From dd39e97d53254f7075c21b9e6581cbf8b6eed7b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Mecum <petridish@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 14:21:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make distinction even more clear

---
 python/pyarrow/tests/conftest.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/conftest.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/conftest.py
index 7500d9e93eb8d..53b54bb494da6 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/conftest.py
@@ -54,8 +54,13 @@
     if tzdata_set_path:
         set_timezone_db_path(tzdata_set_path)
 
-    # GH-45295: For ORC, try to populate TZDIR env var from tzdata package
-    # resource path
+
+# GH-45295: For ORC, try to populate TZDIR env var from tzdata package resource
+# path.
+#
+# Note this is a different kind of database than what we allow to be set by
+# `PYARROW_TZDATA_PATH` and passed to set_timezone_db_path.
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
     if os.environ.get('TZDIR', None) is None:
         from importlib import resources
         try: