diff --git a/Lib/datetime.py b/Lib/datetime.py
index 65f95d2..bf23e50 100644
--- a/Lib/datetime.py
+++ b/Lib/datetime.py
@@ -1821,6 +1821,8 @@
         return (self._offset, self._name)
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
+        if type(other) != timezone:
+            return False
         return self._offset == other._offset
 
     def __hash__(self):