Add the ability to set the timezone prior to parsing date/time information.  Includes getter/setter and listTimezones().  The latter returns a list of acceptable timezone names and their standard clock offsets.
Merge branch 'brandon-fixes'

* brandon-fixes:
  Add the ability to set the timezone prior to parsing date/time information.  Includes getter/setter and listTimezones().  The latter returns a list of acceptable timezone names and their standard clock offsets.