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+## 2026-10-23
+
+### 💾 Core
+
+  - vm-core: let vm_timezone_default survive a host without /etc/timezone [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#159](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/159))
+
 ## 2026-10-22
 
 ### 🚀 Updated Scripts