pack: Use a fixed timestamp in Docker images.

* guix/docker.scm (build-docker-image): Add #:creation-time parameter.
Use SRFI-19 'date->string' instead of 'strftime' et al.
* guix/scripts/pack.scm (docker-image)[build]: Pass #:creation-time to
'build-docker-image'.

guix/docker.scm

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
                 #:select (delete-file-recursively
                           with-directory-excursion))
   #:use-module (guix build store-copy)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-19)
   #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
   #:export (build-docker-image))
@@ -83,15 +84,18 @@
     (rootfs . ((type . "layers")
                (diff_ids . (,(layer-diff-id layer)))))))
 
-(define* (build-docker-image image path #:key closure compressor)
+(define* (build-docker-image image path
+                             #:key closure compressor
+                             (creation-time (current-time time-utc)))
   "Write to IMAGE a Docker image archive from the given store PATH.  The image
 contains the closure of PATH, as specified in CLOSURE (a file produced by
 #:references-graphs).  Use COMPRESSOR, a command such as '(\"gzip\" \"-9n\"),
-to compress IMAGE."
+to compress IMAGE.  Use CREATION-TIME, a SRFI-19 time-utc object, as the
+creation time in metadata."
   (let ((directory "/tmp/docker-image")           ;temporary working directory
         (closure (canonicalize-path closure))
         (id (docker-id path))
-        (time (strftime "%FT%TZ" (localtime (current-time))))
+        (time (date->string (time-utc->date creation-time) "~4"))
         (arch (match (utsname:machine (uname))
                 ("x86_64" "amd64")
                 ("i686"   "386")

guix/scripts/pack.scm

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ with COMPRESSOR.  It can be passed to 'docker load'."
            (string-append #$guile-json "/share/guile/site/"
                           (effective-version)))
 
-          (use-modules (guix docker))
+          (use-modules (guix docker) (srfi srfi-19))
 
           (setenv "PATH"
                   (string-append #$tar "/bin:"
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ with COMPRESSOR.  It can be passed to 'docker load'."
 
           (build-docker-image #$output #$profile
                               #:closure "profile"
-                              #:compressor '#$(compressor-command compressor)))))
+                              #:compressor '#$(compressor-command compressor)
+                              #:creation-time (make-time time-utc 0 1)))))
 
   (gexp->derivation (string-append name ".tar."
                                    (compressor-extension compressor))