community.windows.win_timezone – Sets Windows machine timezone
Note
This plugin is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.2.0).
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 | Choices/Defaults | 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 /land 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)
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 | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| previous_timezone string | success | The previous timezone if it was changed, otherwise the existing timezone. Sample: Central Standard Time |
| timezone string | success | The current timezone (possibly changed). Sample: Central Standard Time |
Authors
- Phil Schwartz (@schwartzmx)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/windows/win_timezone_module.html
