@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from googlemaps.directions import directions
 from googlemaps.geocoding import geocode
 from googlemaps.geocoding import reverse_geocode
+from googlemaps.timezone import timezone
 
 # Allow sphinx to pick up these symbols for the documentation.
-__all__ = ['Context', 'geocode', 'reverse_geocode', 'directions']
+__all__ = ['Context', 'geocode', 'reverse_geocode', 'directions', 'timezone']
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Performs requests to the Google Maps Directions API."""
+
+from googlemaps import common
+from googlemaps import convert
+
+
+def timezone(ctx, location, timestamp, language=None):
+    """Get time zone for a location on the earth, as well as that location's time offset from UTC.
+
+    :param ctx: Shared googlemaps.Context
+    :type ctx: googlemaps.Context
+
+    :param location: The latitude/longitude value representing the location to look up.
+    :type location: dict or tuple
+
+    :param timestamp: Timestamp specifies the desired time as seconds since midnight, January 1, 
+        1970 UTC. The Time Zone API uses the timestamp to determine whether or not Daylight Savings
+        should be applied. Times before 1970 can be expressed as negative values.
+    :type timestamp: int or datetime.datetime
+
+    :param language: The language in which to return results.
+    :type language: basestring
+
+    :rtype: dict
+    """
+
+    if not isinstance(location, basestring):
+        location = convert.latlng(location)
+
+    timestamp = convert.time(timestamp)
+
+    params = {
+        "location": location,
+        "timestamp": timestamp
+    }
+
+    if language:
+        params["language"] = language
+
+    return common._get(ctx, "/maps/api/timezone/json", params)
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# This Python file uses the following encoding: utf-8
+
+"""Tests for the timezone module."""
+
+import unittest
+import datetime
+
+import googlemaps
+
+class TimezoneTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.c = googlemaps.Context(
+            key="AIzaSyDyZdCabN8GKh786tdj16gq80xalbbfqDM",
+            timeout=5)
+
+    def test_los_angeles(self):
+        timezone = googlemaps.timezone(self.c, (39.6034810,-119.6822510), 1331766000)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(timezone)
+        self.assertEquals(3600.0, timezone['dstOffset'])
+        self.assertEquals('America/Los_Angeles', timezone['timeZoneId'])
+        self.assertEquals('Pacific Daylight Time', timezone['timeZoneName'])
+
+    def test_los_angeles_es(self):
+        timezone = googlemaps.timezone(self.c, (39.6034810,-119.6822510), 1331766000, language='es')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(timezone)
+        self.assertEquals(3600.0, timezone['dstOffset'])
+        self.assertEquals('America/Los_Angeles', timezone['timeZoneId'])
+        self.assertEquals(u'Hora de verano del Pacífico', timezone['timeZoneName'])
+