diff --git a/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt
index c00a7aa28..076621201 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ else() # Regular app build
                 # If SDK_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_TIME_WIDE_64_BITS option is defined
                 # then all time functions from the ROM memory will not be linked.
                 # Instead, those functions can be used from the toolchain by ESP-IDF.
-                target_linker_script(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-funcs-time.ld")
+                target_linker_script(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-time.ld")
             endif()
 
             # Include in newlib nano from ROM only if SPIRAM cache workaround is disabled
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/component.mk b/components/esp_rom/component.mk
index 40f327e24..f4ddad068 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/component.mk
+++ b/components/esp_rom/component.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ ifndef CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_ROM_DRIVER_PATCH
 LINKER_SCRIPTS += esp32.rom.spiflash.ld
 endif
 
+ifndef CONFIG_SDK_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_TIME_WIDE_64_BITS
+# If SDK_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_TIME_WIDE_64_BITS option is defined
+# then all time functions from the ROM memory will not be linked.
+# Instead, those functions can be used from the toolchain by ESP-IDF.
+LINKER_SCRIPTS += esp32.rom.newlib-time.ld
+endif
+
 COMPONENT_ADD_LDFLAGS += -L $(COMPONENT_PATH)/esp32/ld \
                          $(addprefix -T ,$(LINKER_SCRIPTS)) \
 
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-data.ld b/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-data.ld
index 71e2d9160..642bd6a07 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-data.ld
+++ b/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-data.ld
@@ -10,14 +10,10 @@
 
 _ctype_ = 0x3ff96354;
 __ctype_ptr__ = 0x3ff96350;
-_daylight = 0x3ffae0a4;
 environ = 0x3ffae0b4;
 _global_impure_ptr = 0x3ffae0b0;
 __mb_cur_max = 0x3ff96530;
-__month_lengths = 0x3ff9609c;
 __sf_fake_stderr = 0x3ff96458;
 __sf_fake_stdin = 0x3ff96498;
 __sf_fake_stdout = 0x3ff96478;
-_timezone = 0x3ffae0a0;
-_tzname = 0x3ffae030;
 __wctomb = 0x3ff96540;
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-funcs.ld b/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-funcs.ld
index a8cf66044..d38e44527 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-funcs.ld
+++ b/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-funcs.ld
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
    which declares strong symbols. This is done so that ROM functions are always
    used instead of the ones provided by libc.a.
 
-   Time functions were moved to the esp32.rom.newlib-funcs-time.ld file.
+   Time functions were moved to the esp32.rom.newlib-time.ld file.
  */
 
 abs = 0x40056340;
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ __swsetup_r = 0x40058cc8;
 toascii = 0x4000c720;
 tolower = 0x40001868;
 toupper = 0x40001884;
-__tzcalc_limits = 0x400018a0;
-__tz_lock = 0x40001a04;
-__tz_unlock = 0x40001a10;
 ungetc = 0x400590f4;
 _ungetc_r = 0x40058fa0;
 __utoa = 0x400561f0;
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-funcs-time.ld b/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-time.ld
similarity index 60%
rename from components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-funcs-time.ld
rename to components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-time.ld
index e773480d2..f6b222eb1 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-funcs-time.ld
+++ b/components/esp_rom/esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-time.ld
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* These are the newlib functions present in ESP32 ROM.
+/* These are the newlib functions and the .bss/.data symbols necessary for these functions present in ESP32 ROM.
    They should not be used when you need to solve the Y2K38 problem.
    Because these functions were compiled with 32-bit width for the time_t structure.
  */
@@ -19,3 +19,11 @@ time = 0x40001844;
 __time_load_locale = 0x4000183c;
 tzset = 0x40001a1c;
 _tzset_r = 0x40001a28;
+__tzcalc_limits = 0x400018a0;
+__tz_lock = 0x40001a04;
+__tz_unlock = 0x40001a10;
+/* The .bss/.data symbols necessary for these functions */
+_timezone = 0x3ffae0a0;
+_tzname = 0x3ffae030;
+_daylight = 0x3ffae0a4;
+__month_lengths = 0x3ff9609c;
diff --git a/components/newlib/test/test_newlib.c b/components/newlib/test/test_newlib.c
index f0c4216d1..d9692e7c3 100644
--- a/components/newlib/test/test_newlib.c
+++ b/components/newlib/test/test_newlib.c
@@ -193,3 +193,21 @@ TEST_CASE("newlib: can link 'system', 'raise'", "[newlib]")
 {
     printf("system: %p, raise: %p\n", &system, &raise);
 }
+
+
+TEST_CASE("newlib: rom and toolchain localtime func gives the same result", "[newlib]")
+{
+    // This UNIX time represents 2020-03-12 15:00:00 EDT (19:00 GMT)
+    // as can be verified with 'date --date @1584039600'
+    const time_t seconds = 1584039600;
+    setenv("TZ", "EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0", 1); // America/New_York
+    tzset();
+    struct tm *tm = localtime(&seconds);
+    tm->tm_isdst = 1;
+    static char buf[32];
+    strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%F %T %Z", tm);
+    static char test_result[64];
+    sprintf(test_result, "%s (tm_isdst = %d)", buf, tm->tm_isdst);
+    printf("%s\n", test_result);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("2020-03-12 15:00:00 EDT (tm_isdst = 1)", test_result);
+}
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