Time sync issue for automations

Morning everyone,

So I have had issues with automations in the past not firing on time in the past. Due to me incorrectly setting up the VMware VM. This had been resolved for some time.
But for some reason HA host os does not seem to pull the correct time.

But it seems the host is pulling the incorrect time zone for NTP to function correctly.

Current time 8:43 AM CT
Home assistant - 8:43 AM CT
HA OS - reported time 14:14:25 +00:00
time zone - etc/utc

Setup
windows 10 - with VMware - running HA OS

Location and Time zone are set correctly on home assistant.

So it seems I know the issue, but I want to understand why the HA OS keeps pulling the incorrect Time Zone.
Also I need help with CLI syntax to correct it.

Any help is much appreciated!!