[Bug]: IA_SYSTEM_LOG_TIMEZONE is need when not using docker #1096

Describe the bug

Hello:

I have installed Intruder Alert in a server with Debian Stable (v.13) and all updates, so apache2: 2.4.67-1-deb13u3 and php: 8.4.21-1-deb13u1.

It is installed in the SO, no docker. I install it downloading the zip files from the releases page (now it is intruder-alert-v1.22.10.zip). I now have installed this 1.22.10 version.

Intruder Alert is working fine from some months. It worked well with the latter version 1.22.9, and now I install the newer 1.22.10 and I think that it works well too.

But now I realized that the ban dates and hours in the Intruder Alert "log" are not the same that the fail2ban logs... This is an example of one ban in fail2ban log:

2026-07-03 22:25:27,612 fail2ban.actions [773]: NOTICE [apache-modsecurity] Ban 179.43.168.58

And in the Intruder Alert interface, this ban was sown at 2026-07-04 00:25:27,612 (I not made a screenshot prior the fix, sorry).

I was searching in the bug reports, and find this: #482

So I add the setting IA_SYSTEM_LOG_TIMEZONE, and now it is working well, see the screenshot:

I have this settings now:

putenv('IA_LOG_PATHS=/var/log/fail2ban.log, ...
putenv('IA_TIMEZONE=Europe/Madrid');
putenv('IA_SYSTEM_LOG_TIMEZONE=Europe/Madrid');
putenv('MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY=');
putenv('IA_DASH_CHARTS=true');
putenv('IA_DASH_UPDATES=true');
putenv('IA_COUNTRY_DATABASE=/var/lib/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb');
putenv('IA_ASN_DATABASE=/var/lib/GeoIP/GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb');

But in the README it says that IA_SYSTEM_LOG_TIMEZONE is required only "when using the docker image."... I think that this statement is not true...

Thats all. This is a minor bug, so not important. Greetings. Martintxo.

Configuration

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Version

1.22.10

Deployment Method

Bare-metal

PHP Version

8.4.21

Additional context

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