feat(date)!: separate timeZone method (#2947)

13 files changed, 560 insertions, 426 deletions

diff --git a/docs/guide/upgrading.md b/docs/guide/upgrading.md
index b562cdb0..9797a48c 100644
--- a/docs/guide/upgrading.md
+++ b/docs/guide/upgrading.md
@@ -567,6 +567,15 @@ Now, this throws an error raising awareness of that bad value.
 
 This affects the `refDate` parameter of the `anytime()`, `birthdate()`, `past()`, `future()`, `recent()` and `soon()`, methods as well as the `from` and `to` parameters of `between()` and `betweens()`.
 
+### Separate Timezone Methods
+
+The `timeZone` functionality has been divided to enhance specificity:
+
+- Use `faker.date.timeZone()` to generate a random global time zone.
+- Use `faker.location.timeZone()` to obtain time zone specific to the current locale.
+
+We haven't updated all locale dependent time zone data yet, so if you encounter unexpected values, please create a new issue.
+
 ### Prices Now Return More Price-Like Values
 
 The `faker.commerce.price()` method now produces values that also return fractional values.
diff --git a/src/definitions/date.ts b/src/definitions/date.ts
index 2265a025..1a3d073b 100644
--- a/src/definitions/date.ts
+++ b/src/definitions/date.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ export type DateDefinition = LocaleEntry<{
    * The translations for weekdays (Sunday - Saturday).
    */
   weekday: DateEntryDefinition;
+
+  /**
+   * The names of the IANA time zones. Not tied to the current locale.
+   *
+   * Since this is the same for all locales, it is only defined in the `base` locale.
+   *
+   * @see [IANA Time Zone Database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones)
+   */
+  time_zone: string[];
 }>;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/definitions/location.ts b/src/definitions/location.ts
index 1814a3ac..5aee4e79 100644
--- a/src/definitions/location.ts
+++ b/src/definitions/location.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ export type LocationDefinition = LocaleEntry<{
   secondary_address: string[];
 
   /**
-   * A list of timezones names.
+   * A list of time zones names relevant to this locale.
+   *
+   * @see [IANA Time Zone Database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones)
    */
   time_zone: string[];
 }>;
diff --git a/src/locales/base/date/index.ts b/src/locales/base/date/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72136d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locales/base/date/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * This file is automatically generated.
+ * Run 'pnpm run generate:locales' to update.
+ */
+import type { DateDefinition } from '../../..';
+import time_zone from './time_zone';
+
+const date: DateDefinition = {
+  time_zone,
+};
+
+export default date;
diff --git a/src/locales/base/date/time_zone.ts b/src/locales/base/date/time_zone.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f7f7378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locales/base/date/time_zone.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+// https://www.iana.org/time-zones -  2024a - 2024-02-01
+// This file is generated using:
+// const { timeZonesNames } = await import('https://esm.sh/@vvo/tzdb');
+// JSON.stringify(timeZonesNames, null, 2);
+export default [
+  'Africa/Abidjan',
+  'Africa/Accra',
+  'Africa/Addis_Ababa',
+  'Africa/Algiers',
+  'Africa/Asmara',
+  'Africa/Bamako',
+  'Africa/Bangui',
+  'Africa/Banjul',
+  'Africa/Bissau',
+  'Africa/Blantyre',
+  'Africa/Brazzaville',
+  'Africa/Bujumbura',
+  'Africa/Cairo',
+  'Africa/Casablanca',
+  'Africa/Ceuta',
+  'Africa/Conakry',
+  'Africa/Dakar',
+  'Africa/Dar_es_Salaam',
+  'Africa/Djibouti',
+  'Africa/Douala',
+  'Africa/El_Aaiun',
+  'Africa/Freetown',
+  'Africa/Gaborone',
+  'Africa/Harare',
+  'Africa/Johannesburg',
+  'Africa/Juba',
+  'Africa/Kampala',
+  'Africa/Khartoum',
+  'Africa/Kigali',
+  'Africa/Kinshasa',
+  'Africa/Lagos',
+  'Africa/Libreville',
+  'Africa/Lome',
+  'Africa/Luanda',
+  'Africa/Lubumbashi',
+  'Africa/Lusaka',
+  'Africa/Malabo',
+  'Africa/Maputo',
+  'Africa/Maseru',
+  'Africa/Mbabane',
+  'Africa/Mogadishu',
+  'Africa/Monrovia',
+  'Africa/Nairobi',
+  'Africa/Ndjamena',
+  'Africa/Niamey',
+  'Africa/Nouakchott',
+  'Africa/Ouagadougou',
+  'Africa/Porto-Novo',
+  'Africa/Sao_Tome',
+  'Africa/Tripoli',
+  'Africa/Tunis',
+  'Africa/Windhoek',
+  'America/Adak',
+  'America/Anchorage',
+  'America/Anguilla',
+  'America/Antigua',
+  'America/Araguaina',
+  'America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires',
+  'America/Argentina/Catamarca',
+  'America/Argentina/Cordoba',
+  'America/Argentina/Jujuy',
+  'America/Argentina/La_Rioja',
+  'America/Argentina/Mendoza',
+  'America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos',
+  'America/Argentina/Salta',
+  'America/Argentina/San_Juan',
+  'America/Argentina/San_Luis',
+  'America/Argentina/Tucuman',
+  'America/Argentina/Ushuaia',
+  'America/Aruba',
+  'America/Asuncion',
+  'America/Atikokan',
+  'America/Bahia',
+  'America/Bahia_Banderas',
+  'America/Barbados',
+  'America/Belem',
+  'America/Belize',
+  'America/Blanc-Sablon',
+  'America/Boa_Vista',
+  'America/Bogota',
+  'America/Boise',
+  'America/Cambridge_Bay',
+  'America/Campo_Grande',
+  'America/Cancun',
+  'America/Caracas',
+  'America/Cayenne',
+  'America/Cayman',
+  'America/Chicago',
+  'America/Chihuahua',
+  'America/Ciudad_Juarez',
+  'America/Costa_Rica',
+  'America/Creston',
+  'America/Cuiaba',
+  'America/Curacao',
+  'America/Danmarkshavn',
+  'America/Dawson',
+  'America/Dawson_Creek',
+  'America/Denver',
+  'America/Detroit',
+  'America/Dominica',
+  'America/Edmonton',
+  'America/Eirunepe',
+  'America/El_Salvador',
+  'America/Fort_Nelson',
+  'America/Fortaleza',
+  'America/Glace_Bay',
+  'America/Goose_Bay',
+  'America/Grand_Turk',
+  'America/Grenada',
+  'America/Guadeloupe',
+  'America/Guatemala',
+  'America/Guayaquil',
+  'America/Guyana',
+  'America/Halifax',
+  'America/Havana',
+  'America/Hermosillo',
+  'America/Indiana/Indianapolis',
+  'America/Indiana/Knox',
+  'America/Indiana/Marengo',
+  'America/Indiana/Petersburg',
+  'America/Indiana/Tell_City',
+  'America/Indiana/Vevay',
+  'America/Indiana/Vincennes',
+  'America/Indiana/Winamac',
+  'America/Inuvik',
+  'America/Iqaluit',
+  'America/Jamaica',
+  'America/Juneau',
+  'America/Kentucky/Louisville',
+  'America/Kentucky/Monticello',
+  'America/Kralendijk',
+  'America/La_Paz',
+  'America/Lima',
+  'America/Los_Angeles',
+  'America/Lower_Princes',
+  'America/Maceio',
+  'America/Managua',
+  'America/Manaus',
+  'America/Marigot',
+  'America/Martinique',
+  'America/Matamoros',
+  'America/Mazatlan',
+  'America/Menominee',
+  'America/Merida',
+  'America/Metlakatla',
+  'America/Mexico_City',
+  'America/Miquelon',
+  'America/Moncton',
+  'America/Monterrey',
+  'America/Montevideo',
+  'America/Montserrat',
+  'America/Nassau',
+  'America/New_York',
+  'America/Nome',
+  'America/Noronha',
+  'America/North_Dakota/Beulah',
+  'America/North_Dakota/Center',
+  'America/North_Dakota/New_Salem',
+  'America/Nuuk',
+  'America/Ojinaga',
+  'America/Panama',
+  'America/Paramaribo',
+  'America/Phoenix',
+  'America/Port-au-Prince',
+  'America/Port_of_Spain',
+  'America/Porto_Velho',
+  'America/Puerto_Rico',
+  'America/Punta_Arenas',
+  'America/Rankin_Inlet',
+  'America/Recife',
+  'America/Regina',
+  'America/Resolute',
+  'America/Rio_Branco',
+  'America/Santarem',
+  'America/Santiago',
+  'America/Santo_Domingo',
+  'America/Sao_Paulo',
+  'America/Scoresbysund',
+  'America/Sitka',
+  'America/St_Barthelemy',
+  'America/St_Johns',
+  'America/St_Kitts',
+  'America/St_Lucia',
+  'America/St_Thomas',
+  'America/St_Vincent',
+  'America/Swift_Current',
+  'America/Tegucigalpa',
+  'America/Thule',
+  'America/Tijuana',
+  'America/Toronto',
+  'America/Tortola',
+  'America/Vancouver',
+  'America/Whitehorse',
+  'America/Winnipeg',
+  'America/Yakutat',
+  'America/Yellowknife',
+  'Antarctica/Casey',
+  'Antarctica/Davis',
+  'Antarctica/DumontDUrville',
+  'Antarctica/Macquarie',
+  'Antarctica/Mawson',
+  'Antarctica/McMurdo',
+  'Antarctica/Palmer',
+  'Antarctica/Rothera',
+  'Antarctica/Syowa',
+  'Antarctica/Troll',
+  'Antarctica/Vostok',
+  'Arctic/Longyearbyen',
+  'Asia/Aden',
+  'Asia/Almaty',
+  'Asia/Amman',
+  'Asia/Anadyr',
+  'Asia/Aqtau',
+  'Asia/Aqtobe',
+  'Asia/Ashgabat',
+  'Asia/Atyrau',
+  'Asia/Baghdad',
+  'Asia/Bahrain',
+  'Asia/Baku',
+  'Asia/Bangkok',
+  'Asia/Barnaul',
+  'Asia/Beirut',
+  'Asia/Bishkek',
+  'Asia/Brunei',
+  'Asia/Chita',
+  'Asia/Choibalsan',
+  'Asia/Colombo',
+  'Asia/Damascus',
+  'Asia/Dhaka',
+  'Asia/Dili',
+  'Asia/Dubai',
+  'Asia/Dushanbe',
+  'Asia/Famagusta',
+  'Asia/Gaza',
+  'Asia/Hebron',
+  'Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh',
+  'Asia/Hong_Kong',
+  'Asia/Hovd',
+  'Asia/Irkutsk',
+  'Asia/Jakarta',
+  'Asia/Jayapura',
+  'Asia/Jerusalem',
+  'Asia/Kabul',
+  'Asia/Kamchatka',
+  'Asia/Karachi',
+  'Asia/Kathmandu',
+  'Asia/Khandyga',
+  'Asia/Kolkata',
+  'Asia/Krasnoyarsk',
+  'Asia/Kuala_Lumpur',
+  'Asia/Kuching',
+  'Asia/Kuwait',
+  'Asia/Macau',
+  'Asia/Magadan',
+  'Asia/Makassar',
+  'Asia/Manila',
+  'Asia/Muscat',
+  'Asia/Nicosia',
+  'Asia/Novokuznetsk',
+  'Asia/Novosibirsk',
+  'Asia/Omsk',
+  'Asia/Oral',
+  'Asia/Phnom_Penh',
+  'Asia/Pontianak',
+  'Asia/Pyongyang',
+  'Asia/Qatar',
+  'Asia/Qostanay',
+  'Asia/Qyzylorda',
+  'Asia/Riyadh',
+  'Asia/Sakhalin',
+  'Asia/Samarkand',
+  'Asia/Seoul',
+  'Asia/Shanghai',
+  'Asia/Singapore',
+  'Asia/Srednekolymsk',
+  'Asia/Taipei',
+  'Asia/Tashkent',
+  'Asia/Tbilisi',
+  'Asia/Tehran',
+  'Asia/Thimphu',
+  'Asia/Tokyo',
+  'Asia/Tomsk',
+  'Asia/Ulaanbaatar',
+  'Asia/Urumqi',
+  'Asia/Ust-Nera',
+  'Asia/Vientiane',
+  'Asia/Vladivostok',
+  'Asia/Yakutsk',
+  'Asia/Yangon',
+  'Asia/Yekaterinburg',
+  'Asia/Yerevan',
+  'Atlantic/Azores',
+  'Atlantic/Bermuda',
+  'Atlantic/Canary',
+  'Atlantic/Cape_Verde',
+  'Atlantic/Faroe',
+  'Atlantic/Madeira',
+  'Atlantic/Reykjavik',
+  'Atlantic/South_Georgia',
+  'Atlantic/St_Helena',
+  'Atlantic/Stanley',
+  'Australia/Adelaide',
+  'Australia/Brisbane',
+  'Australia/Broken_Hill',
+  'Australia/Darwin',
+  'Australia/Eucla',
+  'Australia/Hobart',
+  'Australia/Lindeman',
+  'Australia/Lord_Howe',
+  'Australia/Melbourne',
+  'Australia/Perth',
+  'Australia/Sydney',
+  'Europe/Amsterdam',
+  'Europe/Andorra',
+  'Europe/Astrakhan',
+  'Europe/Athens',
+  'Europe/Belgrade',
+  'Europe/Berlin',
+  'Europe/Bratislava',
+  'Europe/Brussels',
+  'Europe/Bucharest',
+  'Europe/Budapest',
+  'Europe/Busingen',
+  'Europe/Chisinau',
+  'Europe/Copenhagen',
+  'Europe/Dublin',
+  'Europe/Gibraltar',
+  'Europe/Guernsey',
+  'Europe/Helsinki',
+  'Europe/Isle_of_Man',
+  'Europe/Istanbul',
+  'Europe/Jersey',
+  'Europe/Kaliningrad',
+  'Europe/Kirov',
+  'Europe/Kyiv',
+  'Europe/Lisbon',
+  'Europe/Ljubljana',
+  'Europe/London',
+  'Europe/Luxembourg',
+  'Europe/Madrid',
+  'Europe/Malta',
+  'Europe/Mariehamn',
+  'Europe/Minsk',
+  'Europe/Monaco',
+  'Europe/Moscow',
+  'Europe/Oslo',
+  'Europe/Paris',
+  'Europe/Podgorica',
+  'Europe/Prague',
+  'Europe/Riga',
+  'Europe/Rome',
+  'Europe/Samara',
+  'Europe/San_Marino',
+  'Europe/Sarajevo',
+  'Europe/Saratov',
+  'Europe/Simferopol',
+  'Europe/Skopje',
+  'Europe/Sofia',
+  'Europe/Stockholm',
+  'Europe/Tallinn',
+  'Europe/Tirane',
+  'Europe/Ulyanovsk',
+  'Europe/Vaduz',
+  'Europe/Vatican',
+  'Europe/Vienna',
+  'Europe/Vilnius',
+  'Europe/Volgograd',
+  'Europe/Warsaw',
+  'Europe/Zagreb',
+  'Europe/Zurich',
+  'Indian/Antananarivo',
+  'Indian/Chagos',
+  'Indian/Christmas',
+  'Indian/Cocos',
+  'Indian/Comoro',
+  'Indian/Kerguelen',
+  'Indian/Mahe',
+  'Indian/Maldives',
+  'Indian/Mauritius',
+  'Indian/Mayotte',
+  'Indian/Reunion',
+  'Pacific/Apia',
+  'Pacific/Auckland',
+  'Pacific/Bougainville',
+  'Pacific/Chatham',
+  'Pacific/Chuuk',
+  'Pacific/Easter',
+  'Pacific/Efate',
+  'Pacific/Fakaofo',
+  'Pacific/Fiji',
+  'Pacific/Funafuti',
+  'Pacific/Galapagos',
+  'Pacific/Gambier',
+  'Pacific/Guadalcanal',
+  'Pacific/Guam',
+  'Pacific/Honolulu',
+  'Pacific/Kanton',
+  'Pacific/Kiritimati',
+  'Pacific/Kosrae',
+  'Pacific/Kwajalein',
+  'Pacific/Majuro',
+  'Pacific/Marquesas',
+  'Pacific/Midway',
+  'Pacific/Nauru',
+  'Pacific/Niue',
+  'Pacific/Norfolk',
+  'Pacific/Noumea',
+  'Pacific/Pago_Pago',
+  'Pacific/Palau',
+  'Pacific/Pitcairn',
+  'Pacific/Pohnpei',
+  'Pacific/Port_Moresby',
+  'Pacific/Rarotonga',
+  'Pacific/Saipan',
+  'Pacific/Tahiti',
+  'Pacific/Tarawa',
+  'Pacific/Tongatapu',
+  'Pacific/Wake',
+  'Pacific/Wallis',
+];
diff --git a/src/locales/base/index.ts b/src/locales/base/index.ts
index 66e8a765..0a031fbb 100644
--- a/src/locales/base/index.ts
+++ b/src/locales/base/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import type { LocaleDefinition } from '../..';
 import color from './color';
 import database from './database';
+import date from './date';
 import hacker from './hacker';
 import internet from './internet';
 import location from './location';
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import system from './system';
 const base: LocaleDefinition = {
   color,
   database,
+  date,
   hacker,
   internet,
   location,
diff --git a/src/locales/base/location/time_zone.ts b/src/locales/base/location/time_zone.ts
index 58bc6b2d..c5e60398 100644
--- a/src/locales/base/location/time_zone.ts
+++ b/src/locales/base/location/time_zone.ts
@@ -1,420 +1,4 @@
-export default [
-  'Africa/Abidjan',
-  'Africa/Accra',
-  'Africa/Addis_Ababa',
-  'Africa/Algiers',
-  'Africa/Asmara',
-  'Africa/Bamako',
-  'Africa/Bangui',
-  'Africa/Banjul',
-  'Africa/Bissau',
-  'Africa/Blantyre',
-  'Africa/Brazzaville',
-  'Africa/Bujumbura',
-  'Africa/Cairo',
-  'Africa/Casablanca',
-  'Africa/Ceuta',
-  'Africa/Conakry',
-  'Africa/Dakar',
-  'Africa/Dar_es_Salaam',
-  'Africa/Djibouti',
-  'Africa/Douala',
-  'Africa/El_Aaiun',
-  'Africa/Freetown',
-  'Africa/Gaborone',
-  'Africa/Harare',
-  'Africa/Johannesburg',
-  'Africa/Juba',
-  'Africa/Kampala',
-  'Africa/Khartoum',
-  'Africa/Kigali',
-  'Africa/Kinshasa',
-  'Africa/Lagos',
-  'Africa/Libreville',
-  'Africa/Lome',
-  'Africa/Luanda',
-  'Africa/Lubumbashi',
-  'Africa/Lusaka',
-  'Africa/Malabo',
-  'Africa/Maputo',
-  'Africa/Maseru',
-  'Africa/Mbabane',
-  'Africa/Mogadishu',
-  'Africa/Monrovia',
-  'Africa/Nairobi',
-  'Africa/Ndjamena',
-  'Africa/Niamey',
-  'Africa/Nouakchott',
-  'Africa/Ouagadougou',
-  'Africa/Porto-Novo',
-  'Africa/Sao_Tome',
-  'Africa/Tripoli',
-  'Africa/Tunis',
-  'Africa/Windhoek',
-  'America/Adak',
-  'America/Anchorage',
-  'America/Anguilla',
-  'America/Antigua',
-  'America/Araguaina',
-  'America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires',
-  'America/Argentina/Catamarca',
-  'America/Argentina/Cordoba',
-  'America/Argentina/Jujuy',
-  'America/Argentina/La_Rioja',
-  'America/Argentina/Mendoza',
-  'America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos',
-  'America/Argentina/Salta',
-  'America/Argentina/San_Juan',
-  'America/Argentina/San_Luis',
-  'America/Argentina/Tucuman',
-  'America/Argentina/Ushuaia',
-  'America/Aruba',
-  'America/Asuncion',
-  'America/Atikokan',
-  'America/Bahia',
-  'America/Bahia_Banderas',
-  'America/Barbados',
-  'America/Belem',
-  'America/Belize',
-  'America/Blanc-Sablon',
-  'America/Boa_Vista',
-  'America/Bogota',
-  'America/Boise',
-  'America/Cambridge_Bay',
-  'America/Campo_Grande',
-  'America/Cancun',
-  'America/Caracas',
-  'America/Cayenne',
-  'America/Cayman',
-  'America/Chicago',
-  'America/Chihuahua',
-  'America/Costa_Rica',
-  'America/Creston',
-  'America/Cuiaba',
-  'America/Curacao',
-  'America/Danmarkshavn',
-  'America/Dawson',
-  'America/Dawson_Creek',
-  'America/Denver',
-  'America/Detroit',
-  'America/Dominica',
-  'America/Edmonton',
-  'America/Eirunepe',
-  'America/El_Salvador',
-  'America/Fort_Nelson',
-  'America/Fortaleza',
-  'America/Glace_Bay',
-  'America/Goose_Bay',
-  'America/Grand_Turk',
-  'America/Grenada',
-  'America/Guadeloupe',
-  'America/Guatemala',
-  'America/Guayaquil',
-  'America/Guyana',
-  'America/Halifax',
-  'America/Havana',
-  'America/Hermosillo',
-  'America/Indiana/Indianapolis',
-  'America/Indiana/Knox',
-  'America/Indiana/Marengo',
-  'America/Indiana/Petersburg',
-  'America/Indiana/Tell_City',
-  'America/Indiana/Vevay',
-  'America/Indiana/Vincennes',
-  'America/Indiana/Winamac',
-  'America/Inuvik',
-  'America/Iqaluit',
-  'America/Jamaica',
-  'America/Juneau',
-  'America/Kentucky/Louisville',
-  'America/Kentucky/Monticello',
-  'America/Kralendijk',
-  'America/La_Paz',
-  'America/Lima',
-  'America/Los_Angeles',
-  'America/Lower_Princes',
-  'America/Maceio',
-  'America/Managua',
-  'America/Manaus',
-  'America/Marigot',
-  'America/Martinique',
-  'America/Matamoros',
-  'America/Mazatlan',
-  'America/Menominee',
-  'America/Merida',
-  'America/Metlakatla',
-  'America/Mexico_City',
-  'America/Miquelon',
-  'America/Moncton',
-  'America/Monterrey',
-  'America/Montevideo',
-  'America/Montserrat',
-  'America/Nassau',
-  'America/New_York',
-  'America/Nome',
-  'America/Noronha',
-  'America/North_Dakota/Beulah',
-  'America/North_Dakota/Center',
-  'America/North_Dakota/New_Salem',
-  'America/Nuuk',
-  'America/Ojinaga',
-  'America/Panama',
-  'America/Paramaribo',
-  'America/Phoenix',
-  'America/Port-au-Prince',
-  'America/Port_of_Spain',
-  'America/Porto_Velho',
-  'America/Puerto_Rico',
-  'America/Punta_Arenas',
-  'America/Rankin_Inlet',
-  'America/Recife',
-  'America/Regina',
-  'America/Resolute',
-  'America/Rio_Branco',
-  'America/Santarem',
-  'America/Santiago',
-  'America/Santo_Domingo',
-  'America/Sao_Paulo',
-  'America/Scoresbysund',
-  'America/Sitka',
-  'America/St_Barthelemy',
-  'America/St_Johns',
-  'America/St_Kitts',
-  'America/St_Lucia',
-  'America/St_Thomas',
-  'America/St_Vincent',
-  'America/Swift_Current',
-  'America/Tegucigalpa',
-  'America/Thule',
-  'America/Tijuana',
-  'America/Toronto',
-  'America/Tortola',
-  'America/Vancouver',
-  'America/Whitehorse',
-  'America/Winnipeg',
-  'America/Yakutat',
-  'America/Yellowknife',
-  'Antarctica/Casey',
-  'Antarctica/Davis',
-  'Antarctica/DumontDUrville',
-  'Antarctica/Macquarie',
-  'Antarctica/Mawson',
-  'Antarctica/McMurdo',
-  'Antarctica/Palmer',
-  'Antarctica/Rothera',
-  'Antarctica/Syowa',
-  'Antarctica/Troll',
-  'Antarctica/Vostok',
-  'Arctic/Longyearbyen',
-  'Asia/Aden',
-  'Asia/Almaty',
-  'Asia/Amman',
-  'Asia/Anadyr',
-  'Asia/Aqtau',
-  'Asia/Aqtobe',
-  'Asia/Ashgabat',
-  'Asia/Atyrau',
-  'Asia/Baghdad',
-  'Asia/Bahrain',
-  'Asia/Baku',
-  'Asia/Bangkok',
-  'Asia/Barnaul',
-  'Asia/Beirut',
-  'Asia/Bishkek',
-  'Asia/Brunei',
-  'Asia/Chita',
-  'Asia/Choibalsan',
-  'Asia/Colombo',
-  'Asia/Damascus',
-  'Asia/Dhaka',
-  'Asia/Dili',
-  'Asia/Dubai',
-  'Asia/Dushanbe',
-  'Asia/Famagusta',
-  'Asia/Gaza',
-  'Asia/Hebron',
-  'Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh',
-  'Asia/Hong_Kong',
-  'Asia/Hovd',
-  'Asia/Irkutsk',
-  'Asia/Jakarta',
-  'Asia/Jayapura',
-  'Asia/Jerusalem',
-  'Asia/Kabul',
-  'Asia/Kamchatka',
-  'Asia/Karachi',
-  'Asia/Kathmandu',
-  'Asia/Khandyga',
-  'Asia/Kolkata',
-  'Asia/Krasnoyarsk',
-  'Asia/Kuala_Lumpur',
-  'Asia/Kuching',
-  'Asia/Kuwait',
-  'Asia/Macau',
-  'Asia/Magadan',
-  'Asia/Makassar',
-  'Asia/Manila',
-  'Asia/Muscat',
-  'Asia/Nicosia',
-  'Asia/Novokuznetsk',
-  'Asia/Novosibirsk',
-  'Asia/Omsk',
-  'Asia/Oral',
-  'Asia/Phnom_Penh',
-  'Asia/Pontianak',
-  'Asia/Pyongyang',
-  'Asia/Qatar',
-  'Asia/Qostanay',
-  'Asia/Qyzylorda',
-  'Asia/Riyadh',
-  'Asia/Sakhalin',
-  'Asia/Samarkand',
-  'Asia/Seoul',
-  'Asia/Shanghai',
-  'Asia/Singapore',
-  'Asia/Srednekolymsk',
-  'Asia/Taipei',
-  'Asia/Tashkent',
-  'Asia/Tbilisi',
-  'Asia/Tehran',
-  'Asia/Thimphu',
-  'Asia/Tokyo',
-  'Asia/Tomsk',
-  'Asia/Ulaanbaatar',
-  'Asia/Urumqi',
-  'Asia/Ust-Nera',
-  'Asia/Vientiane',
-  'Asia/Vladivostok',
-  'Asia/Yakutsk',
-  'Asia/Yangon',
-  'Asia/Yekaterinburg',
-  'Asia/Yerevan',
-  'Atlantic/Azores',
-  'Atlantic/Bermuda',
-  'Atlantic/Canary',
-  'Atlantic/Cape_Verde',
-  'Atlantic/Faroe',
-  'Atlantic/Madeira',
-  'Atlantic/Reykjavik',
-  'Atlantic/South_Georgia',
-  'Atlantic/St_Helena',
-  'Atlantic/Stanley',
-  'Australia/Adelaide',
-  'Australia/Brisbane',
-  'Australia/Broken_Hill',
-  'Australia/Darwin',
-  'Australia/Eucla',
-  'Australia/Hobart',
-  'Australia/Lindeman',
-  'Australia/Lord_Howe',
-  'Australia/Melbourne',
-  'Australia/Perth',
-  'Australia/Sydney',
-  'Europe/Amsterdam',
-  'Europe/Andorra',
-  'Europe/Astrakhan',
-  'Europe/Athens',
-  'Europe/Belgrade',
-  'Europe/Berlin',
-  'Europe/Bratislava',
-  'Europe/Brussels',
-  'Europe/Bucharest',
-  'Europe/Budapest',
-  'Europe/Busingen',
-  'Europe/Chisinau',
-  'Europe/Copenhagen',
-  'Europe/Dublin',
-  'Europe/Gibraltar',
-  'Europe/Guernsey',
-  'Europe/Helsinki',
-  'Europe/Isle_of_Man',
-  'Europe/Istanbul',
-  'Europe/Jersey',
-  'Europe/Kaliningrad',
-  'Europe/Kirov',
-  'Europe/Kyiv',
-  'Europe/Lisbon',
-  'Europe/Ljubljana',
-  'Europe/London',
-  'Europe/Luxembourg',
-  'Europe/Madrid',
-  'Europe/Malta',
-  'Europe/Mariehamn',
-  'Europe/Minsk',
-  'Europe/Monaco',
-  'Europe/Moscow',
-  'Europe/Oslo',
-  'Europe/Paris',
-  'Europe/Podgorica',
-  'Europe/Prague',
-  'Europe/Riga',
-  'Europe/Rome',
-  'Europe/Samara',
-  'Europe/San_Marino',
-  'Europe/Sarajevo',
-  'Europe/Saratov',
-  'Europe/Simferopol',
-  'Europe/Skopje',
-  'Europe/Sofia',
-  'Europe/Stockholm',
-  'Europe/Tallinn',
-  'Europe/Tirane',
-  'Europe/Ulyanovsk',
-  'Europe/Vaduz',
-  'Europe/Vatican',
-  'Europe/Vienna',
-  'Europe/Vilnius',
-  'Europe/Volgograd',
-  'Europe/Warsaw',
-  'Europe/Zagreb',
-  'Europe/Zurich',
-  'Indian/Antananarivo',
-  'Indian/Chagos',
-  'Indian/Christmas',
-  'Indian/Cocos',
-  'Indian/Comoro',
-  'Indian/Kerguelen',
-  'Indian/Mahe',
-  'Indian/Maldives',
-  'Indian/Mauritius',
-  'Indian/Mayotte',
-  'Indian/Reunion',
-  'Pacific/Apia',
-  'Pacific/Auckland',
-  'Pacific/Bougainville',
-  'Pacific/Chatham',
-  'Pacific/Chuuk',
-  'Pacific/Easter',
-  'Pacific/Efate',
-  'Pacific/Fakaofo',
-  'Pacific/Fiji',
-  'Pacific/Funafuti',
-  'Pacific/Galapagos',
-  'Pacific/Gambier',
-  'Pacific/Guadalcanal',
-  'Pacific/Guam',
-  'Pacific/Honolulu',
-  'Pacific/Kanton',
-  'Pacific/Kiritimati',
-  'Pacific/Kosrae',
-  'Pacific/Kwajalein',
-  'Pacific/Majuro',
-  'Pacific/Marquesas',
-  'Pacific/Midway',
-  'Pacific/Nauru',
-  'Pacific/Niue',
-  'Pacific/Norfolk',
-  'Pacific/Noumea',
-  'Pacific/Pago_Pago',
-  'Pacific/Palau',
-  'Pacific/Pitcairn',
-  'Pacific/Pohnpei',
-  'Pacific/Port_Moresby',
-  'Pacific/Rarotonga',
-  'Pacific/Saipan',
-  'Pacific/Tahiti',
-  'Pacific/Tarawa',
-  'Pacific/Tongatapu',
-  'Pacific/Wake',
-  'Pacific/Wallis',
-];
+import timeZone from '../date/time_zone';
+
+// The base locale uses any possible time zone.
+export default timeZone;
diff --git a/src/modules/date/index.ts b/src/modules/date/index.ts
index 10196d6e..f2eac1cf 100644
--- a/src/modules/date/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/date/index.ts
@@ -685,4 +685,23 @@ export class DateModule extends SimpleDateModule {
     assertLocaleData(values, 'date.weekday', type);
     return this.faker.helpers.arrayElement(values);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a random IANA time zone name.
+   *
+   * The returned time zone is not tied to the current locale.
+   *
+   * @see [IANA Time Zone Database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones)
+   * @see faker.location.timeZone(): For generating a timezone based on the current locale.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * faker.location.timeZone() // 'Pacific/Guam'
+   *
+   * @since 9.0.0
+   */
+  timeZone(): string {
+    return this.faker.helpers.arrayElement(
+      this.faker.definitions.date.time_zone
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/location/index.ts b/src/modules/location/index.ts
index 8fbbbe30..d55e0c8a 100644
--- a/src/modules/location/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/location/index.ts
@@ -596,7 +596,12 @@ export class LocationModule extends ModuleBase {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns a random time zone.
+   * Returns a random IANA time zone relevant to this locale.
+   *
+   * The returned time zone is tied to the current locale.
+   *
+   * @see [IANA Time Zone Database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones)
+   * @see faker.date.timeZone(): For generating a random time zone from all available time zones.
    *
    * @example
    * faker.location.timeZone() // 'Pacific/Guam'
diff --git a/test/modules/__snapshots__/date.spec.ts.snap b/test/modules/__snapshots__/date.spec.ts.snap
index 236c367b..ee5faa6d 100644
--- a/test/modules/__snapshots__/date.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/modules/__snapshots__/date.spec.ts.snap
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ exports[`date > 42 > soon > with only string refDate 1`] = `2021-02-22T02:08:36.
 
 exports[`date > 42 > soon > with value 1`] = `2021-02-25T11:02:38.999Z`;
 
+exports[`date > 42 > timeZone 1`] = `"America/North_Dakota/Center"`;
+
 exports[`date > 42 > weekday > noArgs 1`] = `"Saturday"`;
 
 exports[`date > 42 > weekday > with abbreviated = true 1`] = `"Sat"`;
@@ -239,6 +241,8 @@ exports[`date > 1211 > soon > with only string refDate 1`] = `2021-02-22T15:26:1
 
 exports[`date > 1211 > soon > with value 1`] = `2021-03-02T23:59:57.196Z`;
 
+exports[`date > 1211 > timeZone 1`] = `"Pacific/Fiji"`;
+
 exports[`date > 1211 > weekday > noArgs 1`] = `"Wednesday"`;
 
 exports[`date > 1211 > weekday > with abbreviated = true 1`] = `"Wed"`;
@@ -361,6 +365,8 @@ exports[`date > 1337 > soon > with only string refDate 1`] = `2021-02-21T23:26:3
 
 exports[`date > 1337 > soon > with value 1`] = `2021-02-24T08:02:25.768Z`;
 
+exports[`date > 1337 > timeZone 1`] = `"America/Guadeloupe"`;
+
 exports[`date > 1337 > weekday > noArgs 1`] = `"Monday"`;
 
 exports[`date > 1337 > weekday > with abbreviated = true 1`] = `"Mon"`;
diff --git a/test/modules/__snapshots__/location.spec.ts.snap b/test/modules/__snapshots__/location.spec.ts.snap
index 5d4b1d31..b53acbda 100644
--- a/test/modules/__snapshots__/location.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/modules/__snapshots__/location.spec.ts.snap
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ exports[`location > 42 > streetAddress > with boolean 1`] = `"9751 Anderson Thro
 
 exports[`location > 42 > streetAddress > with useFullAddress options 1`] = `"9751 Anderson Throughway Suite 709"`;
 
-exports[`location > 42 > timeZone 1`] = `"America/North_Dakota/New_Salem"`;
+exports[`location > 42 > timeZone 1`] = `"America/North_Dakota/Center"`;
 
 exports[`location > 42 > zipCode > noArgs 1`] = `"97511"`;
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ exports[`location > 1337 > streetAddress > with boolean 1`] = `"22435 Westley Ri
 
 exports[`location > 1337 > streetAddress > with useFullAddress options 1`] = `"22435 Westley Ridges Apt. 461"`;
 
-exports[`location > 1337 > timeZone 1`] = `"America/Guatemala"`;
+exports[`location > 1337 > timeZone 1`] = `"America/Guadeloupe"`;
 
 exports[`location > 1337 > zipCode > noArgs 1`] = `"12435"`;
 
diff --git a/test/modules/date.spec.ts b/test/modules/date.spec.ts
index 811bd81b..e30da8d9 100644
--- a/test/modules/date.spec.ts
+++ b/test/modules/date.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { FakerError, faker, fakerAZ } from '../../src';
+import { FakerError, allLocales, faker, fakerAZ } from '../../src';
 import { seededTests } from '../support/seeded-runs';
 import { times } from './../support/times';
 
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ describe('date', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    t.it('timeZone');
+
     t.describe('between', (t) => {
       t.it('with string dates', {
         from: '2021-02-21T17:09:15.711Z',
@@ -653,9 +655,31 @@ describe('date', () => {
           );
         });
       });
+
+      describe('timeZone', () => {
+        it('should return a random timezone', () => {
+          const actual = faker.date.timeZone();
+          expect(faker.definitions.date.time_zone).toContain(actual);
+        });
+      });
     }
   );
 
+  describe('definitions', () => {
+    describe('timeZone', () => {
+      it('should have timezones in the base locale', () => {
+        expect(allLocales.base.date?.time_zone).toSatisfy(Array.isArray);
+        expect(allLocales.base.date?.time_zone?.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      });
+
+      it.each(
+        Object.entries(allLocales).filter(([locale]) => locale !== 'base')
+      )('should not have any timezones in %s', (_, data) => {
+        expect(data.date?.time_zone).toBeUndefined();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('refDateSource', () => {
     afterEach(() => {
       faker.setDefaultRefDate();
diff --git a/test/modules/location.spec.ts b/test/modules/location.spec.ts
index dc82757d..1291efd3 100644
--- a/test/modules/location.spec.ts
+++ b/test/modules/location.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { FakerError, faker, fakerEN_CA, fakerEN_US } from '../../src';
+import {
+  FakerError,
+  allLocales,
+  faker,
+  fakerEN_CA,
+  fakerEN_US,
+} from '../../src';
 import { seededTests } from '../support/seeded-runs';
 import { times } from './../support/times';
 
@@ -390,6 +396,37 @@ describe('location', () => {
           }
         );
       });
+
+      describe('timeZone', () => {
+        it('should return a random timezone', () => {
+          const actual = faker.location.timeZone();
+          expect(faker.definitions.location.time_zone).toContain(actual);
+        });
+      });
     }
   );
 });
+
+describe('definitions', () => {
+  describe('timeZone', () => {
+    it.each(Object.entries(allLocales))(
+      'locale data for %s should be a subset of the base locale',
+      (locale, data) => {
+        if (locale === 'base') {
+          expect(data.location?.time_zone).toSatisfy(Array.isArray);
+          expect(data.location?.time_zone?.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+          expect(data.location?.time_zone).toEqual(
+            allLocales.base.date?.time_zone
+          );
+        } else if (data.location?.time_zone != null) {
+          expect(data.location.time_zone).toSatisfy(Array.isArray);
+          expect(data.location.time_zone.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+          // expected and actual are flipped here
+          expect(allLocales.base.date?.time_zone).toEqual(
+            expect.arrayContaining(data.location.time_zone)
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    );
+  });
+});