Comment 14 for bug 91418

Spring 2008:

My desktop changed time with no problems. My laptop has not. Both are using 7.10 fully updated. The laptop is a Dell 1505N--one of the Dell's with Ubuntu pre-installed.

matt@dell:~$ sudo dpkg -s tzdata
Package: tzdata
Status: install ok installed
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 6136
Maintainer: Martin Pitt <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 2007k-0ubuntu0.7.10.1
Replaces: libc0.1, libc0.3, libc6, libc6.1, locales
Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
Description: time zone and daylight-saving time data
 This package contains data required for the implementation of
 standard local time for many representative locations around the
 globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by
 political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets, and
 daylight-saving rules.
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <email address hidden>
matt@dell:~$ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2008
/etc/localtime Sun Mar 9 09:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Mar 9 01:59:59 2008 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800
/etc/localtime Sun Mar 9 10:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Mar 9 03:00:00 2008 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
/etc/localtime Sun Nov 2 08:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Nov 2 01:59:59 2008 PDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-25200
/etc/localtime Sun Nov 2 09:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Nov 2 01:00:00 2008 PST isdst=0 gmtoff=-28800