diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 86ffecf8bd77108edcb49fceefe7cb4bc5fbdfb6..e9ce644142a6375e1269f9a3a0e9237b5c845c28 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ phpinidefault:
   post_max_size: 64M
   upload_max_filesize: 64M
   memory_limit: 128M
+  date_timezone: UTC
diff --git a/templates/php-fpm/php.ini.j2 b/templates/php-fpm/php.ini.j2
index 7a2c89c68df1ab651b491e5c0a450d70ebd0fe8e..9430046dd1e55181c0cc4fafc3a90a51312c5ef2 100644
--- a/templates/php-fpm/php.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/php-fpm/php.ini.j2
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ cli_server.color = On
 [Date]
 ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
 ; http://php.net/date.timezone
-date.timezone = "UTC"
+date.timezone = "{{ phpini.date_timezone }}"
 
 ; http://php.net/date.default-latitude
 ;date.default_latitude = 31.7667