Fixed #64. installation.set_timezone() already excisted since earlier versions of archinstall in the library section. The guided.py example simply never asked for a time-zone. There's still no NTP option, which I'll add in later. Mostly because there's a lot of settings one can do to a time-client configuration, and I'm not sure all users want the default time servers etc.

archinstall/lib/installer.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import os, stat, time, shutil
+import os, stat, time, shutil, pathlib
 
 from .exceptions import *
 from .disk import *
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ class Installer():
 	def set_timezone(self, zone, *args, **kwargs):
 		if not len(zone): return True
 
-		o = b''.join(sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/{zone} /etc/localtime'))
+		(pathlib.Path(self.mountpoint)/"etc"/"localtime").unlink(missing_ok=True)
+		sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/{zone} /etc/localtime')
 		return True
 
 	def activate_ntp(self):

archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import getpass
+import getpass, pathlib
 from .exceptions import *
 from .profiles import Profile
 from .locale_helpers import search_keyboard_layout
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ def ask_for_additional_users(prompt='Any additional users to install (leave blan
 
 	return users, super_users
 
+def ask_for_a_timezone():
+	timezone = input('Enter a valid timezone (Example: Europe/Stockholm): ').strip()
+	if pathlib.Path(timezone).exists():
+		return timezone
+
 def ask_to_configure_network():
 	# Optionally configure one network interface.
 	#while 1:

examples/guided.py

@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 		if not archinstall.arguments['nic']:
 			archinstall.log(f"No network configuration was selected. Network is going to be unavailable until configured manually!", fg="yellow")
 
+	if not archinstall.arguments.get('timezone', None):
+		archinstall.arguments['timezone'] = archinstall.ask_for_a_timezone()
+
 
 def perform_installation_steps():
 	global SIG_TRIGGER
@@ -323,6 +326,9 @@ def perform_installation(device, boot_partition, language, mirrors):
 			for superuser, user_info in archinstall.arguments.get('superusers', {}).items():
 				installation.user_create(superuser, user_info["!password"], sudo=True)
 
+			if (timezone := archinstall.arguments.get('timezone', None)):
+				installation.set_timezone(timezone)
+
 			if (root_pw := archinstall.arguments.get('!root-password', None)) and len(root_pw):
 				installation.user_set_pw('root', root_pw)