diff --git a/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_endpoints_service.go b/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_endpoints_service.go
index 5e0a769a5bd9..040a7353802d 100644
--- a/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_endpoints_service.go
+++ b/third_party/terraform/resources/resource_endpoints_service.go
@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ func predictServiceId(d *schema.ResourceDiff, meta interface{}) error {
 	if !d.HasChange("openapi_config") && !d.HasChange("grpc_config") && !d.HasChange("protoc_output_base64") {
 		return nil
 	}
-	loc, _ := time.LoadLocation("America/Los_Angeles")
+	loc, err := time.LoadLocation("America/Los_Angeles")
+	if err != nil {
+		// Timezone data may not be present on some machines, in that case skip
+		return nil
+	}
 	baseDate := time.Now().In(loc).Format("2006-01-02")
 	oldConfigId := d.Get("config_id").(string)
 	if match, err := regexp.MatchString(`\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\dr\d*`, oldConfigId); !match || err != nil {