Events table stores/shows timestamps as GMT/UTC despite TIMEZONE=America/Chicago and container time being CDT

[1noob4ever]

What installation are you running?

Production (netalertx) 📦

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing open and closed issues and I checked the docs https://docs.netalertx.com/

The issue occurs in the following browsers. Select at least 2.

• Firefox
• Chrome
• Edge
• Safari (unsupported) - PRs welcome
• N/A - This is an issue with the backend

Current Behavior

Events appear tagged/shown as GMT/UTC even though the container and NetAlertX TIMEZONE setting are both correct.

Expected Behavior

Event times displayed in the UI/notifications should honor TIMEZONE='America/Chicago', or clearly label stored UTC values and convert before display.

Steps To Reproduce

No response

Relevant app.conf settings

docker run -d --rm --network=host   -v /local_data_dir:/data   -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime   --tmpfs /tmp:uid=${NETALERTX_UID:-20211},gid=${NETALERTX_GID:-20211},mode=1700   -e PORT=20211   -e APP_CONF_OVERRIDE={"GRAPHQL_PORT":"20214"}   ghcr.io/netalertx/netalertx:latest

docker-compose.yml

Debug or Trace enabled

• I have read and followed the steps in the wiki link above and provided the required debug logs and the log section covers the time when the issue occurs.

Relevant app.log section

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Docker Logs

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[jokob-sk]

Hi @1noob4ever ,

Thanks for the report.

Regrettably I can't seem to reproduce the issue on the latest version (v26.7.1). Setting the TIMEZONE under the Settings section should do the trick:

Can you share screenshots of your:

1. Timezone setting
2. Maintenance section with version visible
3. The Events section with an incorrect date + a screenshot of the actual timestamp

[1noob4ever]

After updating from 25.5.4 to 26.7.1 it now works.

Sorry for wasting your time. Love this program.

[jokob-sk]

All good - thanks for confirming.

What is your opinion on the UI? I am getting a bit jealous of the shiny new vibe-coded apps, but a front end rewrite would be a lot of work/tokens. Anyway, just curious.