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Console logs do not respect the configured timezone with the TZ environment variable and defaults to UTC #838

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@BigFlubba

Docker compose:

  youtarr:
    image: dialmaster/youtarr:latest
    container_name: Youtarr
    restart: always
    depends_on:
      youtarr-db:
        condition: service_healthy
      gluetun4:
        condition: service_started
      bgutil-provider:
        condition: service_started
    environment:
      - IN_DOCKER_CONTAINER=1
      - TZ=America/Chicago
      - DB_HOST=Youtarr-DB
      - DB_PORT=3321
      - DB_USER=youtarr
      - DB_PASSWORD=************
      - DB_NAME=youtarr
      - AUTH_ENABLED=true
      - LOG_LEVEL=debug
      - YOUTUBE_OUTPUT_DIR=/home/administrator/mnt/Main/Media/MediaLibraries/YouTube/youtarr
      - YOUTARR_COOKIES_FILE=/app/config/cookies.txt
#    ports:
 #     - 3011:3011
    volumes:
      - /home/administrator/mnt/Main/Media/MediaLibraries/YouTube/youtarr:/usr/src/app/data
      - /home/administrator/containers/youtarr/images:/app/server/images
      - /home/administrator/containers/youtarr/config:/app/config
      - /home/administrator/containers/youtarr/jobs:/app/jobs
      - /home/administrator/mnt/MainFast/ActiveMedia/Youtarr:/tmp/youtarr-downloads
      - /home/administrator/mnt/Main/MediaUnfinished/Downloads/Firefox/cookies.txt:/app/config/cookies.txt
    network_mode: "container:Gluetun4_No-Port-Fwd"
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "--silent", "--show-error", "--output", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:3011/api/health"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 40s

Console logs:

[2026-09-16 15:18:39.718 +0000] INFO: Scheduled cron jobs initialized successfully

[2026-09-16 15:18:39.718 +0000] INFO:   - Automatic video cleanup: 2:00 AM daily

[2026-09-16 15:18:39.718 +0000] INFO:   - Session cleanup: 3:00 AM daily

[2026-09-16 15:18:39.718 +0000] INFO:   - Video metadata backfill: 3:30 AM daily

[2026-09-16 15:18:39.718 +0000] INFO:   - yt-dlp auto-update: 4:00 AM daily (when enabled)

Youtarr defaults to UTC for logging.
translateTime: 'UTC:yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss.l o',

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