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Expand Up @@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ The following commands set details for the first admin user created when the pro
| `ADMIN_PASSWORD` | The password of the first user that's automatically created during bootstrapping. | |
| `ADMIN_TOKEN` | The API token of the first user that's automatically created during bootstrapping. | |

## Timezone

Scheduled jobs in Directus, including Flows with a Schedule trigger, extension schedule hooks, and internal jobs such as telemetry and retention cleanup, run in the timezone set by the standard `TZ` environment variable.

::callout{icon="i-lucide-triangle-alert" color="warning"}
**Warning**
Do not set `TZ` to an empty string. Use a valid [IANA timezone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) such as `UTC` or `Europe/Berlin`, or omit `TZ` entirely so the host default applies.

An empty value (for example `TZ=` in Docker) can prevent Directus from starting with errors such as `CronError: ERROR: You specified an invalid date.`
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## Telemetry

To more accurately gauge the frequency of installation, version fragmentation, and general size of the user base, Directus collects usage data about your environment.
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