From 6a9ba7082b6e2beb7dcc513c81b41bfa7c2ffb50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aaron <aaron@0x29a.ch>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:45:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feature(localization): add locales module that handles
 timezone and locale settings

---
 modules/nixos/locales.nix | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 modules/nixos/locales.nix

diff --git a/modules/nixos/locales.nix b/modules/nixos/locales.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b0a076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/nixos/locales.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # set the time zone
+  time.timeZone = "Europe/Zurich";
+
+  # set internationalisation properties
+  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";
+  };
+}