When deploying Macs through Automated Device Enrolment (ADE), we've found that automatic date and time configuration still depends on the Location Services pane in Setup Assistant being enabled. What's particularly interesting is that macOS already determines and pre-selects the correct language and country/region before enrolment begins, which suggests that some form of geographic awareness already exists during setup, whether through GeoIP, network-based location detection, or another mechanism. Despite this, the correct time and time zone are not automatically configured unless Location Services is enabled. For organisations pursuing zero-touch deployments, this creates an unnecessary dependency on a privacy-related feature purely to obtain accurate time settings. Today, administrators often resort to workarounds after enrolment, such as: Using scripts to configure time settings via systemsetup. Modifying the authorisation database to permit automated changes. These approaches introduce additional complexity, require elevated privileges, and create deployment dependencies that should not be necessary for such a fundamental operating system function. If macOS is already geographically aware enough to determine the correct language and region during Setup Assistant, it should also be capable of automatically configuring the correct date, time and time zone without requiring user interaction with Location Services. Benefits would include: True zero-touch and near zero-touch deployment workflows. Fewer Setup Assistant prompts and reduced user interaction. Accurate date, time and time zone configuration immediately after enrolment. Elimination of unnecessary post-enrolment scripting and workarounds. Improved privacy by avoiding the need to enable Location Services solely for time configuration. A more streamlined enterprise deployment experience across all MDM platforms. This would bring date and time configuration in line with the existing automatic language and region detection behaviour already present during ADE and significantly improve Mac deployment workflows at scale. I've already submitted Feedback Assistant report FB21973612 for this enhancement request. This has been a well-known pain point for Mac administrators for many years, particularly for organisations striving to achieve fully automated and consistent provisioning workflows.