diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1ea418a..26b1c61 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@ data-encoding = "2.0.0"
 urlencoding = "2.1.0"
 quick-xml = { version = "0.37.0", features = ["serialize"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.0", features = ["log"] }
-windows-sys = { version = "0.59.0", features = [
-    "Win32_System_Time",
-    "Win32_Foundation",
-] }
+localzone = "0.3.1"
 
 # CLI
 indicatif = "0.17.0"
@@ -118,11 +115,9 @@ phf.workspace = true
 data-encoding.workspace = true
 urlencoding.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
+localzone.workspace = true
 quick-xml = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows-sys.workspace = true
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest.workspace = true
 tokio-test.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
index e21b752..61e358e 100644
--- a/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -2626,7 +2626,7 @@ fn validate_country(country: Country) -> Country {
 
 fn local_tz_offset() -> (String, i16) {
     match (
-        util::local_timezone_name(),
+        localzone::get_local_zone().ok_or(Error::Other("could not get local timezone".into())),
         UtcOffset::current_local_offset().map_err(|_| Error::Other("indeterminate offset".into())),
     ) {
         (Ok(timezone), Ok(offset)) => (timezone, offset.whole_minutes()),
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 88ef929..012211e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #![doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 #![warn(missing_docs, clippy::todo, clippy::dbg_macro)]
 
 //! ## Go to
diff --git a/src/util/date.rs b/src/util/date.rs
index d9ed6f9..b21fed3 100644
--- a/src/util/date.rs
+++ b/src/util/date.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use time::{Date, Duration, Month, OffsetDateTime};
 
-use crate::error::Error;
-
 /// Shift a date by the given number of months.
 /// Ambiguous month-ends are shifted backwards as necessary.
 pub fn shift_months(date: Date, months: i32) -> Date {
@@ -44,57 +42,6 @@ pub fn now_sec() -> OffsetDateTime {
         .unwrap()
 }
 
-/// Gets the current timezone from the system.
-///
-/// Currently only supported for Windows, Unix, and WASM targets.
-///
-/// # Errors
-/// Returns an [Error](enum@Error) if the timezone cannot be determined.
-pub fn local_timezone_name() -> Result<String, Error> {
-    #[cfg(unix)]
-    {
-        use std::path::Path;
-        let path = Path::new("/etc/localtime");
-        let realpath = std::fs::read_link(path)
-            .map_err(|_| Error::Other("could not read localtime".into()))?;
-        // The part of the path we're interested in cannot contain non unicode characters.
-        return realpath
-            .to_str()
-            .and_then(|s| s.split("/zoneinfo/").last())
-            .map(str::to_owned)
-            .ok_or_else(|| {
-                Error::Other(format!("could not parse zoneinfo path: {realpath:?}").into())
-            });
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(windows)]
-    {
-        unsafe {
-            use windows_sys::Win32::System::Time::GetDynamicTimeZoneInformation;
-            use windows_sys::Win32::System::Time::DYNAMIC_TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION;
-            let mut data: DYNAMIC_TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION = std::mem::zeroed();
-            let res = GetDynamicTimeZoneInformation(&mut data as _);
-            if res > 2 {
-                return Err(Error::Other("local timezone could not be read".into()));
-            } else {
-                let win_name_utf16 = &data.TimeZoneKeyName;
-                let mut len: usize = 0;
-                while win_name_utf16[len] != 0x0 {
-                    len += 1;
-                }
-                if len == 0 {
-                    return Err(Error::Other("local timezone could not be read".into()));
-                }
-                return String::from_utf16(&win_name_utf16[..len])
-                    .map_err(|_| Error::Other("local timezone is invalid UTF16".into()));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[allow(unreachable_code)]
-    Err(Error::Other("local timezone unsupported".into()))
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use rstest::rstest;
@@ -108,9 +55,4 @@ mod tests {
         let res = super::shift_weeks_monday(date, weeks);
         assert_eq!(res, expect);
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn local_timezone_name() {
-        super::local_timezone_name().unwrap();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/util/mod.rs b/src/util/mod.rs
index c42eb4b..0f4499f 100644
--- a/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mod visitor_data;
 pub mod dictionary;
 pub mod timeago;
 
-pub use date::{local_timezone_name, now_sec, shift_months, shift_weeks_monday, shift_years};
+pub use date::{now_sec, shift_months, shift_weeks_monday, shift_years};
 pub use protobuf::{string_from_pb, ProtoBuilder};
 pub use visitor_data::VisitorDataCache;