# win\_timezone change does not survive reboot

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-timezone-change-does-not-survive-reboot/31741>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [November 27, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-timezone-change-does-not-survive-reboot/31741 "2019-11-27T23:29:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@dmartin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dmartin)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-timezone-change-does-not-survive-reboot/31741/1 "2019-11-27T23:29:32Z")

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My timezone was Pacific Standard Time. I used the win\_timezone module to set it to UTC. I appeared to work. The TZ was UTC. After reboot, the TZ was Pacific Standard Time again.

Is this expected? Is there a way to make TZ change persist after reboot?

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**Author:** ![jborean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jborean/32/1525_2.png) [@jborean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jborean)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/win-timezone-change-does-not-survive-reboot/31741/2 "2019-12-01T20:50:21Z")

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Sounds like you might have a GPO policy that sets the timezone and on a reboot that is being applied. The win\_timezone module is just changing the timezone when running but if something else is changing it back then there’s nothing Ansible can really do.