diff --git a/roles/www_options/tasks/php-settings.yml b/roles/www_options/tasks/php-settings.yml
index 4693db885..7109ccfeb 100644
--- a/roles/www_options/tasks/php-settings.yml
+++ b/roles/www_options/tasks/php-settings.yml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
 # 1) Try spawning these "guyot/arm-runner-action@v2" GHA workflows with...  use_systemd_nspawn: true
 # 2) Weaken timedatectl command just below, trying this instead...  shell: readlink /etc/localtime | sed 's#^/usr/share/zoneinfo/##'
 
-#- name: Extract Time Zone from symlink /etc/localtime &/or text file /etc/timezone (or lack thereof!)
-#  command: timedatectl show -p Timezone --value
-- name: Extract Time Zone from symlink /etc/localtime, or declare UTC
-  shell: tmp=$(readlink /etc/localtime) && echo $tmp | sed 's|^/usr/share/zoneinfo/||' || echo UTC
+- name: Extract Time Zone from symlink /etc/localtime, text file /etc/timezone, or if all else fails declare Etc/UTC
+  # command: timedatectl show -p Timezone --value
+  # 2025-02-01: "guyot/arm-runner-action@v2" GHA workflows don't seem to work with "use_systemd_nspawn: true", so hack in the equivalent of timedatectl...
+  shell: tmp=$(readlink /etc/localtime) && echo $tmp | sed 's|^/usr/share/zoneinfo/||' || cat /etc/timezone || echo Etc/UTC
   register: tz_cli
 
 - name: Store 'date.timezone = {{ tz_cli.stdout }}' (from above) in /etc/php/{{ php_version }}/fpm/php.ini and /etc/php/{{ php_version }}/cli/php.ini