diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f3e6eb787870..a0eb285ad9a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Compatibility:
 * Add `Dir.for_fd` (#3681, @andrykonchin).
 * Add `Dir.fchdir` (#3681, @andrykonchin).
 * Add `Dir#chdir` (#3681, @andrykonchin).
+* Support Timezone argument to `Time.{new,at}` and `Time#{getlocal,localtime}` (#1717, @patricklinpl, @manefz, @rwstauner).
 
 Performance:
 
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/time/localtime_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/time/localtime_spec.rb
index 609b6532a16c..93fb16e84403 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/time/localtime_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/time/localtime_spec.rb
@@ -128,6 +128,17 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "with an argument that responds to #utc_to_local" do
+    it "coerces using #utc_to_local" do
+      o = mock('string')
+      o.should_receive(:utc_to_local).and_return(Time.new(2007, 1, 9, 13, 0, 0, 3600))
+      t = Time.gm(2007, 1, 9, 12, 0, 0)
+      t.localtime(o)
+      t.should == Time.new(2007, 1, 9, 13, 0, 0, 3600)
+      t.utc_offset.should == 3600
+    end
+  end
+
   it "raises ArgumentError if the String argument is not of the form (+|-)HH:MM" do
     t = Time.now
     -> { t.localtime("3600") }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
diff --git a/spec/tags/core/time/getlocal_tags.txt b/spec/tags/core/time/getlocal_tags.txt
index 86ed81235d89..c5c99290ae87 100644
--- a/spec/tags/core/time/getlocal_tags.txt
+++ b/spec/tags/core/time/getlocal_tags.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ fails:Time#getlocal with an argument that responds to #to_r coerces using #to_r
 fails:Time#getlocal raises ArgumentError if the argument represents a value less than or equal to -86400 seconds
 fails:Time#getlocal raises ArgumentError if the argument represents a value greater than or equal to 86400 seconds
 fails:Time#getlocal with a timezone argument returns a Time in the timezone
-fails:Time#getlocal with a timezone argument accepts timezone argument that must have #local_to_utc and #utc_to_local methods
 fails:Time#getlocal with a timezone argument raises TypeError if timezone does not implement #utc_to_local method
-fails:Time#getlocal with a timezone argument does not raise exception if timezone does not implement #local_to_utc method
 fails:Time#getlocal with a timezone argument subject's class implements .find_timezone method calls .find_timezone to build a time object if passed zone name as a timezone argument
 fails:Time#getlocal with a timezone argument subject's class implements .find_timezone method does not call .find_timezone if passed any not string/numeric/timezone timezone argument
diff --git a/spec/tags/core/time/new_tags.txt b/spec/tags/core/time/new_tags.txt
index c8e3291dfc72..bac0b74973de 100644
--- a/spec/tags/core/time/new_tags.txt
+++ b/spec/tags/core/time/new_tags.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ fails:Time.new with a utc_offset argument with an argument that responds to #to_
 fails:Time.new with a utc_offset argument raises ArgumentError if the argument represents a value less than or equal to -86400 seconds
 fails:Time.new with a utc_offset argument raises ArgumentError if the argument represents a value greater than or equal to 86400 seconds
 fails:Time.new with a timezone argument returns a Time in the timezone
-fails:Time.new with a timezone argument accepts timezone argument that must have #local_to_utc and #utc_to_local methods
 fails:Time.new with a timezone argument raises TypeError if timezone does not implement #local_to_utc method
 fails:Time.new with a timezone argument does not raise exception if timezone does not implement #utc_to_local method
 fails:Time.new with a timezone argument the #abbr method is used by '%Z' in #strftime
diff --git a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/type.rb b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/type.rb
index dade0c975b24..92c7152533e3 100644
--- a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/type.rb
+++ b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/type.rb
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ def self.coerce_to_utc_offset(offset)
 
       if Primitive.is_a? offset, String
         offset = Truffle::Type.coerce_string_to_utc_offset(offset)
+      elsif Primitive.respond_to?(offset, :utc_to_local, false)
+        offset = offset.utc_to_local(Time.now).utc_offset
       else
         offset = Truffle::Type.coerce_to_exact_num(offset)
       end