diff --git a/src/main/java/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java
index c5af255c3..51ae9f481 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java
@@ -2618,14 +2618,16 @@ public int parseInto(DateTimeParserBucket bucket, CharSequence text, int positio
     }
 
     static int csCompare(CharSequence text, int position, String search) {
-        int compareLen = Math.min(text.length() - position, search.length());
+        int matchLen = text.length() - position;
+        int searchLen = search.length();
+        int compareLen = Math.min(matchLen, searchLen);
         for (int i = 0; i < compareLen; i++) {
             int result = search.charAt(i) - text.charAt(position + i);
             if (result != 0) {
                 return result;
             }
         }
-        return 0;
+        return searchLen - matchLen;
     }
 
     static boolean csStartsWith(CharSequence text, int position, String search) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/joda/time/format/TestDateTimeFormatterBuilder.java b/src/test/java/org/joda/time/format/TestDateTimeFormatterBuilder.java
index 602bac959..6436a274f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/joda/time/format/TestDateTimeFormatterBuilder.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/joda/time/format/TestDateTimeFormatterBuilder.java
@@ -435,6 +435,26 @@ public void test_printParseZoneDawsonCreek() {  // clashes with shorter Dawson
         assertEquals(dt, f.parseDateTime("2007-03-04 12:30 America/Dawson_Creek"));
     }
 
+    public void test_printParseZoneEtcGMT() {
+        DateTimeFormatterBuilder bld = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
+                .appendPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm ZZZ");
+        DateTimeFormatter f = bld.toFormatter();
+
+        DateTime dt = new DateTime(2007, 3, 4, 12, 30, 0, DateTimeZone.forID("Etc/GMT"));
+        assertEquals("2007-03-04 12:30 Etc/GMT", f.print(dt));
+        assertEquals(dt, f.parseDateTime("2007-03-04 12:30 Etc/GMT"));
+    }
+
+    public void test_printParseZoneEtcGMT1() {
+        DateTimeFormatterBuilder bld = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
+                .appendPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm ZZZ");
+        DateTimeFormatter f = bld.toFormatter();
+
+        DateTime dt = new DateTime(2007, 3, 4, 12, 30, 0, DateTimeZone.forID("Etc/GMT+1"));
+        assertEquals("2007-03-04 12:30 Etc/GMT+1", f.print(dt));
+        assertEquals(dt, f.parseDateTime("2007-03-04 12:30 Etc/GMT+1"));
+    }
+
     public void test_printParseZoneBahiaBanderas() {
         DateTimeFormatterBuilder bld = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
             .appendPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm ").appendTimeZoneId();