Merge pull request #13 from icefoganalytics/issue-9/standardize-timez…

…one-handling-to-utc

Standardize Timezone Handling To UTC

Dockerfile

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ ARG GIT_COMMIT_HASH
 ENV RELEASE_TAG=${RELEASE_TAG}
 ENV GIT_COMMIT_HASH=${GIT_COMMIT_HASH}
 
+# Persists TZ=UTC effect after container build and into container run
+# Ensures dates/times are consistently formated as UTC
+# Conversion to local time should happen in the UI
+ENV TZ=UTC
+
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 USER node
 

docker-compose.development.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 version: "3"
 
 x-default-environment: &default-environment
+  TZ: "UTC"
   NODE_ENV: development
   DB_HOST: db
   DB_USER: sa

docker-compose.yml

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ services:
     image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest
     user: root
     environment:
+      TZ: "UTC"
       # default user is `sa`
       MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD: "${DB_PASS}"
-      TZ: "America/Whitehorse"
       ACCEPT_EULA: "Y"
     ports:
       - "1433:1433"