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 | `ACCEPT_TERMS`                             | Confirm acknowledgement of the [Directus BSL License 1.1](https://directus.io/bsl) and disable the license welcome banner.                                          | `false`                      |
 | `PROJECT_OWNER`                            | Registered owner and primary contact responsible for your Directus instance. We need this to ensure compliance with our [BSL 1.1 license](https://directus.io/bsl). |                              |
 
+::callout{icon="material-symbols:warning-rounded" color="warning"}
+
+**Time zone (`TZ`)**<br/>
+
+Directus's internal scheduler (used for telemetry, TUS cleanup, and other cron-driven jobs) reads the process's `TZ` environment variable. Leaving `TZ` set to an _empty_ string causes startup to fail with `CronError: ERROR: You specified an invalid date`. Either leave `TZ` unset or set it to a valid IANA time zone such as `UTC` or `Europe/Berlin`.
+
+::
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 ## Server
 
 | Variable                    | Description                                                        | Default Value                                                                                                |