How to set timezone when creating sites using New-PnPSite

Question

I'm currently using this command to create new SharePoint modern communication sites:

New-PnPSite -Type CommunicationSite -Owner [email protected] -SiteDesign Blank -Lcid 1044 -Title "My site" -Url https://acme.sharepoint.com/sites/my_site

I've yet to find how to set the timezone for new sites, as there doesn't seem to be no timezone flag. Is there anything I'm missing here? How does others set timezone for new sites?

Answer 1

You could use use New-SPOSite to create new SharePoint modern communication sites with timezone:

New-SPOSite -Url https://acme.sharepoint.com/sites/my_site -Owner [email protected] -Template "SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0" -StorageQuota 2048 -Title "Communication" -TimeZoneId 13 -LocaleID 1044

References: https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2016/06/sharepoint-online-create-site-collection-using-powershell.html

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-online/new-sposite?view=sharepoint-ps

Answer 2

Using PnP-PowerShell, you can do it like below:

$adminUrl = "https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com"
$newSiteUrl = "https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/Pensaerniaeth" 
$ownerEmail = "<[email protected]>"

$siteTitle = "Pensaerniaeth"                # Translates to "Architecture" - Bing Translator
$siteTemplate = "SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0"      # Communication Site Template
$lcid = 1106                                # Welsh (https://capa.ltd/mui-lcids)
$timeZone = 2                               # London (https://capa.ltd/sp-timezones)

Connect-PnPOnline -Url $adminUrl -NoTelemetry
New-PnPTenantSite -Template $siteTemplate -Title $siteTitle -Url $newSiteUrl -Lcid $lcid -Owner $ownerEmail -TimeZone $timeZone

Reference:

Create Communication Sites with a specific primary language using PnP PowerShell.