mattijn commented on issue #35600:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/35600#issuecomment-1580624761

   Thanks for all the work on arrow!
   
   I'm on windows and when running the following:
   
   ```python
   from datetime import datetime
   import pyarrow.compute as pc
   
   pc.strftime(datetime(2004, 8, 1))
   ```
   I get the following error:
   > ```cmd
   > ArrowInvalid: Cannot locate timezone 'UTC': Timezone database not found at 
"D:\Users\Hoek\Downloads\tzdata"
   > ```
   
   Observe, that the error path refers to `D:`.
   
   But in OP the following is mentioned:
   
   > The timezone DB is required to be at %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\tzdata in 
pyarrow on windows.
   
   But if I check:
   ```python
   ! echo %USERPROFILE%
   ```
   
   > ```cmd
   > C:\Users\Hoek
   > ```
   and
   ```python
   from pathlib import Path
   Path.home()
   ```
   
   > ```cmd
   > WindowsPath('C:/Users/Hoek')
   > ```
   
   It is both linking to `C:`. How you know it is on `D:`? `D:` is right 
though.. 
   There is no `Downloads` folder for me on `C:\Users\Hoek` (therefor 
https://stackoverflow.com/a/74292266/2459096 errored)
   
   I assume it is just early days and this user experience will improve soon. 
   Again, thanks for all the hard work!


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