diff --git a/backend/src/dashboard/dashboard.service.ts b/backend/src/dashboard/dashboard.service.ts
index de9e8cef..c13b13d2 100644
--- a/backend/src/dashboard/dashboard.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/dashboard/dashboard.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Injectable, BadRequestException } from '@nestjs/common';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class DashboardService {
@@ -9,4 +9,20 @@ export class DashboardService {
       users: { total: 0, active: 0 }
     };
   }
+
+  normalizeTimezone(timezone?: string): string | undefined {
+    if (timezone === undefined || timezone === null) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const trimmed = String(timezone).trim();
+    if (trimmed.length === 0) {
+      throw new BadRequestException('Invalid timezone');
+    }
+    try {
+      new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: trimmed });
+    } catch {
+      throw new BadRequestException(`Invalid timezone: ${trimmed}`);
+    }
+    return trimmed;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/dashboard/dto/analytics-query.dto.ts b/backend/src/dashboard/dto/analytics-query.dto.ts
index a4b7f229..74c13349 100644
--- a/backend/src/dashboard/dto/analytics-query.dto.ts
+++ b/backend/src/dashboard/dto/analytics-query.dto.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { IsOptional, IsDateString } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsOptional, IsDateString, IsString, Matches } from 'class-validator';
+import { Transform } from 'class-transformer';
+
+const IANA_TIMEZONE_PATTERN = /^[A-Za-z_]+(?:\/[A-Za-z0-9_+\-]+){0,2}$/;
 
 export class AnalyticsQueryDto {
   @IsOptional()
@@ -8,4 +11,14 @@ export class AnalyticsQueryDto {
   @IsOptional()
   @IsDateString()
   to?: string;
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Transform(({ value }) =>
+    typeof value === 'string' ? value.trim() : value,
+  )
+  @IsString()
+  @Matches(IANA_TIMEZONE_PATTERN, {
+    message: 'timezone must be a valid IANA timezone name',
+  })
+  timezone?: string;
 }