I'm playing with:

#!/bin/bash

# Setup scaling related environment variables here - https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/scaling/

# Puma
export WEB_CONCURRENCY=10    # number of worker processes
export MAX_THREADS=20        # the number of threads per process

# Streaming API
export STREAMING_CLUSTER_NUM=2  # number of worker processes

# Sidekiq
export SIDEKIQ_THREADS=80
export DB_POOL=100               # must be at least the same as the number of threads

at the moment and it seems to be catching up.

So, anyways, long story short. Do we know for sure Mastodon uses the server/container timezone ?

Think about it, most software needs to support users in different timezone. One single server timezone is really not useful here). Like in this forum.. I am in SF, my colleague is in Germany, the server is in amsterdam. Each user is in their own timezones. Which timezone is it? An app should not rely on server timezones.

app terminal still displays UTC (from the host) I guess?

Yes, running date in the terminal of the app is still using and showing UTC as the timezone. The Cloudron dashboard is configured to use UTC+1.

From my perspective it is fine if both values don't align. That is why timestamps should include a timezone so that software can properly convert these to the local time of the user.

@shanelord01 said in Mastodon App Timezone:

I have coming in via federated timeline show 12 hours ago? Weird.

Maybe your federation crawling is just slow as hell or configuration is messed up? By the way what timezone are you in and are federation posts off by -12h on the minute?

I'm in Australia/Sydney

Weirdly when I look at https://universeodon.com/@popsci for example (picked at random from federated), the newest post I see in my federated timeline by them is:

https://universeodon.com/@popsci/109394957345483126

But the latest on their actual instance is https://universeodon.com/@popsci/109397760150760639

How do I fix my federation speed? I haven't changed anything from default settings.

I have coming in via federated timeline show 12 hours ago? Weird.

Maybe your federation crawling is just slow as hell or configuration is messed up? By the way what timezone are you in and are federation posts off by -12h on the minute?

@shanelord01 if Mastodon cannot properly handle timezone information, then this is probably rather something for their issue tracker. I however just made a test, I am currently in UTC+1, while my server is using UTC as the timezone, I sent a toot and the time of sending was shown correctly in the mastodon interface.

It seems my interface is showing the latest items in my timeline and federated timeline 12 hours ago...

My post I just made shows the correct time, but the latest posts I have coming in via federated timeline show 12 hours ago? Weird.

So far the host timezone should not be changed (according to the docs). I have my Timezone set in Cloudron but my docker containers are -1 hour off. This isn't a problem for me but not the expected behavior.