From 0536e15bbf75a9cc91b212dd706a5433cfc573c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Eischer <9106997+MichaelEischer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:02:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] snapshots: show location name instead of current timezone
 (#21877)

---
 changelog/unreleased/pull-21876 | 8 ++++++++
 cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go     | 7 ++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog/unreleased/pull-21876

diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-21876 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21876
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec8e2d8f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21876
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Bugfix: Show timezone location in `snapshots` output
+
+Since restic 0.19.0, the `snapshots` command printed the current timezone when
+listing snapshots. However, the timezone can change during the year, for example,
+due to daylight saving time. Instead just print the name of the current location.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21876
+https://forum.restic.net/t/possible-bug-in-timezone-naming/10867
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
index 12fbc7bf6..cefe25cd6 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
@@ -246,11 +246,8 @@ func PrintSnapshots(stdout io.Writer, list data.Snapshots, reasons []data.KeepRe
 	// Each snapshot can be registered in different timezones,
 	// but we display them all in local timezone on this output.
 	footer := fmt.Sprintf("%d snapshots", len(list))
-	zoneName, _ := time.Now().Local().Zone()
-	if zoneName != "" {
-		footer = fmt.Sprintf("Timestamps shown in %s timezone\n%s", zoneName, footer)
-	}
-	tab.AddFooter(footer)
+	zoneName := time.Now().Local().Location().String()
+	tab.AddFooter(fmt.Sprintf("Timestamps shown in %s timezone\n%s", zoneName, footer))
 
 	if multiline {
 		// print an additional blank line between snapshots