diff --git a/engine/time/src/main/java/io/deephaven/time/TimeLiteralReplacedExpression.java b/engine/time/src/main/java/io/deephaven/time/TimeLiteralReplacedExpression.java
index 693282fe0e8..012eb43d6a2 100644
--- a/engine/time/src/main/java/io/deephaven/time/TimeLiteralReplacedExpression.java
+++ b/engine/time/src/main/java/io/deephaven/time/TimeLiteralReplacedExpression.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public static TimeLiteralReplacedExpression convertExpression(String expression)
         int nanosIndex = 0;
         int periodIndex = 0;
         int durationIndex = 0;
+        int tzIndex = 0;
 
         final Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("'[^']*'").matcher(expression);
 
@@ -129,8 +130,16 @@ public static TimeLiteralReplacedExpression convertExpression(String expression)
                         .append(expression, matcher.start() + 1, matcher.end() - 1).append("\");\n");
                 newVariables.put("_localTime" + nanosIndex, LocalTime.class);
                 nanosIndex++;
+            } else if (DateTimeUtils.parseTimeZoneQuiet(s) != null) {
+                matcher.appendReplacement(convertedFormula, "_timeZone" + tzIndex);
+                instanceVariablesString.append("        private java.time.ZoneId _timeZone").append(tzIndex)
+                        .append("=DateTimeUtils.parseTimeZone(\"")
+                        .append(expression, matcher.start() + 1, matcher.end() - 1).append("\");\n");
+                newVariables.put("_timeZone" + tzIndex, ZoneId.class);
+                tzIndex++;
             } else {
-                throw new Exception("Cannot parse datetime/time/period : " + s);
+                throw new Exception(
+                        "Cannot parse literal as a datetime, date, time, duration, period, or timezone: " + s);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/engine/time/src/test/java/io/deephaven/time/TestTimeLiteralReplacedExpression.java b/engine/time/src/test/java/io/deephaven/time/TestTimeLiteralReplacedExpression.java
index 7d16628772e..21146d7ef1b 100644
--- a/engine/time/src/test/java/io/deephaven/time/TestTimeLiteralReplacedExpression.java
+++ b/engine/time/src/test/java/io/deephaven/time/TestTimeLiteralReplacedExpression.java
@@ -85,6 +85,32 @@ public void testConvertExpressionLocalTime() throws Exception {
                 tlre.getInstanceVariablesString());
     }
 
+    public void testConvertExpressionTimeZone() throws Exception {
+        final TimeLiteralReplacedExpression tlre = TimeLiteralReplacedExpression.convertExpression("'America/Denver'");
+        TestCase.assertEquals("_timeZone0", tlre.getConvertedFormula());
+
+        final HashMap<String, Class<?>> newVars = new HashMap<>();
+        newVars.put("_timeZone0", ZoneId.class);
+        TestCase.assertEquals(newVars, tlre.getNewVariables());
+
+        TestCase.assertEquals(
+                "        private java.time.ZoneId _timeZone0=DateTimeUtils.parseTimeZone(\"America/Denver\");\n",
+                tlre.getInstanceVariablesString());
+    }
+
+    public void testConvertExpressionTimeZone2() throws Exception {
+        final TimeLiteralReplacedExpression tlre = TimeLiteralReplacedExpression.convertExpression("'NY'");
+        TestCase.assertEquals("_timeZone0", tlre.getConvertedFormula());
+
+        final HashMap<String, Class<?>> newVars = new HashMap<>();
+        newVars.put("_timeZone0", ZoneId.class);
+        TestCase.assertEquals(newVars, tlre.getNewVariables());
+
+        TestCase.assertEquals(
+                "        private java.time.ZoneId _timeZone0=DateTimeUtils.parseTimeZone(\"NY\");\n",
+                tlre.getInstanceVariablesString());
+    }
+
     public void testConvertExpressionUnknown() throws Exception {
         final TimeLiteralReplacedExpression tlre = TimeLiteralReplacedExpression.convertExpression("'g'");
         TestCase.assertEquals("'g'", tlre.getConvertedFormula());