diff --git a/Lib/datetime.py b/Lib/datetime.py
index a15c6b0..f506e9a 100644
--- a/Lib/datetime.py
+++ b/Lib/datetime.py
@@ -1854,6 +1854,8 @@
         return (self._offset, self._name)
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
+        if type(other) != timezone:
+            return False
         return self._offset == other._offset
 
     def __hash__(self):