How to set the timezone for docker container
This article only applies to Atlassian's docker. Learn more about the Atlassian docker here.
NOTE
Confluence Docker image is published as both atlassian/confluence and atlassian/confluence-server. These are the same image, but the -server version is deprecated and only kept for backwards-compatibility; for new installations it is recommended to use the shorter name.
Purpose
The timezone value in Atlassian docker container by default is GMT, however, it is possible to alter this default by passing an additional parameter to the container with -e TZ=<TIMEZONE>.
Solution
Docker
Here is the docker run command example setting:
docker run \
--name="confluence" -d \
-p 8090:8090 \
-p 8091:8091 \
-v ~/confluence-home/confluence-docker:/var/atlassian/application-data/confluence \
-e TZ=Australia/Sydney \
atlassian/confluence
Normally this command is run as one line.
Kubernetes
In Kubernetes, find and add the following setting to the Helm chart configuration YAML file:
# -- Defines any additional environment variables to be passed to the Confluence
# container. See https://hub.docker.com/r/atlassian/confluence for
# supported variables.
#
additionalEnvironmentVariables:
- name: TZ
value: Australia/SydneyThe list of the timezone supported by Confluence is as below: (Copied from Confluence source code timezones.properties file)
GMT, \
Pacific/Apia, \
HST, \
AST, \
America/Los_Angeles, \
America/Phoenix, \
America/Mazatlan, \
America/Denver, \
America/Belize, \
America/Chicago, \
America/Mexico_City, \
America/Regina, \
America/Bogota, \
America/New_York, \
America/Indianapolis, \
America/Halifax, \
America/Caracas, \
America/Santiago, \
America/St_Johns, \
America/Sao_Paulo, \
America/Buenos_Aires, \
America/Godthab, \
Atlantic/South_Georgia, \
Atlantic/Azores, \
Atlantic/Cape_Verde, \
Africa/Casablanca, \
Europe/Dublin, \
Europe/Berlin, \
Europe/Belgrade, \
Europe/Paris, \
Europe/Warsaw, \
ECT, \
Europe/Athens, \
Europe/Minsk, \
Europe/Bucharest, \
Africa/Cairo, \
Africa/Harare, \
Europe/Helsinki, \
Asia/Jerusalem, \
Asia/Baghdad, \
Asia/Kuwait, \
Europe/Moscow, \
Africa/Nairobi, \
Asia/Tehran, \
Asia/Muscat, \
Asia/Baku, \
Asia/Kabul, \
Asia/Yekaterinburg, \
Asia/Karachi, \
Asia/Calcutta, \
Asia/Katmandu, \
Asia/Almaty, \
Asia/Dhaka, \
Asia/Colombo, \
Asia/Rangoon, \
Asia/Bangkok, \
Asia/Krasnoyarsk, \
Asia/Hong_Kong, \
Asia/Irkutsk, \
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur, \
Australia/Perth, \
Asia/Taipei, \
Asia/Tokyo, \
Asia/Seoul, \
Asia/Yakutsk, \
Australia/Adelaide, \
Australia/Darwin, \
Australia/Brisbane, \
Australia/Sydney, \
Pacific/Guam, \
Australia/Hobart, \
Asia/Vladivostok, \
Pacific/Noumea, \
Pacific/Auckland, \
Pacific/Fiji, \
Pacific/Tongatapu