timezone: Assuming UTC when no /etc/localtime exists (#27131)

9 years ago · 4fb5221b5f
parent 7a8054812c
commit 4fb5221b5f
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/timezone.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/timezone.py
@ -521,7 +521,8 @@ class BSDTimezone(Timezone):
                tz = os.readlink('/etc/localtime')
                return tz.replace('/usr/share/zoneinfo/', '')
            except:
-                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not read /etc/localtime')
+                self.module.warn('Could not read /etc/localtime. Assuming UTC')
+                return 'UTC'
        else:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='{0} is not a supported option on target platform'.
                                  format(key))