[Support]: not respecting config timezone settings

[TheGlorySaint]

Checklist

• I have updated to the latest available Frigate version.
• I have cleared the cache of my browser.
• I have tried a different browser to see if it is related to my browser.
• I have tried reproducing the issue in incognito mode to rule out problems with any third party extensions or plugins I have installed.
• I have asked the AI at https://docs.frigate.video about my issue.

Describe the problem you are having

In my config I have the following block of Code to set my Timezone, but this is not being respected. When I go to debug an enabled time, then it still shows the "factory" time and format that come shipped with frigate. Used, Chrome, Firefox and Safari and all display the same time, but not respecting my setting

ui:
  timezone: Europe/Berlin
  time_format: 24hour
  time_style: medium
  unit_system: metric
  strftime_fmt: "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M"

Steps to reproduce

Take my config, paste it and you shoud see nothing change.

Version

016.1

In which browser(s) are you experiencing the issue with?

latest chrome, firefox and safari

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  enabled: false
tls:
  enabled: False
  
detectors:
  ov_0:
    type: openvino
    device: GPU

ui:
  timezone: Europe/Berlin
  time_format: 24hour
  time_style: medium
  unit_system: metric
  strftime_fmt: "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M"

model:
  width: 300
  height: 300
  input_tensor: nhwc
  input_pixel_format: bgr
  path: /openvino-model/ssdlite_mobilenet_v2.xml
  labelmap_path: /openvino-model/coco_91cl_bkgr.txt

go2rtc:
  streams:
    unifi:
      - rtspx://172.16.0.1:7441/ixqf3VqinlJv8ZxY
      - ffmpeg:unifi#audio=opus

ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi

cameras:
  unifi:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-ubiquiti
      inputs:
        - path: rtsps://172.16.0.1:7441/tj4wexST6NzPYrh5
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsps://172.16.0.1:7441/ixqf3VqinlJv8ZxY
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      enabled: true
      width: 1280
      height: 720

    motion:
      threshold: 45
      contour_area: 30
      improve_contrast: true
      frame_height: 70
      mask: 
        0,0.671,0.079,0.606,0.24,0.564,0.326,0.471,0.337,0.391,0.352,0.381,0.368,0.381,0.379,0.403,0.393,0.414,0.408,0.397,0.635,0.419,0.668,0.423,0.669,0.481,0.783,0.474,0.848,0.448,1,0.614,1,0,0,0

    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - dog

    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true         # Zeitstempel ins Bild rendern
      bounding_box: true      # Bounding Box anzeigen
      crop: false
      height: 720
      retain:
        default: 7             # Snapshots 7 Tage behalten

record:
  sync_recordings: true
  enabled: true
  retain:
    days: 10
    mode: motion
  alerts:
    retain:
      days: 30
    pre_capture: 10
    post_capture: 15
  detections:
    retain:
      days: 30
    pre_capture: 10
    post_capture: 15

version: 0.16-0

semantic_search:
  enabled: false
  model_size: small

face_recognition:
  enabled: true
  model_size: small

lpr:
  enabled: false

classification:
  bird:
    enabled: false

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

services: frigate: container_name: frigate restart: unless-stopped stop_grace_period: 30s shm_size: "256mb" image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable devices: - /dev/dri/renderD128:/dev/dri/renderD128 volumes: - type: bind source: ./config target: /config - type: bind source: /media/frigate target: /media/frigate - type: tmpfs target: /tmp/cache tmpfs: size: 1000000000 ports: - "8971:8971" - "8554:8554"

Relevant Frigate log output

-

Relevant go2rtc log output

-

Operating system

Proxmox

Install method

Docker Compose

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

g5 pro unifi

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[hawkeye217]

As the breaking changes in the release notes indicate, the strftime_fmt option is deprecated with 0.16. The UI now defines the time format according to your selected language.

As far as the timezone, I can't reproduce your issue. Changing my timezone in the config changes my timezone in the Frigate UI.

Timestamps in the logs viewable in the UI come from the backend, which requires bind mounting /etc/timezone into your container.

What areas of the UI are you looking at that have an incorrect timezone?

[hawkeye217]

If you're talking specifically about the timestamp overlay on the debug view and on snapshots, these are generated from the backend (hence why they are not affected by the ui config option). There is an open feature request to address this: #5755