From 9323f2f5734877427e3fa5d2175cfe63bf86c03c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Happ <tobias.happ@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 00:38:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] time: Add timeZone option

---
 modules/module-list.nix |  1 +
 modules/time.nix        | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 modules/time.nix

diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index 07b1b56..781ed11 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   ./environment/session-init.nix
   ./home-manager.nix
   ./nixpkgs.nix
+  ./time.nix
   ./user.nix
   ./version.nix
   <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/misc/assertions.nix>
diff --git a/modules/time.nix b/modules/time.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d36572c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/time.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2020, see AUTHORS. Licensed under MIT License, see LICENSE.
+
+# Inspired by
+# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/config/locale.nix
+# (Copyright (c) 2003-2019 Eelco Dolstra and the Nixpkgs/NixOS contributors,
+#  licensed under MIT License as well)
+
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.time;
+
+  tzdir = "${pkgs.tzdata}/share/zoneinfo";
+  nospace  = str: filter (c: c == " ") (stringToCharacters str) == [];
+  timezoneType = types.nullOr (types.addCheck types.str nospace)
+    // { description = "null or string without spaces"; };
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    time.timeZone = mkOption {
+      default = null;
+      type = timezoneType;
+      example = "America/New_York";
+      description = ''
+        The time zone used when displaying times and dates. See <link
+        xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones"/>
+        for a comprehensive list of possible values for this setting.
+        If null, the timezone will default to UTC.
+      '';
+    };
+
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = {
+
+    environment = {
+      etc =
+        { zoneinfo.source = tzdir; }
+        // optionalAttrs (config.time.timeZone != null) {
+          localtime.source = "/etc/zoneinfo/${config.time.timeZone}";
+        };
+
+      sessionVariables.TZDIR = "/etc/zoneinfo";
+    };
+
+  };
+}