Timezone not used

[frakman1]

I'm using this with UNRAID. The docker run command includes the -e TZ="America/New_York" environment variable and yet the container ignores it and thinks it is in UTC timezone.

 # date
Fri Mar 12 21:13:25 UTC 2021

It was only after I installed tzdata using apk add tzdata that it then worked:

# apk add tzdata
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.8/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.8/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
(1/1) Installing tzdata (2020a-r0)
Executing busybox-1.28.4-r3.trigger
OK: 21 MiB in 31 packages
/usr/share # date
Fri Mar 12 16:15:05 EST 2021

The long-term solution is for the Dockerfile to include the line:

RUN apk add tzdata

[GregYankovoy]

Let me get this added to my todo list. Makes perfect sense.