diff --git a/bin/commands/runs.js b/bin/commands/runs.js
index 7c72c703..f74a3384 100644
--- a/bin/commands/runs.js
+++ b/bin/commands/runs.js
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ module.exports = function run(args, rawArgs) {
     // set cypress geo location
     utils.setGeolocation(bsConfig, args);
 
+    // set timezone
+    utils.setTimezone(bsConfig, args);
+
     // set spec timeout
     utils.setSpecTimeout(bsConfig, args);
 
diff --git a/bin/helpers/constants.js b/bin/helpers/constants.js
index 3657e667..4639415b 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/constants.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/constants.js
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ const userMessages = {
     "Your build will run using Cypress <actualVersion> instead of Cypress <preferredVersion>.<frameworkUpgradeMessage> Read more about supported versions here: http://browserstack.com/docs/automate/cypress/supported-versions",
   LOCAL_START_FAILED: "Local Testing setup failed.",
   LOCAL_STOP_FAILED: "Local Binary stop failed.",
+  INVALID_TIMEZONE:
+    'The timezone specified is invalid. Refer to our documentation page https://www.browserstack.com/docs/automate/cypress/configure-timezones for the supported time zones.',
   INVALID_LOCAL_MODE_WARNING:
     'Invalid value specified for local_mode. local_mode: ("always-on" | "on-demand"). For more info, check out https://www.browserstack.com/docs/automate/cypress/cli-reference',
   LOCAL_BINARY_ALREADY_RUNNING:
diff --git a/bin/helpers/timezone.json b/bin/helpers/timezone.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c325a65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/helpers/timezone.json
@@ -0,0 +1,1714 @@
+{
+  "Abidjan": [
+    "Africa/Abidjan",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Accra": [
+    "Africa/Accra",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Addis_Ababa": [
+    "Africa/Addis_Ababa",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Algiers": [
+    "Africa/Algiers",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Asmara": [
+    "Africa/Asmara",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Bamako": [
+    "Africa/Bamako",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bangui": [
+    "Africa/Bangui",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Banjul": [
+    "Africa/Banjul",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bissau": [
+    "Africa/Bissau",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Blantyre": [
+    "Africa/Blantyre",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Brazzaville": [
+    "Africa/Brazzaville",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bujumbura": [
+    "Africa/Bujumbura",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Cairo": [
+    "Africa/Cairo",
+    "Egypt Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Casablanca": [
+    "Africa/Casablanca",
+    "Morocco Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Ceuta": [
+    "Africa/Ceuta",
+    "Romance Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Conakry": [
+    "Africa/Conakry",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Dakar": [
+    "Africa/Dakar",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Dar_es_Salaam": [
+    "Africa/Dar_es_Salaam",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Djibouti": [
+    "Africa/Djibouti",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Douala": [
+    "Africa/Douala",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "El_Aaiun": [
+    "Africa/El_Aaiun",
+    "Morocco Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Freetown": [
+    "Africa/Freetown",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Gaborone": [
+    "Africa/Gaborone",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Harare": [
+    "Africa/Harare",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Johannesburg": [
+    "Africa/Johannesburg",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Juba": [
+    "Africa/Juba",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kampala": [
+    "Africa/Kampala",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Khartoum": [
+    "Africa/Khartoum",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kigali": [
+    "Africa/Kigali",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kinshasa": [
+    "Africa/Kinshasa",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Lagos": [
+    "Africa/Lagos",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Libreville": [
+    "Africa/Libreville",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Lome": [
+    "Africa/Lome",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Luanda": [
+    "Africa/Luanda",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Lubumbashi": [
+    "Africa/Lubumbashi",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Lusaka": [
+    "Africa/Lusaka",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Malabo": [
+    "Africa/Malabo",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Maputo": [
+    "Africa/Maputo",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Maseru": [
+    "Africa/Maseru",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Mbabane": [
+    "Africa/Mbabane",
+    "South Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Mogadishu": [
+    "Africa/Mogadishu",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Monrovia": [
+    "Africa/Monrovia",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Nairobi": [
+    "Africa/Nairobi",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Ndjamena": [
+    "Africa/Ndjamena",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Niamey": [
+    "Africa/Niamey",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Nouakchott": [
+    "Africa/Nouakchott",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Ouagadougou": [
+    "Africa/Ouagadougou",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Porto-Novo": [
+    "Africa/Porto-Novo",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Sao_Tome": [
+    "Africa/Sao_Tome",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tripoli": [
+    "Africa/Tripoli",
+    "Libya Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tunis": [
+    "Africa/Tunis",
+    "W. Central Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Windhoek": [
+    "Africa/Windhoek",
+    "Namibia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Adak": [
+    "America/Adak",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Anchorage": [
+    "America/Anchorage",
+    "Alaskan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Anguilla": [
+    "America/Anguilla",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Antigua": [
+    "America/Antigua",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Araguaina": [
+    "America/Araguaina",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Buenos_Aires": [
+    "America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Catamarca": [
+    "America/Argentina/Catamarca",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Cordoba": [
+    "America/Argentina/Cordoba",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Jujuy": [
+    "America/Argentina/Jujuy",
+    null
+  ],
+  "La_Rioja": [
+    "America/Argentina/La_Rioja",
+    "Argentina Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Mendoza": [
+    "America/Argentina/Mendoza",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Rio_Gallegos": [
+    "America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos",
+    "Argentina Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Salta": [
+    "America/Argentina/Salta",
+    "Argentina Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "San_Juan": [
+    "America/Argentina/San_Juan",
+    "Argentina Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "San_Luis": [
+    "America/Argentina/San_Luis",
+    "Argentina Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tucuman": [
+    "America/Argentina/Tucuman",
+    "Argentina Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Ushuaia": [
+    "America/Argentina/Ushuaia",
+    "Argentina Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Aruba": [
+    "America/Aruba",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Asuncion": [
+    "America/Asuncion",
+    "Paraguay Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Atikokan": [
+    "America/Atikokan",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Bahia": [
+    "America/Bahia",
+    "Bahia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bahia_Banderas": [
+    "America/Bahia_Banderas",
+    "Central Standard Time (Mexico)"
+  ],
+  "Barbados": [
+    "America/Barbados",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Belem": [
+    "America/Belem",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Belize": [
+    "America/Belize",
+    "Central America Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Blanc-Sablon": [
+    "America/Blanc-Sablon",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Boa_Vista": [
+    "America/Boa_Vista",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bogota": [
+    "America/Bogota",
+    "SA Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Boise": [
+    "America/Boise",
+    "Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Cambridge_Bay": [
+    "America/Cambridge_Bay",
+    "Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Campo_Grande": [
+    "America/Campo_Grande",
+    "Central Brazilian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Cancun": [
+    "America/Cancun",
+    "Eastern Standard Time (Mexico)"
+  ],
+  "Caracas": [
+    "America/Caracas",
+    "Venezuela Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Cayenne": [
+    "America/Cayenne",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Cayman": [
+    "America/Cayman",
+    "SA Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Chicago": [
+    "America/Chicago",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Chihuahua": [
+    "America/Chihuahua",
+    "Mountain Standard Time (Mexico)"
+  ],
+  "Costa_Rica": [
+    "America/Costa_Rica",
+    "Central America Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Creston": [
+    "America/Creston",
+    "US Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Cuiaba": [
+    "America/Cuiaba",
+    "Central Brazilian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Curacao": [
+    "America/Curacao",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Danmarkshavn": [
+    "America/Danmarkshavn",
+    "UTC"
+  ],
+  "Dawson": [
+    "America/Dawson",
+    "Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Dawson_Creek": [
+    "America/Dawson_Creek",
+    "US Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Denver": [
+    "America/Denver",
+    "Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Detroit": [
+    "America/Detroit",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Dominica": [
+    "America/Dominica",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Edmonton": [
+    "America/Edmonton",
+    "Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Eirunepe": [
+    "America/Eirunepe",
+    "SA Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "El_Salvador": [
+    "America/El_Salvador",
+    "Central America Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Fortaleza": [
+    "America/Fortaleza",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Glace_Bay": [
+    "America/Glace_Bay",
+    "Atlantic Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Godthab": [
+    "America/Godthab",
+    "Greenland Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Goose_Bay": [
+    "America/Goose_Bay",
+    "Atlantic Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Grand_Turk": [
+    "America/Grand_Turk",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Grenada": [
+    "America/Grenada",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Guadeloupe": [
+    "America/Guadeloupe",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Guatemala": [
+    "America/Guatemala",
+    "Central America Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Guayaquil": [
+    "America/Guayaquil",
+    "SA Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Guyana": [
+    "America/Guyana",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Halifax": [
+    "America/Halifax",
+    "Atlantic Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Havana": [
+    "America/Havana",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Hermosillo": [
+    "America/Hermosillo",
+    "US Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Indianapolis": [
+    "America/Indiana/Indianapolis",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Knox": [
+    "America/Indiana/Knox",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Marengo": [
+    "America/Indiana/Marengo",
+    "US Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Petersburg": [
+    "America/Indiana/Petersburg",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tell_City": [
+    "America/Indiana/Tell_City",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Vevay": [
+    "America/Indiana/Vevay",
+    "US Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Vincennes": [
+    "America/Indiana/Vincennes",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Winamac": [
+    "America/Indiana/Winamac",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Inuvik": [
+    "America/Inuvik",
+    "Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Iqaluit": [
+    "America/Iqaluit",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Jamaica": [
+    "America/Jamaica",
+    "SA Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Juneau": [
+    "America/Juneau",
+    "Alaskan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Louisville": [
+    "America/Kentucky/Louisville",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Monticello": [
+    "America/Kentucky/Monticello",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kralendijk": [
+    "America/Kralendijk",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "La_Paz": [
+    "America/La_Paz",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Lima": [
+    "America/Lima",
+    "SA Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Los_Angeles": [
+    "America/Los_Angeles",
+    "Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Lower_Princes": [
+    "America/Lower_Princes",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Maceio": [
+    "America/Maceio",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Managua": [
+    "America/Managua",
+    "Central America Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Manaus": [
+    "America/Manaus",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Marigot": [
+    "America/Marigot",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Martinique": [
+    "America/Martinique",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Matamoros": [
+    "America/Matamoros",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Mazatlan": [
+    "America/Mazatlan",
+    "Mountain Standard Time (Mexico)"
+  ],
+  "Menominee": [
+    "America/Menominee",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Merida": [
+    "America/Merida",
+    "Central Standard Time (Mexico)"
+  ],
+  "Metlakatla": [
+    "America/Metlakatla",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Mexico_City": [
+    "America/Mexico_City",
+    "Central Standard Time (Mexico)"
+  ],
+  "Miquelon": [
+    "America/Miquelon",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Moncton": [
+    "America/Moncton",
+    "Atlantic Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Monterrey": [
+    "America/Monterrey",
+    "Central Standard Time (Mexico)"
+  ],
+  "Montevideo": [
+    "America/Montevideo",
+    "Montevideo Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Montreal": [
+    "America/Montreal",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Montserrat": [
+    "America/Montserrat",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Nassau": [
+    "America/Nassau",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "New_York": [
+    "America/New_York",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Nipigon": [
+    "America/Nipigon",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Nome": [
+    "America/Nome",
+    "Alaskan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Noronha": [
+    "America/Noronha",
+    "UTC-02"
+  ],
+  "Beulah": [
+    "America/North_Dakota/Beulah",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Center": [
+    "America/North_Dakota/Center",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "New_Salem": [
+    "America/North_Dakota/New_Salem",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Ojinaga": [
+    "America/Ojinaga",
+    "Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Panama": [
+    "America/Panama",
+    "SA Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Pangnirtung": [
+    "America/Pangnirtung",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Paramaribo": [
+    "America/Paramaribo",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Phoenix": [
+    "America/Phoenix",
+    "US Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Port-au-Prince": [
+    "America/Port-au-Prince",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Port_of_Spain": [
+    "America/Port_of_Spain",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Porto_Velho": [
+    "America/Porto_Velho",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Puerto_Rico": [
+    "America/Puerto_Rico",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Rainy_River": [
+    "America/Rainy_River",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Rankin_Inlet": [
+    "America/Rankin_Inlet",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Recife": [
+    "America/Recife",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Regina": [
+    "America/Regina",
+    "Canada Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Resolute": [
+    "America/Resolute",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Rio_Branco": [
+    "America/Rio_Branco",
+    "SA Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Santa_Isabel": [
+    "America/Santa_Isabel",
+    "Pacific Standard Time (Mexico)"
+  ],
+  "Santarem": [
+    "America/Santarem",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Santiago": [
+    "America/Santiago",
+    "Pacific SA Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Santo_Domingo": [
+    "America/Santo_Domingo",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Sao_Paulo": [
+    "America/Sao_Paulo",
+    "E. South America Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Scoresbysund": [
+    "America/Scoresbysund",
+    "Azores Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Shiprock": [
+    "America/Shiprock",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Sitka": [
+    "America/Sitka",
+    "Alaskan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "St_Barthelemy": [
+    "America/St_Barthelemy",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "St_Johns": [
+    "America/St_Johns",
+    "Newfoundland Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "St_Kitts": [
+    "America/St_Kitts",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "St_Lucia": [
+    "America/St_Lucia",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "St_Thomas": [
+    "America/St_Thomas",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "St_Vincent": [
+    "America/St_Vincent",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Swift_Current": [
+    "America/Swift_Current",
+    "Canada Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tegucigalpa": [
+    "America/Tegucigalpa",
+    "Central America Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Thule": [
+    "America/Thule",
+    "Atlantic Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Thunder_Bay": [
+    "America/Thunder_Bay",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tijuana": [
+    "America/Tijuana",
+    "Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Toronto": [
+    "America/Toronto",
+    "Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tortola": [
+    "America/Tortola",
+    "SA Western Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Vancouver": [
+    "America/Vancouver",
+    "Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Whitehorse": [
+    "America/Whitehorse",
+    "Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Winnipeg": [
+    "America/Winnipeg",
+    "Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Yakutat": [
+    "America/Yakutat",
+    "Alaskan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Yellowknife": [
+    "America/Yellowknife",
+    "Mountain Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Casey": [
+    "Antarctica/Casey",
+    "W. Australia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Davis": [
+    "Antarctica/Davis",
+    "SE Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "DumontDUrville": [
+    "Antarctica/DumontDUrville",
+    "West Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Macquarie": [
+    "Antarctica/Macquarie",
+    "Central Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Mawson": [
+    "Antarctica/Mawson",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "McMurdo": [
+    "Antarctica/McMurdo",
+    "New Zealand Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Palmer": [
+    "Antarctica/Palmer",
+    "Pacific SA Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Rothera": [
+    "Antarctica/Rothera",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "South_Pole": [
+    "Antarctica/South_Pole",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Syowa": [
+    "Antarctica/Syowa",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Troll": [
+    "Antarctica/Troll",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Vostok": [
+    "Antarctica/Vostok",
+    "Central Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Longyearbyen": [
+    "Arctic/Longyearbyen",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Aden": [
+    "Asia/Aden",
+    "Arab Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Almaty": [
+    "Asia/Almaty",
+    "Central Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Amman": [
+    "Asia/Amman",
+    "Jordan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Anadyr": [
+    "Asia/Anadyr",
+    "Russia Time Zone 11"
+  ],
+  "Aqtau": [
+    "Asia/Aqtau",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Aqtobe": [
+    "Asia/Aqtobe",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Ashgabat": [
+    "Asia/Ashgabat",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Baghdad": [
+    "Asia/Baghdad",
+    "Arabic Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bahrain": [
+    "Asia/Bahrain",
+    "Arab Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Baku": [
+    "Asia/Baku",
+    "Azerbaijan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bangkok": [
+    "Asia/Bangkok",
+    "SE Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Beirut": [
+    "Asia/Beirut",
+    "Middle East Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bishkek": [
+    "Asia/Bishkek",
+    "Central Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Brunei": [
+    "Asia/Brunei",
+    "Singapore Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Chita": [
+    "Asia/Chita",
+    "North Asia East Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Choibalsan": [
+    "Asia/Choibalsan",
+    "Ulaanbaatar Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Chongqing": [
+    "Asia/Chongqing",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Colombo": [
+    "Asia/Colombo",
+    "Sri Lanka Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Damascus": [
+    "Asia/Damascus",
+    "Syria Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Dhaka": [
+    "Asia/Dhaka",
+    "Bangladesh Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Dili": [
+    "Asia/Dili",
+    "Tokyo Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Dubai": [
+    "Asia/Dubai",
+    "Arabian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Dushanbe": [
+    "Asia/Dushanbe",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Gaza": [
+    "Asia/Gaza",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Harbin": [
+    "Asia/Harbin",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Hebron": [
+    "Asia/Hebron",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Ho_Chi_Minh": [
+    "Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Hong_Kong": [
+    "Asia/Hong_Kong",
+    "China Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Hovd": [
+    "Asia/Hovd",
+    "SE Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Irkutsk": [
+    "Asia/Irkutsk",
+    "North Asia East Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Jakarta": [
+    "Asia/Jakarta",
+    "SE Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Jayapura": [
+    "Asia/Jayapura",
+    "Tokyo Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Jerusalem": [
+    "Asia/Jerusalem",
+    "Israel Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kabul": [
+    "Asia/Kabul",
+    "Afghanistan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kamchatka": [
+    "Asia/Kamchatka",
+    "Russia Time Zone 11"
+  ],
+  "Karachi": [
+    "Asia/Karachi",
+    "Pakistan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kashgar": [
+    "Asia/Kashgar",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Kathmandu": [
+    "Asia/Kathmandu",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Katmandu": [
+    "Asia/Katmandu",
+    "Nepal Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Khandyga": [
+    "Asia/Khandyga",
+    "Yakutsk Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kolkata": [
+    "Asia/Kolkata",
+    "India Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Krasnoyarsk": [
+    "Asia/Krasnoyarsk",
+    "North Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kuala_Lumpur": [
+    "Asia/Kuala_Lumpur",
+    "Singapore Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kuching": [
+    "Asia/Kuching",
+    "Singapore Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kuwait": [
+    "Asia/Kuwait",
+    "Arab Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Macau": [
+    "Asia/Macau",
+    "China Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Magadan": [
+    "Asia/Magadan",
+    "Magadan Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Makassar": [
+    "Asia/Makassar",
+    "Singapore Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Manila": [
+    "Asia/Manila",
+    "Singapore Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Muscat": [
+    "Asia/Muscat",
+    "Arabian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Nicosia": [
+    "Asia/Nicosia",
+    "GTB Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Novokuznetsk": [
+    "Asia/Novokuznetsk",
+    "North Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Novosibirsk": [
+    "Asia/Novosibirsk",
+    "N. Central Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Omsk": [
+    "Asia/Omsk",
+    "N. Central Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Oral": [
+    "Asia/Oral",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Phnom_Penh": [
+    "Asia/Phnom_Penh",
+    "SE Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Pontianak": [
+    "Asia/Pontianak",
+    "SE Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Pyongyang": [
+    "Asia/Pyongyang",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Qatar": [
+    "Asia/Qatar",
+    "Arab Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Qyzylorda": [
+    "Asia/Qyzylorda",
+    "Central Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Rangoon": [
+    "Asia/Rangoon",
+    "Myanmar Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Riyadh": [
+    "Asia/Riyadh",
+    "Arab Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Sakhalin": [
+    "Asia/Sakhalin",
+    "Vladivostok Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Samarkand": [
+    "Asia/Samarkand",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Seoul": [
+    "Asia/Seoul",
+    "Korea Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Shanghai": [
+    "Asia/Shanghai",
+    "China Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Singapore": [
+    "Asia/Singapore",
+    "Singapore Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Srednekolymsk": [
+    "Asia/Srednekolymsk",
+    "Russia Time Zone 10"
+  ],
+  "Taipei": [
+    "Asia/Taipei",
+    "Taipei Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tashkent": [
+    "Asia/Tashkent",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tbilisi": [
+    "Asia/Tbilisi",
+    "Georgian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tehran": [
+    "Asia/Tehran",
+    "Iran Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Thimphu": [
+    "Asia/Thimphu",
+    "Bangladesh Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tokyo": [
+    "Asia/Tokyo",
+    "Tokyo Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Ulaanbaatar": [
+    "Asia/Ulaanbaatar",
+    "Ulaanbaatar Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Urumqi": [
+    "Asia/Urumqi",
+    "Central Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Ust-Nera": [
+    "Asia/Ust-Nera",
+    "Vladivostok Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Vientiane": [
+    "Asia/Vientiane",
+    "SE Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Vladivostok": [
+    "Asia/Vladivostok",
+    "Vladivostok Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Yakutsk": [
+    "Asia/Yakutsk",
+    "Yakutsk Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Yekaterinburg": [
+    "Asia/Yekaterinburg",
+    "Ekaterinburg Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Yerevan": [
+    "Asia/Yerevan",
+    "Caucasus Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Azores": [
+    "Atlantic/Azores",
+    "Azores Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bermuda": [
+    "Atlantic/Bermuda",
+    "Atlantic Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Canary": [
+    "Atlantic/Canary",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Cape_Verde": [
+    "Atlantic/Cape_Verde",
+    "Cape Verde Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Faroe": [
+    "Atlantic/Faroe",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Madeira": [
+    "Atlantic/Madeira",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Reykjavik": [
+    "Atlantic/Reykjavik",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "South_Georgia": [
+    "Atlantic/South_Georgia",
+    "UTC-02"
+  ],
+  "St_Helena": [
+    "Atlantic/St_Helena",
+    "Greenwich Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Stanley": [
+    "Atlantic/Stanley",
+    "SA Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Adelaide": [
+    "Australia/Adelaide",
+    "Cen. Australia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Brisbane": [
+    "Australia/Brisbane",
+    "E. Australia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Broken_Hill": [
+    "Australia/Broken_Hill",
+    "Cen. Australia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Currie": [
+    "Australia/Currie",
+    "Tasmania Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Darwin": [
+    "Australia/Darwin",
+    "AUS Central Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Eucla": [
+    "Australia/Eucla",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Hobart": [
+    "Australia/Hobart",
+    "Tasmania Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Lindeman": [
+    "Australia/Lindeman",
+    "E. Australia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Lord_Howe": [
+    "Australia/Lord_Howe",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Melbourne": [
+    "Australia/Melbourne",
+    "AUS Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Perth": [
+    "Australia/Perth",
+    "W. Australia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Sydney": [
+    "Australia/Sydney",
+    "AUS Eastern Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Amsterdam": [
+    "Europe/Amsterdam",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Andorra": [
+    "Europe/Andorra",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Athens": [
+    "Europe/Athens",
+    "GTB Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Belgrade": [
+    "Europe/Belgrade",
+    "Central Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Berlin": [
+    "Europe/Berlin",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bratislava": [
+    "Europe/Bratislava",
+    "Central Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Brussels": [
+    "Europe/Brussels",
+    "Romance Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bucharest": [
+    "Europe/Bucharest",
+    "GTB Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Budapest": [
+    "Europe/Budapest",
+    "Central Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Busingen": [
+    "Europe/Busingen",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Chisinau": [
+    "Europe/Chisinau",
+    "GTB Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Copenhagen": [
+    "Europe/Copenhagen",
+    "Romance Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Dublin": [
+    "Europe/Dublin",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Gibraltar": [
+    "Europe/Gibraltar",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Guernsey": [
+    "Europe/Guernsey",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Helsinki": [
+    "Europe/Helsinki",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Isle_of_Man": [
+    "Europe/Isle_of_Man",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Istanbul": [
+    "Europe/Istanbul",
+    "Turkey Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Jersey": [
+    "Europe/Jersey",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kaliningrad": [
+    "Europe/Kaliningrad",
+    "Kaliningrad Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kiev": [
+    "Europe/Kiev",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kyiv": [
+    "Europe/Kyiv",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Lisbon": [
+    "Europe/Lisbon",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Ljubljana": [
+    "Europe/Ljubljana",
+    "Central Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "London": [
+    "Europe/London",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Luxembourg": [
+    "Europe/Luxembourg",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Madrid": [
+    "Europe/Madrid",
+    "Romance Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Malta": [
+    "Europe/Malta",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Mariehamn": [
+    "Europe/Mariehamn",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Minsk": [
+    "Europe/Minsk",
+    "Belarus Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Monaco": [
+    "Europe/Monaco",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Moscow": [
+    "Europe/Moscow",
+    "Russian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Oslo": [
+    "Europe/Oslo",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Paris": [
+    "Europe/Paris",
+    "Romance Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Podgorica": [
+    "Europe/Podgorica",
+    "Central Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Prague": [
+    "Europe/Prague",
+    "Central Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Riga": [
+    "Europe/Riga",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Rome": [
+    "Europe/Rome",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Samara": [
+    "Europe/Samara",
+    "Russia Time Zone 3"
+  ],
+  "San_Marino": [
+    "Europe/San_Marino",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Sarajevo": [
+    "Europe/Sarajevo",
+    "Central European Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Simferopol": [
+    "Europe/Simferopol",
+    "Russian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Skopje": [
+    "Europe/Skopje",
+    "Central European Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Sofia": [
+    "Europe/Sofia",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Stockholm": [
+    "Europe/Stockholm",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tallinn": [
+    "Europe/Tallinn",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tirane": [
+    "Europe/Tirane",
+    "Central Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Uzhgorod": [
+    "Europe/Uzhgorod",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Vaduz": [
+    "Europe/Vaduz",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Vatican": [
+    "Europe/Vatican",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Vienna": [
+    "Europe/Vienna",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Vilnius": [
+    "Europe/Vilnius",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Volgograd": [
+    "Europe/Volgograd",
+    "Russian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Warsaw": [
+    "Europe/Warsaw",
+    "Central European Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Zagreb": [
+    "Europe/Zagreb",
+    "Central European Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Zaporozhye": [
+    "Europe/Zaporozhye",
+    "FLE Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Zurich": [
+    "Europe/Zurich",
+    "W. Europe Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "GMT": [
+    "GMT",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "UTC": [
+    "GMT",
+    "GMT Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Antananarivo": [
+    "Indian/Antananarivo",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Chagos": [
+    "Indian/Chagos",
+    "Central Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Christmas": [
+    "Indian/Christmas",
+    "SE Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Cocos": [
+    "Indian/Cocos",
+    "Myanmar Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Comoro": [
+    "Indian/Comoro",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kerguelen": [
+    "Indian/Kerguelen",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Mahe": [
+    "Indian/Mahe",
+    "Mauritius Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Maldives": [
+    "Indian/Maldives",
+    "West Asia Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Mauritius": [
+    "Indian/Mauritius",
+    "Mauritius Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Mayotte": [
+    "Indian/Mayotte",
+    "E. Africa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Reunion": [
+    "Indian/Reunion",
+    "Mauritius Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Apia": [
+    "Pacific/Apia",
+    "Samoa Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Auckland": [
+    "Pacific/Auckland",
+    "New Zealand Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Bougainville": [
+    "Pacific/Bougainville",
+    "Central Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Chatham": [
+    "Pacific/Chatham",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Chuuk": [
+    "Pacific/Chuuk",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Easter": [
+    "Pacific/Easter",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Efate": [
+    "Pacific/Efate",
+    "Central Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Enderbury": [
+    "Pacific/Enderbury",
+    "Tonga Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Fakaofo": [
+    "Pacific/Fakaofo",
+    "Tonga Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Fiji": [
+    "Pacific/Fiji",
+    "Fiji Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Funafuti": [
+    "Pacific/Funafuti",
+    "UTC+12"
+  ],
+  "Galapagos": [
+    "Pacific/Galapagos",
+    "Central America Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Gambier": [
+    "Pacific/Gambier",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Guadalcanal": [
+    "Pacific/Guadalcanal",
+    "Central Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Guam": [
+    "Pacific/Guam",
+    "West Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Honolulu": [
+    "Pacific/Honolulu",
+    "Hawaiian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Johnston": [
+    "Pacific/Johnston",
+    "Hawaiian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kiritimati": [
+    "Pacific/Kiritimati",
+    "Line Islands Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kosrae": [
+    "Pacific/Kosrae",
+    "Central Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Kwajalein": [
+    "Pacific/Kwajalein",
+    "UTC+12"
+  ],
+  "Majuro": [
+    "Pacific/Majuro",
+    "UTC+12"
+  ],
+  "Marquesas": [
+    "Pacific/Marquesas",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Midway": [
+    "Pacific/Midway",
+    "UTC-11"
+  ],
+  "Nauru": [
+    "Pacific/Nauru",
+    "UTC+12"
+  ],
+  "Niue": [
+    "Pacific/Niue",
+    "UTC-11"
+  ],
+  "Norfolk": [
+    "Pacific/Norfolk",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Noumea": [
+    "Pacific/Noumea",
+    "Central Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Pago_Pago": [
+    "Pacific/Pago_Pago",
+    "UTC-11"
+  ],
+  "Palau": [
+    "Pacific/Palau",
+    "Tokyo Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Pitcairn": [
+    "Pacific/Pitcairn",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Pohnpei": [
+    "Pacific/Pohnpei",
+    null
+  ],
+  "Ponape": [
+    "Pacific/Ponape",
+    "Central Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Port_Moresby": [
+    "Pacific/Port_Moresby",
+    "West Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Rarotonga": [
+    "Pacific/Rarotonga",
+    "Hawaiian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Saipan": [
+    "Pacific/Saipan",
+    "West Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tahiti": [
+    "Pacific/Tahiti",
+    "Hawaiian Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Tarawa": [
+    "Pacific/Tarawa",
+    "UTC+12"
+  ],
+  "Tongatapu": [
+    "Pacific/Tongatapu",
+    "Tonga Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Truk": [
+    "Pacific/Truk",
+    "West Pacific Standard Time"
+  ],
+  "Wake": [
+    "Pacific/Wake",
+    "UTC+12"
+  ],
+  "Wallis": [
+    "Pacific/Wallis",
+    "UTC+12"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/bin/helpers/utils.js b/bin/helpers/utils.js
index 08f0326b..5a65bac2 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/utils.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/utils.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const util = require('util');
 const { promisify } = require('util');
 const readdir = promisify(fs.readdir);
 const stat = promisify(fs.stat);
+const TIMEZONE = require("../helpers/timezone.json");
 
 const usageReporting = require("./usageReporting"),
   logger = require("./logger").winstonLogger,
@@ -389,6 +390,24 @@ exports.setSpecTimeout = (bsConfig, args) => {
   logger.debug(`Setting spec timeout = ${specTimeout}`);
 }
 
+exports.isValidTimezone = (timezone) => this.isNotUndefined(timezone) && this.isNotUndefined(TIMEZONE[timezone])
+
+exports.setTimezone = (bsConfig, args) => {
+  let timezone = args.timezone || bsConfig.run_settings.timezone;
+  let newTimezone;
+  if(this.isNotUndefined(timezone)) {
+    if(this.isValidTimezone(timezone)){
+      newTimezone = timezone; 
+    } else {
+      logger.error(`Invalid timezone = ${timezone}`);
+      syncCliLogger.info(chalk.red(Constants.userMessages.INVALID_TIMEZONE));
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+  bsConfig.run_settings.timezone = newTimezone;
+  logger.debug(`Setting timezone = ${newTimezone}`);
+}
+
 exports.setRecordFlag = (bsConfig, args) => {
   if(!this.isUndefined(args["record"])) {
     return true;
@@ -554,6 +573,8 @@ exports.fixCommaSeparatedString = (string) => {
 
 exports.isUndefined = value => (value === undefined || value === null);
 
+exports.isNotUndefined = value => !this.isUndefined(value);
+
 exports.isPositiveInteger = (str) => {
   if (typeof str !== 'string') {
     return false;
diff --git a/test/unit/bin/helpers/utils.js b/test/unit/bin/helpers/utils.js
index 04c74aa9..719a286a 100644
--- a/test/unit/bin/helpers/utils.js
+++ b/test/unit/bin/helpers/utils.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const utils = require('../../../../bin/helpers/utils'),
   Contants = require('../../../../bin/helpers/constants');
 const browserstack = require('browserstack-local');
 const { CYPRESS_V10_AND_ABOVE_TYPE, CYPRESS_V9_AND_OLDER_TYPE } = require('../../../../bin/helpers/constants');
+const { winstonLogger, syncCliLogger } = require('../../../../bin/helpers/logger');
 chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
 logger.transports['console.info'].silent = true;
 
@@ -191,6 +192,20 @@ describe('utils', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('isNotUndefined', () => {
+    it('should return false for a undefined value', () => {
+      expect(utils.isNotUndefined(undefined)).to.be.equal(false);
+      expect(utils.isNotUndefined(null)).to.be.equal(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should return true for a defined value', () => {
+      expect(utils.isNotUndefined(1.234)).to.be.equal(true);
+      expect(utils.isNotUndefined('1.234')).to.be.equal(true);
+      expect(utils.isNotUndefined(100)).to.be.equal(true);
+      expect(utils.isNotUndefined(-1)).to.be.equal(true);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('setParallels', () => {
     var sandbox;
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -3709,6 +3724,97 @@ describe('utils', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("setTimezone", () => {
+    let processStub;
+    let loggerStub;
+    let syncCliLoggerStub;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      processStub = sinon.stub(process, 'exit');
+      loggerStub = sinon.stub(winstonLogger, 'error');
+      syncCliLoggerStub = sinon.stub(syncCliLogger, 'info');
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      processStub.restore();
+      loggerStub.restore();
+      syncCliLoggerStub.restore();
+    });
+    it('sets timezone value passed in args', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          timezone: "London"
+        }
+      }
+      let args = {
+        timezone: "New_York"
+      };
+      utils.setTimezone(bsConfig, args);
+      expect(bsConfig.run_settings.timezone).to.eq("New_York");
+    });
+
+    it('sets timezone to null if no value passed in args', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          timezone: "abc"
+        }
+      }
+      let args = {};
+      utils.setTimezone(bsConfig, args);
+      expect(bsConfig.run_settings.timezone).to.eq(undefined);
+    });
+
+    it('sets timezone to null if invalid value passed in args', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          timezone: "abc"
+        }
+      }
+      let args = {
+        timezone: "xyz"
+      };
+      utils.setTimezone(bsConfig, args);
+      expect(bsConfig.run_settings.timezone).to.eq(undefined);
+      sinon.assert.calledOnceWithExactly(loggerStub, "Invalid timezone = xyz");
+      sinon.assert.calledOnce(syncCliLoggerStub);
+      sinon.assert.calledOnceWithExactly(processStub, 1);
+    });
+
+    it('sets timezone to null if invalid value passed in bsConfig', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          timezone: "abc"
+        }
+      }
+      let args = {};
+      utils.setTimezone(bsConfig, args);
+      expect(bsConfig.run_settings.timezone).to.eq(undefined);
+      sinon.assert.calledOnceWithExactly(loggerStub, "Invalid timezone = abc");
+      sinon.assert.calledOnce(syncCliLoggerStub);
+      sinon.assert.calledOnceWithExactly(processStub, 1);
+    });
+
+    it('sets timezone to value in bsConfig and not in args', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          timezone: "London"
+        }
+      }
+      let args = {};
+      utils.setTimezone(bsConfig, args);
+      expect(bsConfig.run_settings.timezone).to.eq("London");
+    });
+
+    it('sets timezone to null if no value passed in args or bsConfig', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {}
+      }
+      let args = {};
+      utils.setTimezone(bsConfig, args);
+      expect(bsConfig.run_settings.timezone).to.eq(undefined);
+    });
+  });
+
+
   describe('#isInteger', () => {
     it('returns true if positive integer', () => {
       expect(utils.isInteger(123)).to.eq(true);