[Bug 1180145] New: Docker container image timezone is wrong

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180145

            Bug ID: 1180145
           Summary: Docker container image timezone is wrong
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 21
         Component: docker-io
          Assignee: lsm5(a)redhat.com
          Reporter: jablonskis(a)gmail.com
        QA Contact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org
                CC: adimania(a)gmail.com, admiller(a)redhat.com,
                    golang(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, hushan.jia(a)gmail.com,
                    jchaloup(a)redhat.com, jperrin(a)centos.org,
                    lsm5(a)redhat.com, mattdm(a)redhat.com,
                    mgoldman(a)redhat.com, miminar(a)redhat.com, s(a)shk.io,
                    thrcka(a)redhat.com, vbatts(a)redhat.com



Apologies if I am reporting this issue against wrong component. Please correct
me.

Description of problem:
Fedora 21 latest docker container image time zone is set to America/New_York,
which is wrong.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Image id on docker hub:
834629358fe214f210b0ed606fba2c17827d7a46dd74bd3309afc2a103ad0e89


How reproducible:
Always.


Steps to Reproduce:

>  docker run -ti fedora:latest /usr/bin/date 
Thu Jan  8 08:35:21
EST 2015

>  docker run -ti fedora:latest /usr/bin/ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Dec  3 00:58 /etc/localtime ->
../usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York


Actual results:
Time zone is set to America/New_York

Expected results:
Time zone is set to Etc/UTC


Additional info:

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--- Comment #1 from Jim Perrin <jperrin(a)centos.org&gt; ---
I believe this is set in the kickstarts used to build the container. The easy
work-around for me is to mount the host's localtime via a volume into the
container

For example:
[jperrin@lappy ~]$ docker run --rm -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime -ti 
fedora:latest date
Thu Jan  8 09:27:58 EST 2015

vs 

[jperrin@lappy ~]$ docker run --rm  -ti  fedora:latest date
Thu Jan  8 09:29:26 EST 2015


Granted there's only an hour difference as I'm CST, but you get the idea.

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--- Comment #2 from Vaidas Jablonskis <jablonskis(a)gmail.com&gt; ---
Oh yeah, there are plenty of ways to work around this issue. I usually use
fedora base images to build docker app images on top.

One would not expect the time zone to be non UTC. I learned this in a painful
way, so it would be nice to fix the root cause.

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Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5(a)redhat.com&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED
                 CC|                            |kushaldas(a)gmail.com



--- Comment #3 from Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5(a)redhat.com&gt; ---
Yup, I've sent a patch over to kushal, once it's updated and built in koji,
I'll untar-retar the rootfs and send it over to docker

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--- Comment #4 from Jim Perrin <jperrin(a)centos.org&gt; ---
worth linking? -> https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/9112

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--- Comment #5 from Vaidas Jablonskis <jablonskis(a)gmail.com&gt; ---
I have no preference which way docker decides to configure timezone. But fedora
should not behave differently compared to previous docker image releases.

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--- Comment #6 from Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5(a)redhat.com&gt; ---
(In reply to Vaidas Jablonskis from comment #5)
>  I have no preference which way docker decides to configure timezone.
> But
>  fedora should not behave differently compared to previous docker image
>  releases. 
Docker wants this too:
https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/issues/390

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Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5(a)redhat.com&gt; changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |CLOSED
         Resolution|---                         |CANTFIX
        Last Closed|                            |2015-02-20 19:03:11



--- Comment #7 from Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5(a)redhat.com&gt; ---
The kickstart file for fedora:21 has been fixed to default to UTC, and rel-eng
ticket for a new image spin has been filed here:
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/6098

It looks like it's gonna take rel-eng a while though to get a new image out.

Closing this bug as this is best continued over on the rel-eng ticket.

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