diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index ea03f993e5de1dbc19606e3dae4804b0e4c6bf7a..49c65fbf7cd92e2100bd41d337464ee8e9033a3d 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ test: easy-units
 	mvn test -X
 
 test_misc:
-	cd misc/bend_symlinks/ && /bin/bash -c /usr/bin/shunit2 test/test_suite.sh
+	cd misc/bend_symlinks/ && ./bend_symlinks.sh -h && test/test_suite.sh | tee test_output
+	cat misc/bend_symlinks/test_output | grep "Ran 10 tests."
+	cat misc/bend_symlinks/test_output | grep "OK"
+	rm misc/bend_symlinks/test_output
 
 clean: clean-antlr
 	mvn clean
diff --git a/misc/bend_symlinks/README.md b/misc/bend_symlinks/README.md
index f72357f8636a2cf961434108a52e98ef05181e62..a1fa833e262b47e619237bf79db77c1d4b2421a5 100644
--- a/misc/bend_symlinks/README.md
+++ b/misc/bend_symlinks/README.md
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@
 
 Run test suite with
 
-    $ shunit2 test/test_suite.sh
+    $ ./test/test_suite.sh
diff --git a/misc/bend_symlinks/test/test_suite.sh b/misc/bend_symlinks/test/test_suite.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 781e477e1ffacda36b12687ec05ebf5c9d021e15..9ffa6b1fffe9ec095ebbc3a25bdfa5ee767e1a69
--- a/misc/bend_symlinks/test/test_suite.sh
+++ b/misc/bend_symlinks/test/test_suite.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 
-
-source "./src/utils.sh"
+source ./src/utils.sh
 set +o errexit
 
+
 BEND=./bend_symlinks.sh
 FILE_SYSTEM_ROOT=test_dir/links
 DATA_DIR=test_dir/original
@@ -226,4 +227,4 @@ testSymlinkToSymlink () {
 
 }
 
-
+source shunit2
diff --git a/src/main/java/caosdb/datetime/UTCTimeZoneShift.java b/src/main/java/caosdb/datetime/UTCTimeZoneShift.java
index 0784c67bd9ba31786605a16cf1ff309b08562090..a5930d7d72250749d351000343e92ee4b24a02ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/caosdb/datetime/UTCTimeZoneShift.java
+++ b/src/main/java/caosdb/datetime/UTCTimeZoneShift.java
@@ -111,4 +111,17 @@ public class UTCTimeZoneShift extends TimeZone {
   public String getID() {
     return str;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Generate an ISO 8601 time zone offset string (e.g. +0200) from the given raw offset in
+   * milliseconds.
+   *
+   * @param rawOffset - offset in ms.
+   * @return ISO 8601 time zone offset.
+   */
+  public static String getISO8601Offset(int rawOffset) {
+    int h = Integer.divideUnsigned(rawOffset, 1000 * 60 * 60);
+    int m = Integer.remainderUnsigned(rawOffset, 1000 * 60 * 60);
+    return generateString(Integer.signum(h), h, m);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/resource/InfoResource.java b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/resource/InfoResource.java
index a03dfe29810cd02b16442866343caa401c3c8af8..2c8139c1c00201756bd474e5351ab4916f61fcd0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/resource/InfoResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/resource/InfoResource.java
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
  */
 package caosdb.server.resource;
 
+import caosdb.datetime.UTCTimeZoneShift;
 import caosdb.server.database.backend.implementation.MySQL.ConnectionException;
 import caosdb.server.database.misc.TransactionBenchmark;
 import caosdb.server.utils.FlagInfo;
 import caosdb.server.utils.Info;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 import org.jdom2.Document;
 import org.jdom2.Element;
 import org.jdom2.JDOMException;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ public class InfoResource extends XMLServerResource {
   protected Representation httpGetInChildClass() throws Exception {
     final Document doc = new Document();
     final Element root = generateRootElement();
+    root.addContent(getTimeZone());
     root.addContent(Info.toElement());
     root.addContent(FlagInfo.toElement());
     root.addContent(TransactionBenchmark.getRootInstance().toElememt());
@@ -50,6 +53,14 @@ public class InfoResource extends XMLServerResource {
     return ok(doc);
   }
 
+  public Element getTimeZone() {
+    TimeZone d = TimeZone.getDefault();
+    return new Element("TimeZone")
+        .setAttribute("offset", UTCTimeZoneShift.getISO8601Offset(d.getRawOffset()))
+        .setAttribute("id", d.getID())
+        .addContent(d.getDisplayName());
+  }
+
   /** There is no POST request specified for the /Info resource. */
   @Override
   protected Representation httpPostInChildClass(final Representation entity)