diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-extended/timezone/tzdata.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-extended/timezone/tzdata.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec0c3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-extended/timezone/tzdata.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DEFAULT_TIMEZONE:gbmc = "PST8PDT"
diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bbappend
index d421fdf..68ae270 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bbappend
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bbappend
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 # Google BMC (gBMC) specific installs
 OBMC_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL:append:gbmc = " iproute2 iproute2-ss"
+OBMC_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL:append:gbmc = " tzdata-core"
 OBMC_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL:append:gbmc = " gbmc-systemd-config"
 OBMC_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL:append:gbmc = " gbmc-iperf3"
 OBMC_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL:append:gbmc = " authorized-keys-comp"