diff --git a/hc/accounts/forms.py b/hc/accounts/forms.py
index 88720a17..a93f3fa4 100644
--- a/hc/accounts/forms.py
+++ b/hc/accounts/forms.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from hc.accounts.models import REPORT_CHOICES
 from hc.api.models import TokenBucket
-from hc.front.validators import TimezoneValidator
+import pytz
 
 
 class LowercaseEmailField(forms.EmailField):
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class PasswordLoginForm(forms.Form):
 class ReportSettingsForm(forms.Form):
     reports = forms.ChoiceField(choices=REPORT_CHOICES)
     nag_period = forms.IntegerField(min_value=0, max_value=86400)
-    tz = forms.CharField(max_length=36, validators=[TimezoneValidator()])
+    tz = forms.CharField()
 
     def clean_nag_period(self):
         seconds = self.cleaned_data["nag_period"]
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ class ReportSettingsForm(forms.Form):
 
         return td(seconds=seconds)
 
+    def clean_tz(self):
+        # Declare tz as "clean" only if we can find it in pytz.all_timezones
+        if self.cleaned_data["tz"] in pytz.all_timezones:
+            return self.cleaned_data["tz"]
+
+        # Otherwise, return None, and *don't* throw a validation exception:
+        # If user's browser reports a timezone we don't recognize, we
+        # should ignore the timezone but still save the rest of the form.
+
 
 class SetPasswordForm(forms.Form):
     password = forms.CharField(min_length=8)
diff --git a/hc/accounts/tests/test_notifications.py b/hc/accounts/tests/test_notifications.py
index 3fc0939a..1d2fa137 100644
--- a/hc/accounts/tests/test_notifications.py
+++ b/hc/accounts/tests/test_notifications.py
@@ -95,3 +95,25 @@ class NotificationsTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
         self.profile.refresh_from_db()
         self.assertEqual(self.profile.nag_period.total_seconds(), 3600)
+
+    def test_it_saves_tz(self):
+        self.client.login(username="alice@example.org", password="password")
+
+        r = self.client.post(self.url, self._payload())
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
+
+        self.profile.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(self.profile.tz, "Europe/Riga")
+
+    def test_it_ignores_bad_tz(self):
+        self.profile.tz = "Europe/Riga"
+        self.profile.save()
+
+        self.client.login(username="alice@example.org", password="password")
+
+        r = self.client.post(self.url, self._payload(reports="weekly", tz="Foo/Bar"))
+        self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 200)
+
+        self.profile.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(self.profile.reports, "weekly")
+        self.assertEqual(self.profile.tz, "Europe/Riga")
diff --git a/hc/accounts/views.py b/hc/accounts/views.py
index af1d5a1e..09c12058 100644
--- a/hc/accounts/views.py
+++ b/hc/accounts/views.py
@@ -446,8 +446,9 @@ def notifications(request):
     if request.method == "POST":
         form = forms.ReportSettingsForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
+            if form.cleaned_data["tz"]:
+                profile.tz = form.cleaned_data["tz"]
             profile.reports = form.cleaned_data["reports"]
-            profile.tz = form.cleaned_data["tz"]
             profile.next_report_date = profile.choose_next_report_date()
             profile.reports_allowed = profile.reports != "off"