apt-get install tzdata noninteractive

When I try to apt-get install -y tzdata the command line option for picking timezone shows up. I am trying to use this in a script to do some setup, how can I make the apt-get run without user input? I know to reconfigure the tzdata I can do echo "America/New_York" > /etc/timezone dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata But when installing I need it to run fully even if it doesn't set the right timezone, I can always reconfigure it. I tried echo 5 | apt-get install -y tzdata but it is not working as expected.