diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 702cd4e..03a0a7e 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ func rootCmdRun(*cobra.Command, []string) {
 	config.Set(c)
 	config.SetDebugViaFlag(debug)
 
+	if err := c.System.ConfigureTimezone(); err != nil {
+		log.WithField("error", err).Fatal("failed to detect system timezone or use supplied configuration value")
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.WithField("timezone", c.System.Timezone).Info("configured wings with system timezone")
+
 	if err := c.System.ConfigureDirectories(); err != nil {
 		log.WithField("error", err).Fatal("failed to configure system directories for pterodactyl")
 		return
diff --git a/config/config_docker.go b/config/config_docker.go
index fa54e32..9db3190 100644
--- a/config/config_docker.go
+++ b/config/config_docker.go
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ type DockerConfiguration struct {
 	// The location of the Docker socket.
 	Socket string `default:"/var/run/docker.sock" json:"socket" yaml:"socket"`
 
-	// Defines the location of the timezone file on the host system that should
-	// be mounted into the created containers so that they all use the same time.
-	TimezonePath string `default:"/etc/timezone" json:"timezone_path" yaml:"timezone_path"`
-
 	// Registries .
 	Registries map[string]RegistryConfiguration `json:"registries" yaml:"registries"`
 
diff --git a/config/config_system.go b/config/config_system.go
index ff19863..2877197 100644
--- a/config/config_system.go
+++ b/config/config_system.go
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/apex/log"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"html/template"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Defines basic system configuration settings.
@@ -29,6 +35,13 @@ type SystemConfiguration struct {
 	// The user that should own all of the server files, and be used for containers.
 	Username string `default:"pterodactyl" yaml:"username"`
 
+	// The timezone for this Wings instance. This is detected by Wings automatically if possible,
+	// and falls back to UTC if not able to be detected. If you need to set this manually, that
+	// can also be done.
+	//
+	// This timezone value is passed into all containers created by Wings.
+	Timezone string `yaml:"timezone"`
+
 	// Definitions for the user that gets created to ensure that we can quickly access
 	// this information without constantly having to do a system lookup.
 	User struct {
@@ -166,3 +179,45 @@ func (sc *SystemConfiguration) GetStatesPath() string {
 func (sc *SystemConfiguration) GetInstallLogPath() string {
 	return path.Join(sc.LogDirectory, "install/")
 }
+
+// Configures the timezone data for the configuration if it is currently missing. If
+// a value has been set, this functionality will only run to validate that the timezone
+// being used is valid.
+func (sc *SystemConfiguration) ConfigureTimezone() error {
+	if sc.Timezone == "" {
+		if b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/etc/timezone"); err != nil {
+			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to open /etc/timezone for automatic server timezone calibration")
+			}
+
+			ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second * 5)
+			// Okay, file isn't found on this OS, we will try using timedatectl to handle this. If this
+			// command fails, exit, but if it returns a value use that. If no value is returned we will
+			// fall through to UTC to get Wings booted at least.
+			out, err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "timedatectl").Output()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithField("error", err).Warn("failed to execute \"timedatectl\" to determine system timezone, falling back to UTC")
+
+				sc.Timezone = "UTC"
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			r := regexp.MustCompile(`Time zone: ([\w/]+)`)
+			matches := r.FindSubmatch(out)
+			if len(matches) != 2 || string(matches[1]) == "" {
+				log.Warn("failed to parse timezone from \"timedatectl\" output, falling back to UTC")
+
+				sc.Timezone = "UTC"
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			sc.Timezone = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+$`).ReplaceAllString(string(matches[1]), "")
+		} else {
+			sc.Timezone = string(b)
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err := time.LoadLocation(sc.Timezone)
+
+	return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("the supplied timezone %s is invalid", sc.Timezone))
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/mounts.go b/server/mounts.go
index bb1b699..c77ecc9 100644
--- a/server/mounts.go
+++ b/server/mounts.go
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"github.com/apex/log"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/config"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/environment"
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -16,41 +14,17 @@ import (
 type Mount environment.Mount
 
 // Returns the default container mounts for the server instance. This includes the data directory
-// for the server as well as any timezone related files if they exist on the host system so that
-// servers running within the container will use the correct time.
+// for the server. Previously this would also mount in host timezone files, however we've moved from
+// that approach to just setting `TZ=Timezone` environment values in containers which should work
+// in most scenarios.
 func (s *Server) Mounts() []environment.Mount {
-	var m []environment.Mount
-
-	m = append(m, environment.Mount{
-		Default:  true,
-		Target:   "/home/container",
-		Source:   s.Filesystem().Path(),
-		ReadOnly: false,
-	})
-
-	// Try to mount in /etc/localtime and /etc/timezone if they exist on the host system.
-	if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/localtime"); err != nil {
-		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			log.WithField("error", errors.WithStack(err)).Warn("failed to stat /etc/localtime due to an error")
-		}
-	} else {
-		m = append(m, environment.Mount{
-			Target:   "/etc/localtime",
-			Source:   "/etc/localtime",
-			ReadOnly: true,
-		})
-	}
-
-	if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/timezone"); err != nil {
-		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			log.WithField("error", errors.WithStack(err)).Warn("failed to stat /etc/timezone due to an error")
-		}
-	} else {
-		m = append(m, environment.Mount{
-			Target:   "/etc/timezone",
-			Source:   "/etc/timezone",
-			ReadOnly: true,
-		})
+	m := []environment.Mount{
+		{
+			Default:  true,
+			Target:   "/home/container",
+			Source:   s.Filesystem().Path(),
+			ReadOnly: false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Also include any of this server's custom mounts when returning them.
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 3c968c3..fc14d55 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/apex/log"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/api"
+	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/config"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/environment"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/environment/docker"
 	"github.com/pterodactyl/wings/events"
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // High level definition for a server instance being controlled by Wings.
@@ -78,10 +78,8 @@ func (s *Server) Id() string {
 // Returns all of the environment variables that should be assigned to a running
 // server instance.
 func (s *Server) GetEnvironmentVariables() []string {
-	zone, _ := time.Now().In(time.Local).Zone()
-
 	var out = []string{
-		fmt.Sprintf("TZ=%s", zone),
+		fmt.Sprintf("TZ=%s", config.Get().System.Timezone),
 		fmt.Sprintf("STARTUP=%s", s.Config().Invocation),
 		fmt.Sprintf("SERVER_MEMORY=%d", s.MemoryLimit()),
 		fmt.Sprintf("SERVER_IP=%s", s.Config().Allocations.DefaultMapping.Ip),
@@ -90,6 +88,7 @@ func (s *Server) GetEnvironmentVariables() []string {
 
 eloop:
 	for k := range s.Config().EnvVars {
+		// Don't allow any environment variables that we have already set above.
 		for _, e := range out {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(e, strings.ToUpper(k)) {
 				continue eloop