diff --git a/lib/Platform/Intl/PlatformIntlApple.mm b/lib/Platform/Intl/PlatformIntlApple.mm
index 090bb952350..97b9e8f0b56 100644
--- a/lib/Platform/Intl/PlatformIntlApple.mm
+++ b/lib/Platform/Intl/PlatformIntlApple.mm
@@ -1462,8 +1462,15 @@ uint8_t getCurrencyDigits(std::u16string_view code) {
     timeZone = timeZoneIt->second.getString();
     // b. If the result of IsValidTimeZoneName(timeZone) is false, then
     if (!isValidTimeZoneName(timeZone)) {
-      // i. Throw a RangeError exception.
-      return runtime.raiseRangeError("Incorrect timeZone information provided");
+      if ([[NSTimeZone alloc] initWithName:u16StringToNSString(timeZone)] !=
+          nil) {
+        validTimeZoneNames().update(timeZone);
+      } else {
+        // i. Throw a RangeError exception.
+        return runtime.raiseRangeError(
+            vm::TwineChar16("Incorrect timeZone information provided: ") +
+            vm::TwineChar16(timeZone.c_str()));
+      }
     }
     // c. Let timeZone be CanonicalizeTimeZoneName(timeZone).
     timeZone = canonicalizeTimeZoneName(timeZone);
diff --git a/test/hermes/intl/date-time-format-apple.js b/test/hermes/intl/date-time-format-apple.js
index 83e1c28e50b..ac498e35883 100644
--- a/test/hermes/intl/date-time-format-apple.js
+++ b/test/hermes/intl/date-time-format-apple.js
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ print(new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeStyle: 'long', timeZone: 'PST'}).fo
 print(new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeStyle: 'long', timeZone: 'EET'}).format(date));
 // CHECK-NEXT: 5:45:00{{.+}}AM GMT+2
 
+print(new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US", { timeZone: "US/Eastern", timeZoneName: "short" }).resolvedOptions().timeZone);
+// CHECK-NEXT: US/Eastern
+
 try {
   print(new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeStyle: 'long', timeZone: 'XXX'}).format(date));
     print("Succeeded");