--- a/mcs/class/corlib/System/TimeZoneInfo.cs	2016-08-23 16:24:24.658169558 +0200
+++ b/mcs/class/corlib/System/TimeZoneInfo.cs	2016-08-23 16:25:22.925434487 +0200
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@
 			} catch (InvalidTimeZoneException) {
 				throw;
 			} catch (Exception e) {
-				throw new InvalidTimeZoneException ("Time zone information file contains invalid data", e);
+				return Utc; // throw new InvalidTimeZoneException ("Time zone information file contains invalid data", e);
 			}
 		}