Add ability to set timezone for Docker container (#5383)

Signed-off-by: Amir Zarrinkafsh <[email protected]>

Author: nightah

changelog.d/5383.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ability to change Docker containers [timezone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) with the `TZ` variable.

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .runtime_deps \
         libpq \
         zlib \
         su-exec \
+        tzdata \
         xmlsec
 
 COPY --from=builder /install /usr/local

docker/README.md

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ The following environment variables are supported in `generate` mode:
 * `UID`, `GID`: the user id and group id to use for creating the data
   directories. Defaults to `991`, `991`.
 
-
 ## Running synapse
 
 Once you have a valid configuration file, you can start synapse as follows:
@@ -91,6 +90,7 @@ The following environment variables are supported in run mode:
 * `SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH`: path to the config file. Defaults to
   `<SYNAPSE_CONFIG_DIR>/homeserver.yaml`.
 * `UID`, `GID`: the user and group id to run Synapse as. Defaults to `991`, `991`.
+* `TZ`: the [timezone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) the container will run with. Defaults to `UTC`.
 
 ## TLS support