Setting a Timezone for the container

[CYPHER0041]

I had an issue while creating a new API key wherein the Created At field would show the incorrect time (It shows the universal time instead of the local time). I fixed this issue by adding the following to the web service of the compose file.

web:
    volumes:
      # previously existing values
      # added for timezone 
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro

This takes the localtime and timezone values from the host system. I confirmed that this worked by running docker exec -it <container-id> date

So far, everything seems to be working fine but I am worried if something will break in the future. Is this the best approach and if yes, shouldn't this be added as a default to the existing compose file? (Having a local timezone would be helpful for debugging when something goes wrong)

[MohamedBassem]

I think in general, karakeep's server shouldn't care about the user's timezone and when rendering timestamps in the app we should localize them instead. I'd consider us showing the unix time a bug that should be fixed.

[CYPHER0041]

Makes sense. I will wait for this enhancement to be added or add it myself once I get the time.