From ffbd7a221d7f19c8e5dc7bf4ab396f9aa458ce7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: UGA Innovation Factory <engr-ugaif@uga.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:00:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Set default timezone for LXC containers to fix Docker
 /etc/localtime mounts

---
 hw/nix-lxc.nix | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hw/nix-lxc.nix b/hw/nix-lxc.nix
index a47aeea..3dcc45e 100644
--- a/hw/nix-lxc.nix
+++ b/hw/nix-lxc.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ in
     disko.enableConfig = lib.mkForce false; # No disk management in container
     console.enable = true;
 
+    # Set timezone to fix /etc/localtime for Docker containers
+    time.timeZone = lib.mkDefault "America/New_York";
+
     # Allow getty to work in containers
     systemd.services."getty@".unitConfig.ConditionPathExists = [
       ""