diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/TimeZoneInfo.java b/user/src/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/TimeZoneInfo.java
index a0ab0a3..60d85e3 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/TimeZoneInfo.java
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/TimeZoneInfo.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptObject;
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.JsArrayInteger;
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.JsArrayString;
+import com.google.gwt.core.client.JsonUtils;
 
 /**
  * A JavaScript Overlay type on top of the JSON data describing everything we
@@ -38,13 +39,9 @@
    * @return a TimeZoneInfo object made from the supplied JSON.
    */
   public static TimeZoneInfo buildTimeZoneData(String json) {
-    return (TimeZoneInfo) eval(json);
+    return JsonUtils.safeEval(json);
   }
   
-  private static native JavaScriptObject eval(String json) /*-{
-    return eval("(" + json + ")");
-  }-*/;
-  
   protected TimeZoneInfo() { }
   
   public final native String getID() /*-{ return this.id; }-*/;