diff --git a/tools/release/c/allLocaleTest.sh b/tools/release/c/allLocaleTest.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/tools/release/c/allLocaleTest.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo "Testing $1 in all locales"
+outfile=$1-locale.txt
+echo "" > $outfile
+for loc in `locale -a`; do
+echo LC_ALL=$loc >> $outfile
+LC_ALL=$loc make check >> $outfile
+done
+
+echo "Done testing $1 in all locales"
+
diff --git a/tools/release/c/allTimezoneTest.sh b/tools/release/c/allTimezoneTest.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/tools/release/c/allTimezoneTest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo "Testing $1 in all timezones"
+outfile=$1-timezone.txt
+echo "" > $outfile
+for timezone in `locate /usr/share/zoneinfo/|fgrep -v /right/|fgrep -v /posix/`; do
+timezone=${timezone#/usr/share/zoneinfo/}
+echo TZ=$timezone >> $outfile
+TZ=$timezone make check >> $outfile
+done
+
+echo "Done testing $1 in all timezones"
+
diff --git a/tools/release/c/environmentTest.sh b/tools/release/c/environmentTest.sh
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+++ b/tools/release/c/environmentTest.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This test script enumerates all locales and all timezones installed on a
+# machine (usually Linux), and runs the existing ICU4C tests to make sure that
+# the tests pass. Not everyone is using and testing ICU4C in the en_US locale
+# with the Pacific timezone.
+top_icu_dir=../../../icu
+release_tools_dir=../../../../tools/release/c
+cd $top_icu_dir/source/test/intltest
+$release_tools_dir/allLocaleTest.sh intltest &
+$release_tools_dir/allTimezoneTest.sh intltest &
+cd ../iotest
+$release_tools_dir/allLocaleTest.sh iotest &
+$release_tools_dir/allTimezoneTest.sh iotest &
+cd ../cintltst
+$release_tools_dir/allLocaleTest.sh cintltst &
+$release_tools_dir/allTimezoneTest.sh cintltst &
+
+echo "All tests have been spawned."
+echo "Please wait while the tests run. This may take a while."