community.windows.win_timezone module – Sets Windows machine timezone
Note
This module is part of the community.windows collection (version 2.3.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package.
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 community.windows
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_timezone
.
Synopsis
Sets machine time to the specified timezone.
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
---|---|
Timezone to set to. Example: Central Standard Time To disable Daylight Saving time, add the suffix |
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.aspxIf 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
Set the region and format settings.
Examples
- name: Set timezone to 'Romance Standard Time' (GMT+01:00)
community.windows.win_timezone:
timezone: Romance Standard Time
- name: Set timezone to 'GMT Standard Time' (GMT)
community.windows.win_timezone:
timezone: GMT Standard Time
- name: Set timezone to 'Central Standard Time' (GMT-06:00)
community.windows.win_timezone:
timezone: Central Standard Time
- name: Set timezime to Pacific Standard time and disable Daylight Saving time adjustments
community.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 |
---|---|
The previous timezone if it was changed, otherwise the existing timezone. Returned: success Sample: |
|
The current timezone (possibly changed). Returned: success Sample: |