function timezoneToOffset(timezone, fallback) {
  // IE/Edge do not "understand" colon (`:`) in timezone
  timezone = timezone.replace(ALL_COLONS, '');
  var requestedTimezoneOffset = Date.parse('Jan 01, 1970 00:00:00 ' + timezone) / 60000;
  return isNumberNaN(requestedTimezoneOffset) ? fallback : requestedTimezoneOffset;
}
The software constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.