diff --git a/fwprovider/test/resource_time_test.go b/fwprovider/test/resource_time_test.go
index 4f89543a..6d510ce9 100644
--- a/fwprovider/test/resource_time_test.go
+++ b/fwprovider/test/resource_time_test.go
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ func TestAccResourceTime(t *testing.T) {
 			{
 				Config: te.RenderConfig(`resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_time" "node_time" {
 				  node_name = "{{.NodeName}}"
-				  time_zone = "America/New_York"
+				  time_zone = "Europe/Amsterdam"
 				}`),
 				Check: ResourceAttributes("proxmox_virtual_environment_time.node_time", map[string]string{
-					"time_zone": "America/New_York",
+					"time_zone": "Europe/Amsterdam",
 				}),
 			},
 			{
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/time.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/time.go
index 8fe23418..5865064d 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/time.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/time.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // Load time zone data, see https://pkg.go.dev/time/tzdata
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"