diff --git a/pkg/models/error.go b/pkg/models/error.go
index 2f06ad00c..685c748cb 100644
--- a/pkg/models/error.go
+++ b/pkg/models/error.go
@@ -121,6 +121,34 @@ func InvalidFieldError(fields []string) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// ErrInvalidTimezone represents a "InvalidTimezone" kind of error.
+type ErrInvalidTimezone struct {
+	Name      string
+	LoadError error
+}
+
+// IsErrInvalidTimezone checks if an error is a ErrInvalidTimezone.
+func IsErrInvalidTimezone(err error) bool {
+	_, ok := err.(ErrInvalidTimezone)
+	return ok
+}
+
+func (err ErrInvalidTimezone) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("invalid timezone: %s, err: %v", err.Name, err.LoadError)
+}
+
+// ErrCodeInvalidTimezone holds the unique world-error code of this error
+const ErrCodeInvalidTimezone = 2003
+
+// HTTPError holds the http error description
+func (err ErrInvalidTimezone) HTTPError() web.HTTPError {
+	return web.HTTPError{
+		HTTPCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
+		Code:     ErrCodeInvalidTimezone,
+		Message:  fmt.Sprintf("The timezone '%s' is invalid", err.Name),
+	}
+}
+
 // ===========
 // Project errors
 // ===========
diff --git a/pkg/models/task_collection_filter.go b/pkg/models/task_collection_filter.go
index eb6254ca9..3448a459c 100644
--- a/pkg/models/task_collection_filter.go
+++ b/pkg/models/task_collection_filter.go
@@ -192,7 +192,10 @@ func getTaskFiltersFromFilterString(filter string, filterTimezone string) (filte
 	if filterTimezone != "" {
 		loc, err = time.LoadLocation(filterTimezone)
 		if err != nil {
-			return
+			return nil, &ErrInvalidTimezone{
+				Name:      filterTimezone,
+				LoadError: err,
+			}
 		}
 	}