diff --git a/windows/win_timezone.ps1 b/windows/win_timezone.ps1
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+#!powershell
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Copyright 2015, Phil Schwartz <schwartzmx@gmail.com>
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# WANT_JSON
+# POWERSHELL_COMMON
+
+$params = Parse-Args $args;
+
+$result = New-Object psobject @{
+    win_timezone = New-Object psobject
+    changed = $false
+}
+
+$timezone = Get-Attr -obj $params -name timezone -failifempty $true -resultobj $result
+
+Try {
+    # Get the current timezone set
+    $currentTZ = $(tzutil.exe /g)
+    If ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { Throw "An error occured when getting the current machine's timezone setting." }
+
+    If ( $currentTZ -eq $timezone ) {
+        Exit-Json $result "$timezone is already set on this machine"
+    }
+    Else {
+        $tzExists = $false
+        #Check that timezone can even be set (if it is listed from tzutil as an available timezone to the machine)
+        $tzList = $(tzutil.exe /l)
+        If ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { Throw "An error occured when listing the available timezones." }
+        ForEach ($tz in $tzList) {
+            If ( $tz -eq $timezone ) {
+                $tzExists = $true
+                break
+            }
+        }
+
+        If ( $tzExists ) {
+            tzutil.exe /s "$timezone"
+            If ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { Throw "An error occured when setting the specified timezone with tzutil." }
+            $newTZ = $(tzutil.exe /g)
+            If ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { Throw "An error occured when getting the current machine's timezone setting." }
+
+            If ( $timezone -eq $newTZ ) {
+                $result.changed = $true
+            }
+        }
+        Else {
+            Fail-Json $result "The specified timezone: $timezone isn't supported on the machine."
+        }
+    }
+}
+Catch {
+    Fail-Json $result "Error setting timezone to: $timezone."
+}
+
+
+Exit-Json $result;
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diff --git a/windows/win_timezone.py b/windows/win_timezone.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2015, Phil Schwartz <schwartzmx@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# this is a windows documentation stub.  actual code lives in the .ps1
+# file of the same name
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: win_timezone
+version_added: "2.0"
+short_description: Sets Windows machine timezone
+description:
+    - Sets machine time to the specified timezone, the module will check if the provided timezone is supported on the machine.
+options:
+  timezone:
+    description:
+      - Timezone to set to.  Example: Central Standard Time
+    required: true
+    default: null
+    aliases: []
+
+author: Phil Schwartz
+'''
+
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+  # Set machine's timezone to Central Standard Time
+  win_timezone:
+    timezone: "Central Standard Time"
+'''