diff --git a/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-dmaap.yaml b/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-dmaap.yaml
index 59c57f8..1cc79c8 100644
--- a/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-dmaap.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-dmaap.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
           periodSeconds: 10
         volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/localtime
+          name: localtime
+          readOnly: true
         - mountPath: /appl/dmaapMR1/bundleconfig/etc/appprops/MsgRtrApi.properties
           name: appprops
         - mountPath: /appl/dmaapMR1/etc/cadi.properties
@@ -62,6 +65,9 @@
           name: mykey
       restartPolicy: Always
       volumes:
+      - name: localtime
+        hostPath:
+          path: /etc/localtime
       - name: appprops
         hostPath:
           path: /dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dmaap/MsgRtrApi.properties