diff --git a/.local/bin/change_timezone_to_central b/.local/bin/change_timezone_to_central
deleted file mode 100755
index 51a78d99..00000000
--- a/.local/bin/change_timezone_to_central
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central /etc/localtime
-
diff --git a/.local/bin/change_timezones b/.local/bin/change_timezones
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3ce0606e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/bin/change_timezones
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+tz=$(date "+"%Z")
+
+if (( $EUID != 0 )); then
+    echo "Please run as root"
+    exit
+elif [[ "$tz" == "CDT" ]]; then
+  echo "Changing to Eastern Daylight Time timezone"
+  ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
+elif [[ "$tz" == "EDT" ]]; then
+  echo "Changing to Central timezone"
+  ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central /etc/localtime
+fi
+