- name: Set local time to UTC
    ansible.builtin.debconf:
      name: tzdata
      question: tzdata/Zones/Etc
      vtype: select
      value: UTC
    notify:
      - Reconfigure tzdata package

  - name: Set geographic area of the server to 'Etc'
    ansible.builtin.debconf:
      name: tzdata
      question: tzdata/Areas
      vtype: select
      value: Etc
    notify:
      - Reconfigure tzdata package

  handlers:
    - name: Reconfigure tzdata package
      ansible.builtin.command:
        cmd: dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive --priority critical tzdata

TASK [Set local time to UTC] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [acct04] => {"changed": false, "current": {"Areas": "Europe", "Zones/Europe": "Moscow", "tzdata/Areas": "Europe", "tzdata/Zones/Africa": "", "tzdata/Zones/America": "", "tzdata/Zones/Antarctica": "", "tzdata/Zones/Arctic": "", "tzdata/Zones/Asia": "", "tzdata/Zones/Atlantic": "", "tzdata/Zones/Australia": "", "tzdata/Zones/Etc": "UTC", "tzdata/Zones/Europe": "Moscow", "tzdata/Zones/Indian": "", "tzdata/Zones/Pacific": "", "tzdata/Zones/SystemV": "", "tzdata/Zones/US": ""}, "msg": ""}

TASK [Set geographic area of the server to 'Etc'] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [acct04] => {"changed": true, "current": {"tzdata/Areas": "Etc"}, "msg": "", "previous": {"tzdata/Areas": "Europe"}}

RUNNING HANDLER [Reconfigure tzdata package] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [acct04] => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["dpkg-reconfigure", "--frontend", "noninteractive", "--priority", "critical", "tzdata"], "delta": "0:00:00.167090", "end": "2021-11-18 20:35:47.654628", "msg": "", "rc": 0, "start": "2021-11-18 20:35:47.487538", "stderr": "\nCurrent default time zone: 'Europe/Moscow'\nLocal time is now:      Thu 18 Nov 20:35:47 MSK 2021.\nUniversal Time is now:  Thu Nov 18 17:35:47 UTC 2021.", "stderr_lines": ["", "Current default time zone: 'Europe/Moscow'", "Local time is now:      Thu 18 Nov 20:35:47 MSK 2021.", "Universal Time is now:  Thu Nov 18 17:35:47 UTC 2021."], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

- name: Configure timezone
  timezone:
    name: UTC
  become: yes