diff --git a/plugins/Time/plugin.py b/plugins/Time/plugin.py
index c7cdc8b7b..b1258a912 100644
--- a/plugins/Time/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Time/plugin.py
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ class Time(callbacks.Plugin):
         except ImportError:
             irc.error(_('Python-tz is required by the command, but is not '
                         'installed on this computer.'))
-        if len(timezone.split('/')) != 2:
-            irc.error(_('A timezone must be in the format region/city.'))
         try:
             timezone = pytz.timezone(timezone)
         except pytz.UnknownTimeZoneError:
diff --git a/src/version.py b/src/version.py
index 3d0bd04bf..fea00c0d4 100644
--- a/src/version.py
+++ b/src/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """stick the various versioning attributes in here, so we only have to change
 them once."""
-version = '0.83.4.1+limnoria (2011-08-10T17:23:59+0200)'
+version = '0.83.4.1+limnoria (2011-08-12T13:07:40+0200)'