diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp
index 14b314554aa..1061ff444fd 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/os.cpp
@@ -887,8 +887,12 @@ void os::print_date_and_time(outputStream *st, char* buf, size_t buflen) {
 
   struct tm tz;
   if (localtime_pd(&tloc, &tz) != NULL) {
-    ::strftime(buf, buflen, "%Z", &tz);
-    st->print_cr("timezone: %s", buf);
+    wchar_t w_buf[80];
+    size_t n = ::wcsftime(w_buf, 80, L"%Z", &tz);
+    if (n > 0) {
+      ::wcstombs(buf, w_buf, buflen);
+      st->print_cr("timezone: %s", buf);
+    }
   }
 
   double t = os::elapsedTime();