Unable to add locations of time/date to show in clock applet on computer behind a proxy

[Joshua Lock]

Ubuntu version info:
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

Gnome Control Centre version info:
  Installed: 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19
  Candidate: 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

When trying to add extra locations to show the time for in the Clock applet (via Time & Date Settings -> Clock -> Choose Locations) the list of possible matches for my typed entry is never shown.

I'm using a computer with a proxy configured via the network applet (and "Use system-wide" pressed) and suspect that's the root of the trouble however I'm not sure how to go about debugging this, any pointers would be appreciated.

Steps taken:

* Click clock -> "Time & Date Settings"
* Select "Clock" tab
* Check "Time in other locations"
* Click "Choose Locations"
* Click "+"
* Type "New Yo"
* <wait ~30s> nothing happens

Expected results:
* On other machines (without the proxied connection) a list of potential locations from which I can select "New York, New York" is shown.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, that system settings panel is provided by indicator-datetime, reassigning to it

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Lars Karlitski (larsu)]

indicator-datetime uses libtimezonemap for the completions (in particular CcTimezoneCompletion). That project seems abandonend on launchpad, though. Does anyone know its status?

[Charles Kerr (charlesk)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop ISO of the development release - Trusty Tahr. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for unity-control-center (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Eliezer Croitoru (eliezer)]

I have the same issue.
I am using a system wide proxy settings and every time I try to lookup for "Auckland" which should show me the Auckland New Zeland time as a choice I do not get anything in the gui as a response.

[Eliezer Croitoru (eliezer)]

Missed the ubuntu version = 14.04.1 Desktop.