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Proposal: Support time zone for `docker-logs`

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Description

This is a follow up to #33778 and #35051.

Recap:
One of the requests is to see log timestamp according to a timezone, it was decided that it would be very risky to implement it on the server-side: https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/35051#issuecomment-334117784 and https://notes.pault.ag/its-all-relative/.

Instead, it is preferable to implement an option in docker container logs that converts the UTC timestamp into a given timzeone one.

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Research direction

Start at the docker container logs CLI entry point and review the context in #33778 and #35051, including the linked discussion about server-side risks. Define the option's expected timezone behavior and verify that the UTC timestamp is converted for displayed logs; the issue does not name specific files or tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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