diff --git a/.changelog/3781.txt b/.changelog/3781.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d816ee1cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3781.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+endpoints: Fixed a crash when `google_endpoints_service` is used on a machine without timezone data
+```
diff --git a/google/resource_endpoints_service.go b/google/resource_endpoints_service.go
index 5e0a769a5bd..040a7353802 100644
--- a/google/resource_endpoints_service.go
+++ b/google/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 {