Intune - allow users to change time

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Intune - allow users to change time

Matthew P 346

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We've already enabled location services by configuration to let time automatically sync

But we're unable to let users manually change time zones if needed (unusual request by some of our users). At first we thought this was related to location services, although it looks like it's because standard users are unable to change those settings at all normally.

We're looking for an Intune configuration to let standard users modify their time zone / settings.

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Lu Dai-MSFT 28,501

@Matthew P Thanks for your explain.

For this issue, I have checked on unenrolled windows devices. If we are not an admin account, we can't see this setting "Set Time zone automatically". So, it seems related to windows itself, not intune.

At the same time, I have done a lot of research. I find this setting "Set Time zone automatically" is controlled by the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tzautoupdate\Start
To turn off "Set Time zone automatically" The DWORD value should be 4.

So, it is suggested to try to write a PowerShell script to change the registry key and deploy it to the device via intune.

Thanks for understanding and have a nice day.

Lu Dai-MSFT 28,501 Reputation points

2021-04-06T05:48:21.75+00:00

@Matthew P I am currently standing by for further update from you and would like to know how things are going. If you have any questions or concerns on the recent information I've provided you, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Matthew P 346 Reputation points

2021-04-07T19:38:35.657+00:00

that did the trick, thank you!
Lu Dai-MSFT 28,501 Reputation points

2021-04-08T01:30:14.16+00:00

@Matthew P You're welcome. If you have any issue in the future, welcome to post in our Q&A.

Thanks and have a nice day. : )
Zhu, Shengnan 0 Reputation points

2023-09-12T05:29:36.01+00:00

what value should be set for "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tzautoupdate\Start" to turn on the "Set Time zone automatically"?
Omar Antar 0 Reputation points

2023-11-07T11:58:48.0333333+00:00

@Zhu, Shengnan

It should be 3

Answer 2

Jason Sandys 31,411 Microsoft Employee Moderator

Why would users need to change the time on a system? Also, what does setting the time have to do with location services?

Matthew P 346 Reputation points

2021-03-30T02:00:42.17+00:00

was a misunderstanding on my part since i'm always an administrator on machines. From my understanding now, Standard Users are unable to modify date/time settings (we figured this was related to us turning on location services, we're new into our intune deployment and autopilot/standard user configurations)

We're looking for a configuration that would allow standard users to change date/time/location settings
Jason Sandys 31,411 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-03-30T03:19:48.047+00:00

Same question: why do users need to change the time or date on a system?
Matthew P 346 Reputation points

2021-03-30T14:14:45.48+00:00

Since setting up autopilot + standard users, we initially did not have time syncing properly because location services were not on. We enabled location services through configuration profiles, and timezone is pulling automatically.

But we have some users who travel while working do not want their timezones / time to automatically change and to stay set to the main offices timezone.

Unless there's another configuration enforcing it that we're missing, these users are unable to turn off automatic timezone/time as standard autopilot users.
Jason Sandys 31,411 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-03-31T16:54:02.957+00:00

Time zone is different than time.

I've never tried explicitly using a profile to enable/force location services. How exactly are you doing this? Using an OMA-URI and custom profile?
Matthew P 346 Reputation points

2021-03-31T17:33:13.337+00:00

Device Restrictions > privacy > location allow

Do you think that somehow impacts being able to change time zone? I'm fresh starting a device without that configuration now to test as a standard user

However the reason we enabled it that way was because location services were disabled by default on a fresh autopilot standard user
Matthew P 346 Reputation points

2021-03-31T18:41:36.433+00:00

Just tested, even without location services being turned on through the above method, standard users on autopilot device are unable to change their timezones.

I do not believe there is any other configuration in our environment that is preventing a standard user from making changes to timezone unless I'm missing something. It just seems like something a standard user can not change unless I'm mistaken?

And if that's the case, we're wondering if it's possible to allow standard users to manually change their time zone.

The switch for a standard user to turn off automatic time zone does not even show.

Answer 3

Lu Dai-MSFT 28,501

@Matthew P Thanks for posting in our Q&A. From your description, I know that you want to use the same time even the users are in different timezones. If there is anything misunderstanding, feel free to let us know.

For this issue, I have done some research. I find that the following link provides a method to configure TimeZone via intune:
https://deploywindows.com/2019/08/12/timezone-config-with-intune/
Note: Non-Microsoft link, just for the reference.

Hope it will help.

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Matthew P 346 Reputation points

2021-03-31T18:46:17.683+00:00

Hi @Lu Dai-MSFT . Our situation is actually a bit different. While we could use that method to manually set timezones on specific devices, we're hoping to let Standard Users turn off the "Set Time Zone Automatically" switch in date and time and change their time zones themselves if they need to (a large portion of our workers travel a lot and some have preference to set the timezone most their clients are in)

It does not seem like that switch to disable automatic time zones is available on a standard user though from what we're seeing, and they're unable to change time zones themselves (only someone signing in as an admin account can)

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