ansible.windows.win_timezone module – Sets Windows machine timezone

Note

This module is part of the ansible.windows collection (version 2.5.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.windows.win_timezone.

New in ansible.windows 2.6.0

Synopsis

• Sets machine time to the specified timezone.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
timezone string / required	Timezone to set to. Example: Central Standard Time To disable Daylight Saving time, add the suffix _dstoff on timezones that support this.

Notes

Note

• The module will check if the provided timezone is supported on the machine.

• A list of possible timezones is available from tzutil.exe /l and from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms912391.aspx

• If running on Server 2008 the hotfix https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2556308/tzutil-command-line-tool-is-added-to-windows-vista-and-to-windows-server-2008 needs to be installed to be able to run this module.

See Also

See also

community.windows.win_region

The official documentation on the community.windows.win_region module.

Examples

- name: Set timezone to 'Romance Standard Time' (GMT+01:00)
  ansible.windows.win_timezone:
    timezone: Romance Standard Time

- name: Set timezone to 'GMT Standard Time' (GMT)
  ansible.windows.win_timezone:
    timezone: GMT Standard Time

- name: Set timezone to 'Central Standard Time' (GMT-06:00)
  ansible.windows.win_timezone:
    timezone: Central Standard Time

- name: Set timezime to Pacific Standard time and disable Daylight Saving time adjustments
  ansible.windows.win_timezone:
    timezone: Pacific Standard Time_dstoff

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
previous_timezone string	The previous timezone if it was changed, otherwise the existing timezone. Returned: success Sample: "Central Standard Time"
timezone string	The current timezone (possibly changed). Returned: success Sample: "Central Standard Time"

Authors

• Phil Schwartz (@schwartzmx)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)