From 6778bef3ad8bfe94a37596c9271af42e59fe13fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Davies <iamed2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:33:35 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Set TimeZones as scalars for broadcasting (#30159)

---
 stdlib/Dates/src/arithmetic.jl  | 3 ++-
 stdlib/Dates/test/arithmetic.jl | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/stdlib/Dates/src/arithmetic.jl b/stdlib/Dates/src/arithmetic.jl
index 0b9ece4f27e1e..5bbf6972c3141 100644
--- a/stdlib/Dates/src/arithmetic.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Dates/src/arithmetic.jl
@@ -83,5 +83,6 @@ end
 (-)(x::OrdinalRange{T}, y::OrdinalRange{T}) where {T<:TimeType} = Vector(x) - Vector(y)
 (-)(x::AbstractRange{T}, y::AbstractRange{T}) where {T<:TimeType} = Vector(x) - Vector(y)
 
-# Allow dates and times to broadcast as unwrapped scalars
+# Allow dates, times, and time zones to broadcast as unwrapped scalars
 Base.Broadcast.broadcastable(x::AbstractTime) = Ref(x)
+Base.Broadcast.broadcastable(x::TimeZone) = Ref(x)
diff --git a/stdlib/Dates/test/arithmetic.jl b/stdlib/Dates/test/arithmetic.jl
index 487cb8627b6b7..266884f45b0a6 100644
--- a/stdlib/Dates/test/arithmetic.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Dates/test/arithmetic.jl
@@ -472,6 +472,10 @@ end
         @test_throws MethodError (Dates.Month(1) + Dates.Day(1)) - t1
         @test_throws MethodError (Dates.Hour(1) + Dates.Minute(1)) - t3
     end
+    @testset "TimeZone" begin
+        # best we can get in Dates as there is no other tz functionality
+        @test ((a, b) -> now(typeof(a))).(UTC(), [1,2,3]) isa Vector{DateTime}
+    end
 end
 
 end