From 7b7ee41e13372fbbbb0fb5ab49cb95cbfd02577c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viktar Lukashonak <myxabeer@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 19:04:45 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Waybar. Issue#1552. Calendar module, LC_TIME variable

---
 src/modules/clock.cpp | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/clock.cpp b/src/modules/clock.cpp
index 69fdebb1..c4c460cc 100644
--- a/src/modules/clock.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/clock.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,14 @@ waybar::modules::Clock::Clock(const std::string& id, const Json::Value& config)
   if (config_["locale"].isString()) {
     locale_ = std::locale(config_["locale"].asString());
   } else {
-    locale_ = std::locale("");
+    char* sysLocale{getenv("LC_TIME")};
+    try {
+      locale_ = sysLocale ? std::locale(sysLocale) : std::locale("");
+    }
+    catch(std::runtime_error const& localeErr) {
+      spdlog::warn(localeErr.what());
+      locale_ = std::locale();
+    }
   }
 
   thread_ = [this] {