How to make sure docker's time syncs with that of the host?

Question

I have dockers running on Linode servers. At times, I see that the time is not right on the dockers. Currently I have changed the run script in every docker to include the f

Answer 1

Although this is not a general solution for every host, someone may find it useful. If you know where you are based (UK for me) then look at tianon's answer here.

FROM alpine:3.6
RUN apk add --no-cache tzdata
ENV TZ Europe/London

This is what I added to my Dockerfile ^ and the timezone problem was fixed.