diff --git a/containers/cuda/Dockerfile b/containers/cuda/Dockerfile
index 665f676b1b848a88ff116af87e17177269fabca6..947cd8aaf69f98f39efe9916e5086a73886bde23 100644
--- a/containers/cuda/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/cuda/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ENV CLICOLOR_FORCE=1                                                    \
 ##       this once afterburner is added to spack
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt                            \
     rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean                              \
+ && ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime          \
+ && echo "US/Eastern" > /etc/timezone                                   \
  && apt-get -yqq update                                                 \
  && apt-get -yqq upgrade                                                \
  && apt-get -yqq install --no-install-recommends                        \
diff --git a/containers/debian/Dockerfile b/containers/debian/Dockerfile
index 1c71071fa3c0e47fa0353e5f66eb846645c41a5a..d0caed73bc322f0d7b5fab49742b8b80a0bdd0bf 100644
--- a/containers/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ENV CLICOLOR_FORCE=1                                                    \
 ##       this once afterburner is added to spack
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt                            \
     rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean                              \
+ && ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime          \
+ && echo "US/Eastern" > /etc/timezone                                   \
  && apt-get -yqq update                                                 \
  && apt-get -yqq upgrade                                                \
  && apt-get -yqq install --no-install-recommends                        \
diff --git a/containers/oneapi/Dockerfile b/containers/oneapi/Dockerfile
index d6b4ed0c894a1c288160ef959e525ad61c58684a..b30c369751c670009f1bb0045385c52e0ab82bbb 100644
--- a/containers/oneapi/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/oneapi/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ENV CLICOLOR_FORCE=1                                                    \
 ##       this once afterburner is added to spack
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt                            \
     rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean                              \
+ && ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime          \
+ && echo "US/Eastern" > /etc/timezone                                   \
  && apt-get -yqq update                                                 \
  && apt-get -yqq upgrade                                                \
  && apt-get -yqq install --no-install-recommends                        \