Comment 8 for bug 894737

An addendum to that is that we can still allow the user to search using
just the abbreviation, and show them all the matches as we currently do.

On 28 May 2013 13:55, Chris Wilson <email address hidden> wrote:

> Well it doesn't need to be the abbreviation in that case. We could just
> put the full name of the timezone, with the abbreviation in braces after
> it, so we would have something like "Eastern Standard Time (EST)". Would
> that work?
>
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> Title:
> Unable to add timezones in time and date settings
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
> Triaged
> Status in The Date and Time Indicator:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> gnome-control-center 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu 11.10
> gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24, Ubuntu 13.04
>
> 1. start gnome-control-center ("System Settings")
> 2. choose "Time & Date"
> 3. choose "Clock" and "Choose Locations..."
> 4. Click on a big green + sign
> 5. *Quickly* type the name of a time zone, e.g. "PST" (Pacific Standard
> Time) or "CET" (Central European Time), and press Enter.
>
> What happens: An error icon appears next to what you typed, but it's
> not obvious what went wrong. The error icon has a tooltip, "You need
> to complete this location for it to appear in the menu", but this
> tooltip is not clear and its existence is not obvious anyway.
>
> What should happen: Either some dialog appears where I can choose a
> timezone or I'm allowed to type actually something into the row.
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