diff --git a/types/node-cron/index.d.ts b/types/node-cron/index.d.ts
index 6cd1b1445e..6c4018a447 100644
--- a/types/node-cron/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/node-cron/index.d.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 // Type definitions for node-cron 2.0
 // Project: https://github.com/node-cron/node-cron, https://github.com/merencia/node-cron
 // Definitions by: morsic <https://github.com/maximelkin>,
-//                 burtek <https://github.com/burtek>
+//                 burtek <https://github.com/burtek>,
+//                 Richard Honor <https://github.com/RMHonor>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
+import { Timezone } from 'tz-offset';
+
 export function schedule(cronExpression: string, func: () => void, options?: ScheduleOptions): ScheduledTask;
 
 export function validate(cronExpression: string): boolean;
@@ -24,5 +27,5 @@ export interface ScheduleOptions {
     /**
      * The timezone that is used for job scheduling
      */
-    timezone?: string;
+    timezone?: Timezone;
 }
diff --git a/types/node-cron/node-cron-tests.ts b/types/node-cron/node-cron-tests.ts
index 17350b6427..f987d41334 100644
--- a/types/node-cron/node-cron-tests.ts
+++ b/types/node-cron/node-cron-tests.ts
@@ -45,3 +45,10 @@ const invalid = cron.validate('60 * * * *');
 if (valid && !invalid) {
     log('validator works');
 }
+
+// check timezones are accepted from the string literal
+const tast4 = cron.schedule('* * * * *', () => {
+    log('will execute every minute until stopped');
+}, { timezone: 'Europe/London' });
+
+tast4.destroy();