diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7331bc..c608706 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ For major (breaking) changes - **version 4, 3 and 2** - see end of page.
 
 | Version | Date       | Comment                                                                                             |
 | ------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 5.23.10 | 2024-12-12 | `time()` changed retrieval of timezones (linux, macOS)                                              |
 | 5.23.9  | 2024-12-11 | `typings` added definitions with overload                                                           |
 | 5.23.8  | 2024-12-10 | `system()` added Raspberry 500 detection                                                            |
 | 5.23.7  | 2024-12-09 | `networkInterfaces()` sanitizing SSID names (windows)                                               |
diff --git a/docs/history.html b/docs/history.html
index fcd2ea1..c6c96d9 100644
--- a/docs/history.html
+++ b/docs/history.html
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
                     </tr>
                   </thead>
                   <tbody>
+                    <tr>
+                      <th scope="row">5.23.10</th>
+                      <td>2024-12-12</td>
+                      <td><span class="code">time()</span> changes retrieval of timezones (linux, macOS)</td>
+                    </tr>
                     <tr>
                       <th scope="row">5.23.9</th>
                       <td>2024-12-11</td>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 798a69b..11fe7c1 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
       <img class="logo" src="assets/logo.png" alt="logo">
       <div class="title">systeminformation</div>
       <div class="subtitle"><span id="typed"></span>&nbsp;</div>
-      <div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.23.9</span></div>
+      <div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.23.10</span></div>
       <button class="btn btn-light" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation'">View on Github <i class=" fab fa-github"></i></button>
     </div>
     <div class="down">
diff --git a/lib/osinfo.js b/lib/osinfo.js
index 33aa0c1..16eb807 100644
--- a/lib/osinfo.js
+++ b/lib/osinfo.js
@@ -34,11 +34,25 @@ const _sunos = (_platform === 'sunos');
 
 function time() {
   let t = new Date().toString().split(' ');
-  return {
-    current: Date.now(),
-    uptime: os.uptime(),
-    timezone: (t.length >= 7) ? t[5] : '',
-    timezoneName: Intl ? Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone : (t.length >= 7) ? t.slice(6).join(' ').replace(/\(/g, '').replace(/\)/g, '') : ''
+  if (_darwin || _linux) {
+    const stdout = execSync('date +%Z && date +%z && ls -l /etc/localtime 2>/dev/null', util.execOptsLinux);
+    const lines = stdout.toString().split(os.EOL);
+    if (lines.length > 3 && !lines[0]) {
+      lines.shift();
+    }
+    return {
+      current: Date.now(),
+      uptime: os.uptime(),
+      timezone: lines[0] && lines[1] ? lines[0] + lines[1] : '',
+      timezoneName: lines[2] && lines[2].indexOf('/zoneinfo/') > 0 ? (lines[2].split('/zoneinfo/')[1] || '') : ''
+    };
+  } else {
+    return {
+      current: Date.now(),
+      uptime: os.uptime(),
+      timezone: (t.length >= 7) ? t[5] : '',
+      timezoneName: Intl ? Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone : (t.length >= 7) ? t.slice(6).join(' ').replace(/\(/g, '').replace(/\)/g, '') : ''
+    };
   };
 }