win_timezone - Sets Windows machine timezone

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Author

Synopsis

Sets machine time to the specified timezone.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
timezone required		Timezone to set to. Example Central Standard Time

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.

Examples

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

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

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

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

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

Phil Schwartz

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/win_timezone_module.html