diff --git a/velox/functions/lib/DateTimeFormatter.cpp b/velox/functions/lib/DateTimeFormatter.cpp
index 5676a63efc8c..32e1ab68f060 100644
--- a/velox/functions/lib/DateTimeFormatter.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/lib/DateTimeFormatter.cpp
@@ -828,6 +828,12 @@ int32_t parseFromPattern(
     }
     cur += size;
   } else if (curPattern.specifier == DateTimeFormatSpecifier::TIMEZONE) {
+    // JODA does not support parsing time zone long names, so neither do we for
+    // consistency. The pattern for a time zone long name is 4 or more 'z's.
+    VELOX_USER_CHECK_LT(
+        curPattern.minRepresentDigits,
+        4,
+        "Parsing time zone long names is not supported.");
     auto size = parseTimezone(cur, end, date);
     if (size == -1) {
       return -1;
diff --git a/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/DateTimeFunctionsTest.cpp b/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/DateTimeFunctionsTest.cpp
index 30090173d8f8..9cce58653252 100644
--- a/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/DateTimeFunctionsTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/DateTimeFunctionsTest.cpp
@@ -3022,6 +3022,19 @@ TEST_F(DateTimeFunctionsTest, parseDatetime) {
       parseDatetime(
           "2024-02-25+06:00:99 America/XYZ", "yyyy-MM-dd+HH:mm:99 ZZZ"),
       "Invalid date format: '2024-02-25+06:00:99 America/XYZ'");
+
+  // Test to ensure we do not support parsing time zone long names (to be
+  // consistent with JODA).
+  VELOX_ASSERT_THROW(
+      parseDatetime(
+          "2024-02-25+06:00:99 Pacific Standard Time",
+          "yyyy-MM-dd+HH:mm:99 zzzz"),
+      "Parsing time zone long names is not supported.");
+  VELOX_ASSERT_THROW(
+      parseDatetime(
+          "2024-02-25+06:00:99 Pacific Standard Time",
+          "yyyy-MM-dd+HH:mm:99 zzzzzzzzzz"),
+      "Parsing time zone long names is not supported.");
 }
 
 TEST_F(DateTimeFunctionsTest, formatDateTime) {