diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/GlobalTimeZoneBean.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/GlobalTimeZoneBean.java
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index 0000000000..a055d27083
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+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/GlobalTimeZoneBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.baeldung.globaltimezone;
+
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class GlobalTimeZoneBean {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GlobalTimeZoneBean.class);
+
+    private final String globalTimeZone;
+
+    public GlobalTimeZoneBean() {
+        // TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+08:00"));
+        LOGGER.info("Default timezone, during beans creation, is set to: " + TimeZone.getDefault()
+            .getDisplayName());
+
+        globalTimeZone = TimeZone.getDefault()
+            .getDisplayName();
+    }
+
+    public String getGlobalTimeZone() {
+        return globalTimeZone;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/GlobalTimezoneBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/GlobalTimezoneBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eafcf092f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/GlobalTimezoneBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.globaltimezone;
+
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class GlobalTimezoneBeanFactoryPostProcessor implements BeanFactoryPostProcessor {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GlobalTimezoneBeanFactoryPostProcessor.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+        LOGGER.info("Default timezone, before bean factory post processor, is set to: " + TimeZone.getDefault()
+            .getDisplayName());
+
+        TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+08:00"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/MainApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/MainApplication.java
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index 0000000000..f09448bad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/MainApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package com.baeldung.globaltimezone;
+
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class MainApplication {
+
+    @Value("${application.timezone:UTC}")
+    private String applicationTimeZone;
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MainApplication.class);
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        // For having the value available from the very early stages of the execution, even before detecting the Spring Profile, set the value here:
+        // TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+08:00"));
+        LOGGER.info("Default timezone, before main run, is set to: " + TimeZone.getDefault()
+            .getDisplayName());
+
+        SpringApplication.run(MainApplication.class, args);
+    }
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void executeAfterMain() {
+        // For having the value available just after WebApplicationContext initialization  is completed and using application properties:
+        // TimeZone.setDefault(TimeZone.getTimeZone(applicationTimeZone));
+        LOGGER.info("Default timezone, after main run, is set to: " + TimeZone.getDefault()
+            .getDisplayName());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/resources/application.properties
index e69de29bb2..6977a1de0a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+application.timezone=GMT+08:00
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/GlobalTimezoneBeanFactoryPostProcessorUnitTest.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/GlobalTimezoneBeanFactoryPostProcessorUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9109fa42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/globaltimezone/GlobalTimezoneBeanFactoryPostProcessorUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.globaltimezone;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = MainApplication.class)
+class GlobalTimezoneBeanFactoryPostProcessorUnitTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private GlobalTimeZoneBean globalTimeZoneBean;
+
+    @Test
+    void givenUTCTimeZoneSetInBeanFactoryPostProcessor_whenRetrieveGlobalTimeZone_thenReturnUTC() {
+        assertThat(globalTimeZoneBean.getGlobalTimeZone()).isEqualTo("GMT+08:00");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e30138a422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-basic-customization-3/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration scan="true" scanPeriod="15 seconds" debug="false">
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>[%d{ISO8601}]-[%thread] %-5level %logger - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>