Class to set timezone for system. Example: $timezone_set = "Europe/Helsinki" include time::zone

time/manifests/init.pp

@@ -9,3 +9,25 @@ class time::server {
     }
 
 }
+
+# Set default timezone
+#
+# $timezone_set should point to a file under /usr/share/zoneinfo/
+# for example $timezone_set = "Europe/Helsinki".
+class time::zone {
+    file { "/etc/localtime":
+        ensure => present,
+        mode => 0644,
+        source => "/usr/share/zoneinfo/$timezone_set"
+    }
+
+    case $operatingsystem {
+        centos,redhat: {
+            file { "/etc/sysconfig/clock":
+                ensure => present,
+                mode => 0644,
+                content => template("time/sysconfig_clock.erb"),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

time/templates/sysconfig_clock.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ZONE="<%= timezone_set %>"
+UTC=true
+ARC=false