# Set timezone for Docker container
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-timezone-for-docker-container/244190
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-timezone-for-docker-container/244190 "2022-11-03T15:29:05Z")
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### Author:  [@OrkoGrayskull](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OrkoGrayskull)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-timezone-for-docker-container/244190/1 "2022-11-03T15:29:06Z")
I want to set the timezone for the Docker container to `Europe/Paris`, like the host system. So I changed **app.yml** :
```plaintext
run:
- replace:
filename: "/etc/timezone"
from: "Etc/UTC"
to: "Europe/Paris"
```
This change works but when I enter `date` in the container, the timezone is still `UTC`.
How can I change the timezone? Any ideas/hints?
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### Author:  [@OrkoGrayskull](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OrkoGrayskull)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-timezone-for-docker-container/244190/2 "2022-11-04T08:15:24Z")
Found a solution. Add this to your **app.yml** :
```plaintext
run:
# set timezone "Europe/Paris"
# systemd: timedatectl set-timezone 'Europe/Paris'
- exec: ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime
- exec: dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata
```
Maybe this helps someone.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-timezone-for-docker-container/244190/3 "2022-12-04T08:15:37Z")
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