The <TimeZone>
element appears in different places in the unattend.xml
file depending on the specific OS image, architecture, and deployment method that you are using.
For example, in the unattend.xml
file for a captured Windows 7 (x86) image, there are two places where the <TimeZone>
element appears:
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup
component under <settings pass=”oobeSystem”>
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup
component under <settings pass=”specialize”>
Change the <TimeZone>
to match the target devices to which the OS will be deployed. For example:
<TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone>
It is important that the spelling of the time zone exactly match the spelling used in the Windows Registry. For more information, see the “Language Pack Default Values” topic in the Unattend.chm
help file included in the Windows AIK.
Note: Greenwich Mean Time is now known as Coordinated Universal Time.
Note: On a computer running Windows 7 you can use the tzutil
command to list the time zone for that computer.