diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5978229..69b72e6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ ENV PORT= \
     UPDATE_ON_BOOT=true \
     RCON_ENABLED=true \
     RCON_PORT=25575 \
-    QUERY_PORT=27015
+    QUERY_PORT=27015 \
+    TZ=UTC
 
 COPY ./scripts/* /home/steam/server/
 RUN chmod +x /home/steam/server/init.sh /home/steam/server/start.sh /home/steam/server/backup.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b23efda..80d7d2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ It is highly recommended you set the following environment values before startin
 
 | Variable         | Info                                                                                                                                                                                               | Default Values | Allowed Values |
 |------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
+| TZ           | Timezone used for time stamping backup server                                                                                                                                             | UTC        | See [TZ Identifiers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#Time_Zone_abbreviations)            |
 | PLAYERS*         | Max amount of players that are able to join the server                                                                                                                                             | 16             | 1-31           |
 | PORT*            | UDP port that the server will expose                                                                                                                                                               | 8211           | 1024-65535     |
 | PUID*            | The uid of the user the server should run as                                                                                                                                                       | 1000           | !0             |
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7dc7136..2800f57 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ services:
          - MULTITHREADING=true
          - RCON_ENABLED=true
          - RCON_PORT=25575
+         - TZ=UTC
          - ADMIN_PASSWORD="adminPasswordHere"
          - COMMUNITY=false  # Enable this if you want your server to show up in the community servers tab, USE WITH SERVER_PASSWORD!
          # Enable the environment variables below if you have COMMUNITY=true