Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/locale-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/locale-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/locale-procs.tcl	10 Oct 2003 13:59:22 -0000	1.20
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/locale-procs.tcl	14 Oct 2003 07:39:28 -0000	1.21
@@ -561,7 +561,11 @@
         return ""
     }
 
-    set timezone [lang::user::timezone]
+    set timezone {}
+    if { [ad_conn isconnected] } {
+        set timezone [lang::user::timezone]
+    }
+
     if { [empty_string_p $timezone] } {
         # No user timezone, return the system timezone
         set timezone [lang::system::timezone]