST: Neuseeländische Standardzeit',
+			'+1300': '+13h NZDT: Neuseeländische Sommerzeit'
+		}
 	};
 	$.timepicker.setDefaults($.timepicker.regional['de']);
 })(jQuery);