Hi Navtej, About the timezone issue: I think a tip about this would fit better in CONTRIBUTING.md under https://github.com/apache/fineract/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#developer-how-tos , as well as a longer explanation in https://fineract.apache.org/docs/develop/#_testing .
Unrelated (since you're just talking about PostgreSQL) but perhaps relevant: I recall having issues with various gradle tasks when using anything other than "Asia/Kolkata" as the timezone. Check out how all the CI configs use that value, too (in .github/workflows/*). Best, -Adam On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 2:30 AM Navtej Nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have submitted a Jira account request for the Fineract project > (username: navtej2105). Could a committer review it when convenient? > > Context: I set up Fineract locally this week and hit a reproducible > failure in the documented Quick Start. On a JVM whose default timezone is a > legacy IANA name — Asia/Calcutta on Windows with India regional settings > — ./gradlew createPGDB fails against postgres:18.3 with FATAL: invalid > value for parameter "TimeZone". Recent PostgreSQL images no longer ship > the backward-compatible zone aliases. I would like to file this and propose > a short note in the README prerequisites. > > Thanks, > Navtej Nair >
