Index: Lib/test/test_time.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/test_time.py	(revision 81646)
+++ Lib/test/test_time.py	(working copy)
@@ -218,6 +218,22 @@
         t1 = time.mktime(lt1)
         self.assertTrue(0 <= (t1-t0) < 0.2)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(time.struct_time, "tm_zone"),
+                         "struct tm does not have tm_zone field")
+    def test_tm_zone(self):
+        t = time.gmtime(0)
+        self.assertEqual(t.tm_zone, 'UTC')
+        self.assertEqual(t.tm_gmtoff, 0)
+        
+        lt = time.localtime()
+        self.assertEqual(lt.tm_zone, time.tzname[lt.tm_isdst])
+        self.assertEqual(lt.tm_gmtoff, -[time.timezone, time.altzone][lt.tm_isdst])
+
+        # Check that struct_time still behaves as a 9-tuple
+        self.assertEqual(len(lt), 9)
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, t.__getitem__, 9)
+        self.assertEqual(lt.tm_isdst, lt[-1])
+
 class TestLocale(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.oldloc = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL)
Index: Modules/timemodule.c
===================================================================
--- Modules/timemodule.c	(revision 81646)
+++ Modules/timemodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@
     {"tm_wday", NULL},
     {"tm_yday", NULL},
     {"tm_isdst", NULL},
+#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_TM_TM_ZONE
+    {"tm_zone", "abbreviation of timezone name"},
+    {"tm_gmtoff", "offset from UTC in seconds"},
+#endif /* HAVE_STRUCT_TM_TM_ZONE */
     {0}
 };
 
@@ -248,6 +252,10 @@
     SET(6, (p->tm_wday + 6) % 7); /* Want Monday == 0 */
     SET(7, p->tm_yday + 1);        /* Want January, 1 == 1 */
     SET(8, p->tm_isdst);
+#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_TM_TM_ZONE
+    PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(v, 9, PyUnicode_FromString(p->tm_zone));
+    SET(10, p->tm_gmtoff);
+#endif /* HAVE_STRUCT_TM_TM_ZONE */
 #undef SET
     if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
         Py_XDECREF(v);