# Fix MacOS 14 default timezone issue
#
# ICU bug: https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-22541

diff --git a/intl/icu/source/common/putil.cpp b/intl/icu/source/common/putil.cpp
--- a/intl/icu/source/common/putil.cpp
+++ b/intl/icu/source/common/putil.cpp
@@ -1170,16 +1170,31 @@ uprv_tzname(int n)
         This is a trick to look at the name of the link to get the Olson ID
         because the tzfile contents is underspecified.
         This isn't guaranteed to work because it may not be a symlink.
         */
         char *ret = realpath(TZDEFAULT, gTimeZoneBuffer);
         if (ret != nullptr && uprv_strcmp(TZDEFAULT, gTimeZoneBuffer) != 0) {
             int32_t tzZoneInfoTailLen = uprv_strlen(TZZONEINFOTAIL);
             const char *tzZoneInfoTailPtr = uprv_strstr(gTimeZoneBuffer, TZZONEINFOTAIL);
+            // MacOS14 has the realpath as something like
+            // /usr/share/zoneinfo.default/Australia/Melbourne
+            // which will not have "/zoneinfo/" in the path.
+            // Therefore if we fail, we fall back to read the link which is
+            // /var/db/timezone/zoneinfo/Australia/Melbourne
+            // We also fall back to reading the link if the realpath leads to something like
+            // /usr/share/zoneinfo/posixrules
+            if (tzZoneInfoTailPtr == nullptr ||
+                    uprv_strcmp(tzZoneInfoTailPtr + tzZoneInfoTailLen, "posixrules") == 0) {
+                ssize_t size = readlink(TZDEFAULT, gTimeZoneBuffer, sizeof(gTimeZoneBuffer)-1);
+                if (size > 0) {
+                    gTimeZoneBuffer[size] = 0;
+                    tzZoneInfoTailPtr = uprv_strstr(gTimeZoneBuffer, TZZONEINFOTAIL);
+                }
+            }
             if (tzZoneInfoTailPtr != nullptr) {
                 tzZoneInfoTailPtr += tzZoneInfoTailLen;
                 skipZoneIDPrefix(&tzZoneInfoTailPtr);
                 if (isValidOlsonID(tzZoneInfoTailPtr)) {
                     return (gTimeZoneBufferPtr = tzZoneInfoTailPtr);
                 }
             }
         } else {