Please add the tzdata package to all golang:alpine images, making it convenient to set the timezone using TZ=UTC.

[himonster1]

tzdata is included by default in Debian systems, but it is not included in Alpine.

[tianon]

See https://hub.docker.com/_/golang, especially:

To minimize image size, additional related tools (such as git, gcc, or bash) are not included in Alpine-based images. Using this image as a base, add the things you need in your own Dockerfile (see the alpine image description for examples of how to install packages if you are unfamiliar). See also docker-library/golang#250 (comment) for a longer explanation.

[tianon]

I'll also note that we don't intentionally install tzdata in the Debian-based variants -- it is included because it is part of the base image we're FROM (and if it were to remove it, we would no longer include it).

[himonster1]

Thanks, but you seem to have misunderstood me, I want tzdata installed, I need it, I need tzdata

[tianon]

Right, sorry for not being more clear; I'm suggesting you should RUN apk add --no-cache tzdata in your own Dockerfile -- our not including tzdata is intentional, and we do not plan to change that.