diff --git a/addons/website_event_track/models/event.py b/addons/website_event_track/models/event.py
index 4da6706e186..1e1a78944b6 100644
--- a/addons/website_event_track/models/event.py
+++ b/addons/website_event_track/models/event.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ from openerp.osv import fields, osv
 from openerp.tools.translate import _
 from openerp.addons.website.models.website import slug
 import datetime
+import pytz
+from pytz import timezone
 
 class event_track_tag(osv.osv):
     _name = "event.track.tag"
@@ -194,3 +196,17 @@ class event_sponsors(osv.osv):
         partner_ids = [sponsor.partner_id.id for sponsor in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context)]
         return len(partner_ids) == self.pool.get("res.partner").search(cr, uid, [("id", "in", partner_ids)], count=True, context=context)
 
+class event_event(osv.osv):
+    _inherit = 'event.event'
+    
+    def _tz_get(self,cr,uid, context=None):
+        # put POSIX 'Etc/*' entries at the end to avoid confusing users - see bug 1086728
+        return [(tz,tz) for tz in sorted(pytz.all_timezones, key=lambda tz: tz if not tz.startswith('Etc/') else '_')]
+    
+    _columns = {
+        'timezone_of_event': fields.selection(_tz_get, 'Timezone of Event', size=64),
+    }
+    
+    _defaults = {
+         'timezone_of_event':lambda self,cr,uid,c: self.pool.get('res.users').browse(cr, uid, uid, c).tz
+    }
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diff --git a/addons/website_event_track/views/event_backend.xml b/addons/website_event_track/views/event_backend.xml
index ad262b6122e..9cf7bc70dc4 100644
--- a/addons/website_event_track/views/event_backend.xml
+++ b/addons/website_event_track/views/event_backend.xml
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@
                 <xpath expr="//div[@class='oe_right oe_button_box']" position="inside">
                     <button name="%(website_event_track.act_event_list_tracks)d" type="action" string="Tracks"/>
                 </xpath>
+                <xpath expr="//field[@name='organizer_id']" position="after">
+                    <field name="timezone_of_event" />
+                </xpath>
                 <xpath expr="//div[@class='oe_title']" position="inside">
                     <label for="tag_ids" class="oe_edit_only"/>
                     <field name="tag_ids" widget="many2many_tags"/>