diff --git a/docker-compose.env.example b/docker-compose.env.example
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--- a/docker-compose.env.example
+++ b/docker-compose.env.example
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 # ...are all explained in that file but can be defined here, since the Docker
 # installation doesn't make use of paperless.conf.
 
+# Use this variable to set a timezone for the Paperless Docker containers. If not specified, defaults to UTC.
+# TZ=America/Los_Angeles
 
 # Additional languages to install for text recognition.  Note that this is
 # different from PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE (default=eng), which defines the