From 619c00e67865e8d1a5d79767fd46e7d33a1fd6b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aaron <aaron@0x29a.ch>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:39:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(locales): fix internationalisation to switzerland
 norms

---
 modules/nixos/locales.nix | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/nixos/locales.nix b/modules/nixos/locales.nix
index 5c91d2d..2e81af9 100644
--- a/modules/nixos/locales.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos/locales.nix
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
   # set the time zone
   time.timeZone = "Europe/Zurich";
 
-  # set internationalisation properties
+  # keep system language in english, but use swiss locale for formatting
   i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
   i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
-    LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    LC_ADDRESS = "de_CH.UTF-8";
+    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "de_CH.UTF-8";
+    LC_MEASUREMENT = "de_CH.UTF-8";
+    LC_MONETARY = "de_CH.UTF-8";
+    LC_NAME = "de_CH.UTF-8";
+    LC_NUMERIC = "de_CH.UTF-8";
+    LC_PAPER = "de_CH.UTF-8";
+    LC_TELEPHONE = "de_CH.UTF-8";
+    LC_TIME = "de_CH.UTF-8";
   };
 
   # set console font and keymap