Add timezone-ii cookbook to set timezone to UTC

cookbooks/timezone-ii/README.md

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+Timezone II
+===========
+
+The Timezone II cookbook contains recipes for installing the latest tzdata
+(a.k.a. IANA or Olson) timezone database and setting the timezone on your
+system.  It is a fork of the [timezone cookbook by James
+Harton.](http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/timezone)
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+This cookbook is known to work with:
+
+* Amazon Linux
+* CentOS
+* Debian
+* Fedora
+* Gentoo
+* Ubuntu
+
+It _should_ work with any OS that uses the IANA/Olson timezone database and
+stores local timezone data in /etc/localtime (the only OS I know of that does
+_not_ do this is MS Windows).  However, some OSs not mentioned above have their
+own system utility for setting the timezone, and this may overwrite the changes
+made by this cookbook.
+
+Attributes
+----------
+
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Key</th>
+    <th>Type</th>
+    <th>Description</th>
+    <th>Default</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['tz']</tt></td>
+    <td>String</td>
+    <td>the timezone name as defined in tzdata</td>
+    <td>UTC</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['timezone']['tzdata_dir']</tt></td>
+    <td>String</td>
+    <td>the path to the root of the tzdata files; the default value is for
+    most known distributions of Linux</td>
+    <td>/usr/share/zoneinfo</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['timezone']['localtime_path']</tt></td>
+    <td>String</td>
+    <td>the path to the file used by the kernel to read the local timezone's
+    settings; the default works for Linux and other *ix variants</td>
+    <td>/etc/localtime</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['timezone']['use_symlink']</tt></td>
+    <td>Boolean</td>
+    <td>whether to use a symlink into the tzdata tree rather than make a copy
+    of the appropriate timezone data file (linux-generic recipe only)</td>
+    <td>false</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Set the "tz" attribute to your desired timezone and include the "timezone-ii"
+recipe in your node's run list:
+
+```json
+{
+  "name": "my_node",
+  "tz": "Africa/Timbuktu",
+  "run_list": [
+    "recipe[timezone-ii]"
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+The `timezone-ii::default` recipe will first install or upgrade the IANA/Olson
+timezone database package for your OS (`timezone-data` on Gentoo, `tzdata` on
+all others). Then it will call one of the following recipes according to your
+node's platform:
+
+* `timezone-ii::debian`
+* `timezone-ii::fedora`
+* `timezone-ii::linux-generic`
+
+Contributing
+------------
+1. Fork the [repository on GitHub](https://github.com/L2G/timezone-ii)
+2. Create a named feature branch (like `add_component_x`)
+3. Write your change
+4. If at all possible, write test-kitchen tests for your change and ensure they
+   all pass
+5. Submit a pull request using GitHub
+
+License and Authors
+-------------------
+
+Copyright © 2010 James Harton <james@sociable.co.nz>
+
+Copyright © 2013 Lawrence Leonard Gilbert <larry@L2G.to>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the
+License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
+CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.