tzutil : set timezone in Windows 7

Tzutil.exe is a new command in Windows 7, which was not provided in XP. Using this command we can set/find the time zone settings  from windows command prompt.

Get the current time zone :

We can find the current time zone by running the following command.

tzutil /g

Example:

c:\>tzutil /g
Pacific Standard Time
c:\>

Set time zone:

tzutil /s  "time zone identifier"

Examples:

To set the time zone to Eastern Time

tzutil  /s "Eastern Standard Time"

I tried this command on my computer, and below are the results.

C:\>tzutil /g
Pacific Standard Time
C:\>time /t
10:26 AM
C:\>tzutil /s "Eastern Standard Time"
C:\>tzutil /g
Eastern Standard Time
C:\>time /t
01:27 PM
C:\>

Get the list of time zones

Run the command ‘tzutil /l‘ to get the list of time zones available.