Allow Standard Users to change Date and Time on Sequoia

If you replace

with

you should get the same effect on Sequoia.

I have tried suggested changes but still asking for admin credentials.

@dennisnardi  made changes like below but with this still its asking admin credentials

This is the complete script I use in my environment and it works with Sequoia and earlier systems:

This worked for me in Sequoia. 

I just used this snippet for our needs. 

Thanks for your comment. But unfortunately this is not working for me at Sequoia Devices.

Odd. Mine keeps reverting back to requiring admin. It works for a bit then reverts. You do have to close system settings before the change is in effect.

I have the feeling that the settings are reset after a macOS update?

Thought i chime in but have been curious. I have not have not had any luck configuring auth using System Settings.  I have seen it work and then not work.  If people do have this working are they running this on a schedule or login?   

I put this together earlier today to allow users to set their time zone as well as check networktime and time server. Run it from Self Service as a policy. 

#!/bin/bash

# Get the list of timezones
timezones=$(systemsetup -listtimezones | tail -n +2 | paste -sd "," -)

# Use it in swiftDialog
selection=$(dialog \
--title "Timezone Selector" \
--message "Choose your preferred timezone." \
--messagealignment "center" \
--selecttitle "Timezones" \
--selectdefault "America/New_York" \
--selectvalues "$timezones" \
--small \
--ontop)

# Extract the actual timezone value from the JSON result
selected_timezone=$(echo "$selection" | awk -F'"' '/SelectedOption/ {print $4}')

# Set the timezone
echo "Setting time zone to $selection."
systemsetup -settimezone "$selected_timezone"
echo "verifying network time is on and network time server is time.apple.com"
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on -setnetworktimeserver time.apple.com

#!/bin/bash

# Get the list of timezones
timezones=$(systemsetup -listtimezones | tail -n +2 | paste -sd "," -)

# Use it in swiftDialog
selection=$(dialog \
--title "Timezone Selector" \
--message "Choose your preferred timezone." \
--messagealignment "center" \
--selecttitle "Timezones" \
--selectdefault "America/New_York" \
--selectvalues "$timezones" \
--small \
--ontop)

# Extract the actual timezone value from the JSON result
selected_timezone=$(echo "$selection" | awk -F'"' '/SelectedOption/ {print $4}')

# Set the timezone
echo "Setting time zone to $selection."
systemsetup -settimezone "$selected_timezone"
echo "verifying network time is on and network time server is time.apple.com"
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on -setnetworktimeserver time.apple.com

Haven't you found any other way for a user to change the time zone on their own without being an admin on macOS 26 without going into self-service?

#!/bin/bash

# Get the list of timezones
timezones=$(systemsetup -listtimezones | tail -n +2 | paste -sd "," -)

# Use it in swiftDialog
selection=$(dialog \
--title "Timezone Selector" \
--message "Choose your preferred timezone." \
--messagealignment "center" \
--selecttitle "Timezones" \
--selectdefault "America/New_York" \
--selectvalues "$timezones" \
--small \
--ontop)

# Extract the actual timezone value from the JSON result
selected_timezone=$(echo "$selection" | awk -F'"' '/SelectedOption/ {print $4}')

# Set the timezone
echo "Setting time zone to $selection."
systemsetup -settimezone "$selected_timezone"
echo "verifying network time is on and network time server is time.apple.com"
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on -setnetworktimeserver time.apple.com

Thanks, I’m going to try this.

Is this issue specifically tied to the time .datetime and timezone .dateandtime.changetimezone settings or did all the other autorizationdb changes like .location or .energysaver stop working too?

Thanks for clarification.