({{, (RefLink[$TimeZoneEntity, paclet:ref/$TimeZoneEntity]) 
gives the time zone (RefLink[Entity, paclet:ref/Entity]) corresponding to the locale setting for your computer operating system.}})

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The Wolfram System uses the locale setting for your computer operating system to determine the appropriate time zone (RefLink[Entity, paclet:ref/Entity]).

If locale information is not available, Zulu time will be used as the default time zone (RefLink[Entity, paclet:ref/Entity]).

$TimeZoneEntity=z resets the current time zone entity for purposes of functions like (RefLink[DateString, paclet:ref/DateString]), (RefLink[DateList, paclet:ref/DateList]), and (RefLink[AbsoluteTime, paclet:ref/AbsoluteTime]).

A list of available time zone entities can be found using (RefLink[EntityList, paclet:ref/EntityList])[(StringTypeLink["TimeZone", paclet:ref/interpreter/TimeZone])].

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Show the current locale time zone setting:

$TimeZoneEntity

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(RefLink[EntityList, paclet:ref/EntityList])[(StringTypeLink["TimeZone", paclet:ref/interpreter/TimeZone])] can be used to find available (StringTypeLink["TimeZone", paclet:ref/interpreter/TimeZone]) entities:

EntityList["TimeZone"]//Shallow

({{DocumentationFooterIconsRelatedFunction.png, ({{See Also}, {(RefLink[$TimeZone, paclet:ref/$TimeZone])  ▪  (RefLink[$SystemTimeZone, paclet:ref/$SystemTimeZone])  ▪  (RefLink[TimeZone, paclet:ref/TimeZone])  ▪  (RefLink[DateObject, paclet:ref/DateObject])  ▪  (RefLink[DateList, paclet:ref/DateList])  ▪  (RefLink[DateString, paclet:ref/DateString])  ▪  (RefLink[AbsoluteTime, paclet:ref/AbsoluteTime])}})}})

({{DocumentationFooterIconsRelatedTutorial.png, ({{Tutorials}, {▪(RefLinkPlain[Date and Time Functions, paclet:tutorial/DateAndTimeFunctions])}})}})

({{DocumentationFooterIconsRelatedGuide.png, ({{Related Guides}, {▪(RefLinkPlain[Date & Time, paclet:guide/DateAndTime])}})}})