diff --git a/include/modules/clock.hpp b/include/modules/clock.hpp
index aa9a0a22..e54f4d2c 100644
--- a/include/modules/clock.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/clock.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #else
 #include <fmt/chrono.h>
 #endif
+#include <date/tz.h>
 #include "ALabel.hpp"
 #include "util/sleeper_thread.hpp"
 
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ class Clock : public ALabel {
 
  private:
   util::SleeperThread thread_;
+  std::locale locale_;
+  const date::time_zone* time_zone_;
+  bool fixed_time_zone_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace waybar::modules
diff --git a/man/waybar-clock.5.scd b/man/waybar-clock.5.scd
index 959ec94b..e3213f39 100644
--- a/man/waybar-clock.5.scd
+++ b/man/waybar-clock.5.scd
@@ -18,7 +18,18 @@ The *clock* module displays the current date and time.
 *format*: ++
 	typeof: string ++
 	default: {:%H:%M} ++
-	The format, how the date and time should be displayed.
+	The format, how the date and time should be displayed. ++
+	It uses the format of the date library. See https://howardhinnant.github.io/date/date.html#to_stream_formatting for details.
+
+*timezone*: ++
+	typeof: string ++
+	default: inferred local timezone ++
+	The timezone to display the time in, e.g. America/New_York.
+
+*locale*: ++
+	typeof: string ++
+	default: inferred from current locale ++
+	A locale to be used to display the time. Intended to render times in custom timezones with the proper language and format.
 
 *max-length*: ++
 	typeof: integer ++
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8f29d10c..c729b970 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ gtk_layer_shell = dependency('gtk-layer-shell-0',
         required: get_option('gtk-layer-shell'),
         fallback : ['gtk-layer-shell', 'gtk_layer_shell_dep'])
 systemd = dependency('systemd', required: get_option('systemd'))
+tz_dep = dependency('date', default_options : [ 'use_system_tzdb=true' ], fallback: [ 'date', 'tz_dep' ])
 
 prefix = get_option('prefix')
 conf_data = configuration_data()
@@ -168,7 +169,8 @@ executable(
         libpulse,
         libudev,
         libmpdclient,
-        gtk_layer_shell
+        gtk_layer_shell,
+        tz_dep
     ],
     include_directories: [include_directories('include')],
     install: true,
diff --git a/resources/config b/resources/config
index 4e392399..8dfa012b 100644
--- a/resources/config
+++ b/resources/config
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         "spacing": 10
     },
     "clock": {
+        // "timezone": "America/New_York",
         "tooltip-format": "{:%Y-%m-%d | %H:%M}",
         "format-alt": "{:%Y-%m-%d}"
     },
diff --git a/src/modules/clock.cpp b/src/modules/clock.cpp
index 2fa02142..38af1152 100644
--- a/src/modules/clock.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/clock.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 #include "modules/clock.hpp"
-#include <time.h>
 
 waybar::modules::Clock::Clock(const std::string& id, const Json::Value& config)
-    : ALabel(config, "clock", id, "{:%H:%M}", 60) {
+    : ALabel(config, "clock", id, "{:%H:%M}", 60)
+    , fixed_time_zone_(false)
+{
+  if (config_["timezone"].isString()) {
+    time_zone_ = date::locate_zone(config_["timezone"].asString());
+    fixed_time_zone_ = true;
+  }
+
+  if (config_["locale"].isString()) {
+    locale_ = std::locale(config_["locale"].asString());
+  } else {
+    locale_ = std::locale("");
+  }
+
   thread_ = [this] {
     dp.emit();
     auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
@@ -12,20 +24,39 @@ waybar::modules::Clock::Clock(const std::string& id, const Json::Value& config)
   };
 }
 
+using zoned_time = date::zoned_time<std::chrono::system_clock::duration>;
+
+struct waybar_time {
+  std::locale locale;
+  zoned_time ztime;
+};
+
 auto waybar::modules::Clock::update() -> void {
-  tzset(); // Update timezone information
+  if (!fixed_time_zone_) {
+    // Time zone can change. Be sure to pick that.
+    time_zone_ = date::current_zone();
+  }
   auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
-  auto localtime = fmt::localtime(std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(now));
-  auto text = fmt::format(format_, localtime);
+  waybar_time wtime = {locale_, date::make_zoned(time_zone_, now)};
+
+  auto text = fmt::format(format_, wtime);
   label_.set_markup(text);
 
   if (tooltipEnabled()) {
     if (config_["tooltip-format"].isString()) {
       auto tooltip_format = config_["tooltip-format"].asString();
-      auto tooltip_text = fmt::format(tooltip_format, localtime);
+      auto tooltip_text = fmt::format(tooltip_format, wtime);
       label_.set_tooltip_text(tooltip_text);
     } else {
       label_.set_tooltip_text(text);
     }
   }
 }
+
+template <>
+struct fmt::formatter<waybar_time> : fmt::formatter<std::tm> {
+  template <typename FormatContext>
+  auto format(const waybar_time& t, FormatContext& ctx) {
+    return format_to(ctx.out(), "{}", date::format(t.locale, fmt::to_string(tm_format), t.ztime));
+  }
+};
diff --git a/subprojects/date.wrap b/subprojects/date.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea73f0fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/date.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[wrap-file]
+source_url=https://github.com/HowardHinnant/date/archive/v2.4.1.tar.gz
+source_filename=date-2.4.1.tar.gz
+source_hash=98907d243397483bd7ad889bf6c66746db0d7d2a39cc9aacc041834c40b65b98
+directory=date-2.4.1
+
+patch_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/hinnant-date/releases/download/2.4.1-1/hinnant-date.zip
+patch_filename = hinnant-date-2.4.1-1-wrap.zip
+patch_hash = 2061673a6f8e6d63c3a40df4da58fa2b3de2835fd9b3e74649e8279599f3a8f6