diff --git a/trytond/trytond/ir/cron.py b/trytond/trytond/ir/cron.py
index 9e78798f1f..a9067c8084 100644
--- a/trytond/trytond/ir/cron.py
+++ b/trytond/trytond/ir/cron.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Cron(DeactivableMixin, ModelSQL, ModelView):
         table_h.not_null_action('next_call', 'remove')
 
     def get_timezone(self, name):
-        return tz.SERVER.key
+        return tz.SERVER.tzname(datetime.datetime.now())
 
     @classmethod
     def check_xml_record(cls, crons, values):
diff --git a/trytond/trytond/tests/test_ir.py b/trytond/trytond/tests/test_ir.py
index 0857c4e653..68a2a8bba3 100644
--- a/trytond/trytond/tests/test_ir.py
+++ b/trytond/trytond/tests/test_ir.py
@@ -462,5 +462,12 @@ class IrCronTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             cron.compute_next_call(datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 6, 7, 30)),
             datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 6, 8, 30))
 
+    @with_transaction()
+    def test_get_timezone(self):
+        "Test get_timezone"
+        cron = self._get_cron()
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(cron.get_timezone('timezone'), str)
+
 
 del ModuleTestCase