diff -r 5e806355a9e1 src/pkg/time/zoneinfo_read.go
--- a/src/pkg/time/zoneinfo_read.go	Thu Jun 14 12:50:42 2012 +1000
+++ b/src/pkg/time/zoneinfo_read.go	Tue Sep 11 17:22:03 2012 +0100
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@
 			tx[i].isutc = isutc[i] != 0
 		}
 	}
+	if len(tx) == 0 {
+		// Fake up a single transition a-la FixedZone()
+		tx = append(tx, zoneTrans{-1 << 63, 0, false, false})
+	}
 
 	// Commited to succeed.
 	l = &Location{zone: zone, tx: tx}