azurerm_windows_virtual_machine and timezone

[L-u-k-e-GIT]

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Terraform Version

Terraform v1.1.7

AzureRM Provider Version

v3.3.0

Affected Resource(s)/Data Source(s)

azurerm_windows_virtual_machine

Terraform Configuration Files

Hi I add timezone to an existing tf project.
During the plan terraform recognize the resource change but actually does not change the time zone inside a server.

Running following terraform plan it always try to reapply it.

Debug Output/Panic Output

no specif error

Expected Behaviour

The timezone of the vm is changed.

Actual Behaviour

The time zone is not changed (if the vm already exits)

Steps to Reproduce

Resource "azurerm_windows_virtual_machine" "vm" {

for_each = var.VM_DEF
name = "${var.VM_NAME_PREFIX}${var.PROJECT_NAME}-${each.value.name}-${var.VM_ENV}"
resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.rg.name
location = var.LOCATION
license_type = var.WINDOWS_LICENSE_TYPE
size = each.value.size
admin_username = var.ADMIN_USERNAME
admin_password = var.ADMIN_PASSWORD
timezone = "W. Europe Standard Time"
boot_diagnostics {
storage_account_uri = module.vm_ext_storage.MD_OUT_ST_URI
}
network_interface_ids = [
azurerm_network_interface.vm_nic1[each.key].id,
]

os_disk {
name = "${var.DISKOS_PREFIX}-${var.PROJECT_NAME}-${var.SUBSCRIPTION_PREFIX}-${var.REGION_PREFIX}-${each.value.name}"
caching = "ReadWrite"
disk_size_gb = each.value.diskosize
storage_account_type = each.value.disk

}

Important Factoids

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References

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[myc2h6o]

Hi @L-u-k-e-GIT Thanks for opening the issue! timezone cannot be changed, and there seems to be a bug in the provider where ForceNew flag is missing, I've created a pr to fix it. To workaround it before the fix is merged, you can Force-Recreate the resource

[github-actions]

This functionality has been released in v3.8.0 of the Terraform Provider. Please see the Terraform documentation on provider versioning or reach out if you need any assistance upgrading.

For further feature requests or bug reports with this functionality, please create a new GitHub issue following the template. Thank you!

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