Docker containers are using UTC timezone

Apps and Virtualization
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Hi,

I’m wondering if anybody else is experiencing this issue. My server (ElectricEel-24.10.2) is on ET timezone (Louisville), however all my containers show UTC when I check /etc/timezone. I first saw this issue with immich. It was 9pm and my pictures from same day where shown as “yesterday”. All the logs were few hours into the future. I used the container shell and checked current time, it was my local time, however timezone was UTC. I have pictures but can’t seem to embed them here.

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Btw I then checked all the other apps and they all show UTC as timezone, not just immich

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Set an environment variable called TZ with a value of your timezone.

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