Import sets timezone = -18000 when it should be America/NewYork

I had the same issue and found the problem.

In supported/user.inc, at line 124, the timezone is being set with:

$account_add['timezone'] = '-18000';

Using the site's default value would be a better option, such as:

$account_add['timezone'] = variable_get("date_default_timezone", "America/Toronto");

In 1.0beta6, line 20 // $options['user']['timezone'] = t('Timezone'); is commented.
I tried to make it work in line 124 but i couldn't. I can only make it work with a string.
Help will be appreciated. Marked as active since a string is not a real solution

This problem still exists and leads to views-Errors for example later on, because the time offset can not be calculated properly. Settings Priority to major because this breaks Drupal core function results (wrong user timezone provided).

Additional information: The correct value for the database is the Timezone identifier as described here: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

As fallback you could set the value to the defined Drupal date settings (default value).

Patch to set timezone to Drupal default, falls back on PHP default (yanked from drupal_get_user_timezone()).

Looks good, this is the same logic as used in drupal_get_user_timezone().

Thanks for the patch!

Added to User Import 7.x-2.2