diff --git a/ansible/roles/php7/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/php7/tasks/main.yml
index d1b461f..56cbdfd 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/php7/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/php7/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
   sudo: yes
   file: src=/usr/bin/php70 dest=/usr/bin/php state=link
 
+- name: Create php.ini defaults
+  sudo: yes
+  lineinfile: dest=/etc/opt/remi/php70/php.ini regexp='^;date.timezone =' line='date.timezone ={{ php.timezone }}'
+
 - name: Create PHP-FPM service
   sudo: yes
   template: src=php-fpm.service dest=/etc/init.d/php-fpm
diff --git a/ansible/vars/all.yml b/ansible/vars/all.yml
index 26e3846..d977ffb 100755
--- a/ansible/vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/vars/all.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ vagrant_local:
 php:
     install: '1'
     packages: ['php70-php-cli', 'php70-php-common', 'php70-php-opcache', 'php70-php-fpm', 'php70-php-mysqlnd', 'php70-php-pdo', 'php70-php-mcrypt', 'php70-php-intl', 'php70-php-devel','php70-php-xml', 'php70-php-zip']
+    timezone: Europe/London
 
 app:
     env: development