diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 39da6c34e..fa0a3073f 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
     <!-- types are add, fix, remove, update -->
     <release version="1.2" date="SNAPSHOT" description="v1.2">
+      <action dev="jodastephen" type="fix" >
+        Fix parsing of Etc/GMT+1 and similar zones which have a longer form like Etc/GMT+10.
+        Fixes #21.
+      </action>
       <action dev="jodastephen" type="fix" >
         Remove references to LocaleServiceProvider.
         Fixes #22.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/threeten/bp/format/DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/threeten/bp/format/DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java
index 49515b16f..6e3dc5a38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/threeten/bp/format/DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/threeten/bp/format/DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java
@@ -3505,21 +3505,27 @@ public int parse(DateTimeParseContext context, CharSequence text, int position)
 
             // parse
             String parsedZoneId = null;
+            String lastZoneId = null;
             while (tree != null) {
                 int nodeLength = tree.length;
                 if (position + nodeLength > length) {
                     break;
                 }
+                lastZoneId = parsedZoneId;
                 parsedZoneId = text.subSequence(position, position + nodeLength).toString();
                 tree = tree.get(parsedZoneId, context.isCaseSensitive());
             }
             ZoneId zone = convertToZone(regionIds, parsedZoneId, context.isCaseSensitive());
             if (zone == null) {
-                if (context.charEquals(nextChar, 'Z')) {
-                    context.setParsed(ZoneOffset.UTC);
-                    return position + 1;
+                zone = convertToZone(regionIds, lastZoneId, context.isCaseSensitive());
+                if (zone == null) {
+                    if (context.charEquals(nextChar, 'Z')) {
+                        context.setParsed(ZoneOffset.UTC);
+                        return position + 1;
+                    }
+                    return ~position;
                 }
-                return ~position;
+                parsedZoneId = lastZoneId;
             }
             context.setParsed(zone);
             return position + parsedZoneId.length();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/threeten/bp/format/TestDateTimeFormatter.java b/src/test/java/org/threeten/bp/format/TestDateTimeFormatter.java
index 98eeb0677..d7b3d000f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/threeten/bp/format/TestDateTimeFormatter.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/threeten/bp/format/TestDateTimeFormatter.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 import org.threeten.bp.LocalDate;
 import org.threeten.bp.LocalTime;
 import org.threeten.bp.YearMonth;
+import org.threeten.bp.ZoneId;
+import org.threeten.bp.ZonedDateTime;
 import org.threeten.bp.temporal.TemporalAccessor;
 import org.threeten.bp.temporal.TemporalQuery;
 
@@ -485,4 +487,14 @@ public void test_toFormat_Class() throws Exception {
         BASIC_FORMATTER.toFormat(null);
     }
 
+    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public void test_parse_allZones() throws Exception {
+        for (String zoneStr : ZoneId.getAvailableZoneIds()) {
+            ZoneId zone = ZoneId.of(zoneStr);
+            ZonedDateTime base = ZonedDateTime.of(2014, 12, 31, 12, 0, 0, 0, zone);
+            ZonedDateTime test = ZonedDateTime.parse(base.toString());
+            assertEquals(test, base);
+        }
+    }
+
 }