How do I configure the timezone?

[sokulski]

I see user Settings > System that the default time zone is +0. Is it possible to configure that, either as an environment variable or in the UI?

[barbequesauce]

Are you referring to this?

If so, this comes from the OS...

[sokulski]

Yep, that's exactly where I'm looking.

Do you mean that it comes from the host OS? Or the OS inside the container?

[barbequesauce]

Honestly not sure as I run on bare metal, not containered... maybe @ellnic has a thought here?

[ellnic]

Good point.

By default, the time zone inside the container should be UTC. I never really thought too much about it tbh, but you've highlighted something that can be improved.

I will need to modify the build files so that the 'TZ' variable can be passed.

I am out most of today, but I will do it tomorrow or Friday. :-)

[sokulski]

That's awesome. Thanks to you both for your super fast responses with these images.

Let me know if you need the need environment variable tested.

[ellnic]

@sokulski Sorry I'm running a bit behind. I haven't forgotten. New aim is by end of weekend. I'll edit my container first and let you know when it's ready to test.

[ellnic]

@sokulski What is your preferred architecture?

[sokulski]

I’m running Watcher on a 32-but ARM board. ODROID HC2z

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[ellnic]

Ok great. So you'll be using armhf

I am just waiting in the queue for the builds to start, but once finished can you please pull ellnic/watcher3:armhf and test a new config with the env variable TZ so for example:

docker pull ellnic/watcher3:armhf

then:

docker run -d \
  --name=watcher3-tztest \
  -v /path/to/DIFFERENT_TEST_CONFIG/:/config \
  -e UMASK_SET=022 \
  -e APP_UID=1000 -e APP_GID=1000 \
  -e TZ="Europe/London"  \
  -p 9090:9090 \
  ellnic/watcher3:armhf

Where Europe/London is, obviously your timezone as set by the tz database (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones)

and then look at the system info and tell me if that's done it :)

I'll edit this when the build has completed.

Edit: right so it still hasn't built and I need to hit the hay. You can check my docker in a bit and try it or I can post in the morning after checking. Looks like the free community tier has been massively de-prioritised since the start of November 😔 it 'should' be done soon, but it's been pending for over an hour and I've never had to wait more than 30 mins.

Edit2: It was 2 hours in the queue (!) but is completed now. Try and see what happens. :-)

[ellnic]

I just set to Europe/Kiev and I see this:

America/New_York gives:

Test whatever zone you need and give me a thumbs up and I'll PR it :)