@@ -248,16 +248,10 @@
 		if (of_strptime([string UTF8String], [format UTF8String],
 		    &tm) == NULL)
 			@throw [OFInvalidFormatException
 			    exceptionWithClass: isa];
 
-#ifdef STRUCT_TM_HAS_TM_GMTOFF
-		if (tm.tm_gmtoff != 0)
-			@throw [OFInvalidFormatException
-			    exceptionWithClass: isa];
-#endif
-
 		/* Years */
 		seconds = (int64_t)(tm.tm_year - 70) * 31536000;
 		/* Days of leap years, excluding the year to look at */
 		seconds += (((tm.tm_year + 1899) / 4) - 492) * 86400;
 		seconds -= (((tm.tm_year + 1899) / 100) - 19) * 86400;