diff --git a/modules.env b/modules.env
index 1d0d89989c..a49267827a 100644
--- a/modules.env
+++ b/modules.env
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ SOURCE_MODULES["https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-rabbitmq"]="5.2.3"
 SOURCE_MODULES["https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib"]="4.3.2"
 SOURCE_MODULES["https://github.com/rafaelfelix/puppet-pear"]="1.0.3"
 SOURCE_MODULES["https://github.com/saz/puppet-memcached"]="v2.6.0"
+SOURCE_MODULES["https://github.com/saz/puppet-timezone"]="v3.3.0"
 SOURCE_MODULES["https://github.com/stankevich/puppet-python"]="1.9.4"
 SOURCE_MODULES["https://github.com/vamsee/puppet-solr"]="0.0.8"
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/template.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/template.pp
index 6d027ece11..fa77822cd9 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/template.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/template.pp
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ class openstack_project::template (
     rules6           => $iptables_rules6,
   }
 
+  class { 'timezone':
+    timezone => 'UTC',
+  }
+
 
   ###########################################################
   # Process if ( $high_level_directive ) blocks