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$ docker run --rm -it debian:jessie bash
Unable to find image 'debian:jessie' locally
jessie: Pulling from library/debian
5040bd298390: Already exists
Digest: sha256:abbe80c8c87b7e1f652fe5e99ff1799cdf9e0878c7009035afe1bccac129cad8
Status: Downloaded newer image for debian:jessie
root@1bd72c3f9c4a:/# cat /etc/localtime
TZif2UTCTZif2UTC
UTC0
root@1bd72c3f9c4a:/# date
Tue Feb 21 20:51:30 UTC 2017
root@1bd72c3f9c4a:/# find / -name 'New_York'
/usr/share/zoneinfo/right/America/New_York
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/America/New_York
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York
root@1bd72c3f9c4a:/# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
root@1bd72c3f9c4a:/# date
Tue Feb 21 15:52:00 EST 2017
root@1bd72c3f9c4a:/# exit
$ docker run --rm -it ubuntu:16.04 bash
root@6e8bb669fa53:/# date
Tue Feb 21 20:52:18 UTC 2017
root@6e8bb669fa53:/# find / -name 'New_York'
/usr/share/zoneinfo/right/America/New_York
/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/America/New_York
/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York
root@6e8bb669fa53:/# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
root@6e8bb669fa53:/# date
Tue Feb 21 15:52:27 EST 2017
root@6e8bb669fa53:/# exit