chore: no need for timezone in config, just set in ENV; update sample files and README

README.md

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ It supports the following environment variables:
 -   `MEDIA_PATH` (optional) - path to store motion recordings (mp4) files
 -   `MEDIA_SOURCE` (optional) - HomeAssistant url for accessing those recordings (see config.yaml.sample)
 
--   `TZ` (required, timezone identifier, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List)
 -   `STORAGE_UPDATE_INTERVAL` (optional, default = 900) - how often to fetch storage stats (in seconds)
 -   `SNAPSHOT_UPDATE_INTERVAL` (optional, default = 60) - how often to fetch camera snapshot (in seconds)
 
@@ -114,6 +113,13 @@ drwxrwxrwx 1 appuser appuser ... /media
 
 Once configured correctly, you should see new recordings appear in your mounted folder with ownership 1000:1000 and a symlink to the latest file.
 
+Also, make sure you have
+```
+environment:
+  - TZ=America/New_York
+```
+in your docker-compose if you want the recording filenames to by local time and not UTC.
+
 ## Out of Scope
 
 ### Non-Docker Environments

config.yaml.sample

@@ -34,6 +34,3 @@ amcrest:
 media:
   path: /media
   media_source: media-source://media_source/local/videos
-
-timezone: America/New_York
-hide_ts: False

docker-compose.yaml

@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./config:/config
     environment:
-      - TZ=${TZ:-UTC}
-      - CONFIG_PATH=/config/config.yaml
+      - TZ=America/New_York
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "python3", "/app/src/healthcheck.py"]
       interval: 60s

src/amcrest2mqtt/base.py

@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ class Base:
         self.device_interval = self.config["amcrest"].get("device_interval", 30)
         self.device_list_interval = self.config["amcrest"].get("device_list_interval", 300)
 
-        self.timezone = self.config["timezone"]
-
         self.api_calls = 0
         self.last_call_date = ""
         self.rate_limited = False

src/amcrest2mqtt/mixins/helpers.py

@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ class HelpersMixin:
             "amcrest":     amcrest,
             "debug":       bool(config.get("debug", os.getenv("DEBUG", "").lower() == "true")),
             "hide_ts":     bool(config.get("hide_ts", os.getenv("HIDE_TS", "").lower() == "true")),
-            "timezone":    str(config.get("timezone", os.getenv("TZ", "UTC"))),
             "media":       media,
             "config_from": config_from,
             "config_path": config_path,