Ansible timezone — Set System Timezone

- name: Set timezone to UTC
  community.general.timezone:
    name: UTC
  become: true

- name: Set timezone to New York
  community.general.timezone:
    name: America/New_York
  become: true

- name: Set timezone to Berlin
  community.general.timezone:
    name: Europe/Berlin
  become: true

timedatectl list-timezones

# Per-host timezone
- name: Set timezone
  community.general.timezone:
    name: "{{ host_timezone | default('UTC') }}"
  become: true

[webservers]
web-us ansible_host=10.0.1.10 host_timezone=America/New_York
web-eu ansible_host=10.0.2.10 host_timezone=Europe/Berlin
web-ap ansible_host=10.0.3.10 host_timezone=Asia/Tokyo

- name: Install chrony
  ansible.builtin.package:
    name: chrony
    state: present

- name: Configure chrony
  ansible.builtin.template:
    src: chrony.conf.j2
    dest: /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
  notify: Restart chrony

- name: Start chrony
  ansible.builtin.service:
    name: "{{ 'chronyd' if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' else 'chrony' }}"
    state: started
    enabled: true

handlers:
  - name: Restart chrony
    ansible.builtin.service:
      name: "{{ 'chronyd' if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' else 'chrony' }}"
      state: restarted

{# templates/chrony.conf.j2 #}
{% for server in ntp_servers | default(['pool.ntp.org']) %}
server {{ server }} iburst
{% endfor %}

driftfile /var/lib/chrony/drift
makestep 1.0 3
rtcsync
logdir /var/log/chrony

- name: Configure timesyncd
  ansible.builtin.template:
    src: timesyncd.conf.j2
    dest: /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
  notify: Restart timesyncd

- name: Enable NTP sync
  ansible.builtin.command: timedatectl set-ntp true
  changed_when: false

---
- name: Configure time
  hosts: all
  become: true
  vars:
    timezone: UTC
    ntp_servers:
      - time.google.com
      - time.cloudflare.com
      - pool.ntp.org

  tasks:
    - name: Set timezone
      community.general.timezone:
        name: "{{ timezone }}"

    - name: Set hardware clock to UTC
      community.general.timezone:
        hwclock: UTC

    - name: Install chrony
      ansible.builtin.package:
        name: chrony
        state: present

    - name: Configure NTP servers
      ansible.builtin.template:
        src: chrony.conf.j2
        dest: "{{ '/etc/chrony.conf' if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' else '/etc/chrony/chrony.conf' }}"
      notify: Restart chrony

    - name: Start chrony
      ansible.builtin.service:
        name: "{{ 'chronyd' if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' else 'chrony' }}"
        state: started
        enabled: true

    - name: Verify time sync
      ansible.builtin.command: chronyc tracking
      register: chrony_status
      changed_when: false

    - name: Show sync status
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "{{ chrony_status.stdout_lines[:3] }}"

  handlers:
    - name: Restart chrony
      ansible.builtin.service:
        name: "{{ 'chronyd' if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' else 'chrony' }}"
        state: restarted

- name: Show time facts
  debug:
    msg:
      - "Date: {{ ansible_date_time.date }}"          # 2026-04-12
      - "Time: {{ ansible_date_time.time }}"           # 14:30:00
      - "TZ: {{ ansible_date_time.tz }}"               # UTC
      - "Epoch: {{ ansible_date_time.epoch }}"          # 1776192600
      - "ISO: {{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}"          # 2026-04-12T14:30:00Z
      - "Weekday: {{ ansible_date_time.weekday }}"      # Sunday

- name: Set Windows timezone
  community.windows.win_timezone:
    timezone: "Eastern Standard Time"
  # Note: Windows uses different timezone names

# Configure Windows NTP
- name: Set NTP server
  ansible.windows.win_command: >
    w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"time.google.com" /syncfromflags:manual /update

# List valid timezones
timedatectl list-timezones | grep -i york
# America/New_York

# Force immediate sync
- command: chronyc -a makestep
  become: true
  changed_when: false