Comment 0 for bug 1031836

I am installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and despite choosing Port-au-Prince from the global map in Ubiquity, the time zone / resulting time is wrong. It will show for example 8AM when in fact it is 9AM. I've compared this with local time (radio, local mobile phones) and with different Internet sources to confirm.

TimeAndDate.com reports the following correct information:

Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -5 hours
Daylight saving time: +1 hour
Current time zone offset: UTC/GMT -4 hours
Time zone abbreviation: EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
Daylight Saving Time DST started on dimanche 11 mars 2012, 02 h 00 local standard time
DST ends on dimanche 4 novembre 2012, 02 h 00 local daylight time

It's even more interesting that this change only happens *this year*:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=709

I believe any Ubuntu system (and probably other Debian derivatives) running in this timezone are 1 hoour late as a result.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: tzdata 2012b-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 1 11:08:57 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)