diff --git a/include/mysql.php b/include/mysql.php
index 47f5ab5c8854e7ce4f6cdea47cd5ebd7dccd2fc4..3f8729393977417db9d0f519068e013545eb05ce 100644
--- a/include/mysql.php
+++ b/include/mysql.php
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@
 
         return $version;
     }
-    
+
+    function db_timezone() {
+        return db_get_variable('time_zone');
+    }
+
     function db_get_variable($variable, $type='session') {
         $sql =sprintf('SELECT @@%s.%s',$type,$variable);
         return db_result(db_query($sql));