diff --git a/src/app/components/user-profile/UserHero.tsx b/src/app/components/user-profile/UserHero.tsx
index 232bdb0b..296f0c55 100644
--- a/src/app/components/user-profile/UserHero.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/user-profile/UserHero.tsx
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ export function UserTimezone({ timezone }: { timezone: string }) {
     <Box as="span" alignItems="Center" gap="100">
       <Icon style={{ opacity: config.opacity.P300 }} size="50" src={Icons.Clock} />
       <Text as="span" size="T200" priority="300" truncate>
-        {time} local time{offset ? ` · ${offset}` : ` · ${timezone}`}
+        {time} local time · {timezone}
+        {offset ? ` (${offset})` : ''}
       </Text>
     </Box>
   );
diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useUserProfile.ts b/src/app/hooks/useUserProfile.ts
index 22de76fb..a24d12e8 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useUserProfile.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useUserProfile.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const useUserProfile = (userId: string): UserProfile | undefined => {
       bannerUrl:
         ObjectReader.string(profile, 'm.banner_url') ??
         ObjectReader.string(profile, 'chat.commet.profile_banner'),
-      timezone: ObjectReader.string(profile, 'm.tz'),
+      timezone: ObjectReader.string(profile, 'm.tz')?.replace(/"/g, ''), // some client add quotes in timezone
       pronouns: Array.isArray(pronouns)
         ? pronouns?.map((p) => ({
             grammaticalGender: ObjectReader.string(p, 'grammatical_gender'),