Will docker container auto sync time with the host machine?

Question

Giving I already changed the timezone of docker container correctly. Do I need to install a NTP server inside the docker container to periodically sync the time or the conta

Answer 1

The simplest solution appears to be to run your container with the -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro option. Thus:

#run without tz info:
docker run --rm -t -i ubuntu date
Wed Apr  2 18:40:07 UTC 2014
# run with tz info:
docker run --rm -t -i -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro ubuntu date
Wed Apr  2 11:40:29 PDT 2014