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Windows Server: Cannot change timezone: You don’t have permissions to perform this task.

Hi,

if you were faced with this error when you try to change the timezone on a Windows Server 2022/2025…


Windows Server timezone change error
Windows Server timezone change error

.. change the timezone by the following methods:

open the control panel from a elevated cmd.exe

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D:\> control.exe timedate.cpl

or change the timezone from the server manager

Windows Server change timezone from Server Manager
Windows Server change timezone from Server Manager

Michael