diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-timezone.cpp b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-timezone.cpp
index 7cc3b56687..b244b91d58 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-timezone.cpp
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-timezone.cpp
@@ -562,33 +562,40 @@ TimeZoneProvider::TimeZoneProvider(const std::string& tzname) :  zone_vector {}
 	auto this_time = ptime(date(1970, 1, 1),
 			       time_duration(txi->timestamp / 3600, 0,
 					     txi->timestamp % 3600));
-	auto this_year = this_time.date().year();
-	//Initial case
-	if (last_time.is_not_a_date_time())
-	    zone_vector.push_back(zone_no_dst(this_year - 1, last_info));
-	//gap in transitions > 1 year, non-dst zone
-	//change. In the last case the exact date of the change will be
-	//wrong because boost::local_date::timezone isn't able to
-	//represent it. For GnuCash's purposes this isn't likely to be
-	//important as the last time this sort of transition happened
-	//was 1946, but we have to handle the case in order to parse
-	//the tz file.
-	else if (this_year - last_time.date().year() > 1 ||
-	    last_info->info.isdst == this_info->info.isdst)
+	try
 	{
-	    zone_vector.push_back(zone_no_dst(this_year, last_info));
-	}
-
-	else
-	{
-	    DSTRule::DSTRule new_rule(last_info, this_info,
-			     last_time, this_time);
-	    if (new_rule != last_rule)
+	    auto this_year = this_time.date().year();
+	    //Initial case
+	    if (last_time.is_not_a_date_time())
+		zone_vector.push_back(zone_no_dst(this_year - 1, last_info));
+	    //gap in transitions > 1 year, non-dst zone
+	    //change. In the last case the exact date of the change will be
+	    //wrong because boost::local_date::timezone isn't able to
+	    //represent it. For GnuCash's purposes this isn't likely to be
+	    //important as the last time this sort of transition happened
+	    //was 1946, but we have to handle the case in order to parse
+	    //the tz file.
+	    else if (this_year - last_time.date().year() > 1 ||
+		     last_info->info.isdst == this_info->info.isdst)
 	    {
-		last_rule = new_rule;
-		zone_vector.push_back(zone_from_rule (this_time.date().year(),
-						      new_rule));
+		zone_vector.push_back(zone_no_dst(this_year, last_info));
 	    }
+
+	    else
+	    {
+		DSTRule::DSTRule new_rule(last_info, this_info,
+					  last_time, this_time);
+		if (new_rule != last_rule)
+		{
+		    last_rule = new_rule;
+		    zone_vector.push_back(zone_from_rule (this_time.date().year(),
+							  new_rule));
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	catch(boost::gregorian::bad_year err)
+	{
+	    continue;
 	}
 	last_time = this_time;
 	last_info = this_info;