Setting time zones with site-based Group Policy

Setting up a Group policy to configure Time Zones based on site location.

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Change the template host to the desired time zone, then export to a .REG .

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation] "Bias"=dword:0000012c "DaylightBias"=dword:ffffffc4 "DaylightName"="@tzres.dll,-111" "DaylightStart"=hex:00,00,03,00,02,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "DynamicDaylightTimeDisabled"=dword:00000000 "StandardBias"=dword:00000000 "StandardName"="@tzres.dll,-112" "StandardStart"=hex:00,00,0b,00,01,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "TimeZoneKeyName"="Eastern Standard Time" "ActiveTimeBias"=dword:0000012c 

Convert the .REG to .XML

-Note:Do not use "Replace" use "update" otherwise when the host does not match a site it will default to the UTC Timezone.

.xml GPP file

Then Pasted the xml into the GPP editor

Setup "Item-level targting" on the properties for each time zone After the policy applies "Some Settings are managed by your organization" will now appear on your time zone settings.