container displaying GMT timezone rather than host timezone

[jeremydouglass]

from inside a container console, time appears to be gmt.

For example, at 7:28p PST a file is written -- in both the container and another mounting the same volume, create time is instead GMT (02:28). From ls

-rw-r--r--.  1 jovyan users   65766 Jul 27 02:28 6742_thenewyorktimes_bodypluralhumanitiesorhleadpluralhumanities_2017-01-01_2017-01-10.zip

and

jovyan@6353b6e3938c:~/work/data/test$ date                                                                                          
  Fri Jul 27 02:28:19 UTC 2018

Possibly relevant:

• https://forums.docker.com/t/synchronize-timezone-from-host-to-container/39116
• https://serverfault.com/questions/683605/docker-container-time-timezone-will-not-reflect-changes