diff --git a/library/system/setup b/library/system/setup
index 7f5ef6b3b2..107a3bd712 100755
--- a/library/system/setup
+++ b/library/system/setup
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ class Facts(object):
         self.facts['date_time']['iso8601_micro'] = now.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ")
         self.facts['date_time']['iso8601'] = now.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
         self.facts['date_time']['tz'] = time.strftime("%Z")
+        self.facts['date_time']['tz_offset'] = time.strftime("%z")
 
 
     # User