Leap-seconds file missing
Bug #1513221 reported by
Alex Ray
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| tzdata (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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| Precise |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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| Trusty |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Precise (12.04 LTS) is missing the leap-seconds.list file.
Communication with systems that aren't readily connected to the internet (like space systems) often requires using a non-leaping time base such as TAI.
While it's possible to convert an entire ubuntu system to TAI, this is a heavy hammer when the only need is to figure out current leap-second offset.
It's possible to parse this info out of the `right/UTC` timezone info file, but that's a convoluted way to get at the data.
It's also possible to request this info from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) website, but that isn't always feasible with limited connectivity.
| Changed in tzdata (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in tzdata (Ubuntu Precise): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in tzdata (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
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This bug was fixed in the package tzdata - 2016b-0ubuntu0.
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tzdata (2016b-
* New upstream, with changes up to 2016b (LP: #1539491, #1557359)
* Install leap-seconds.list to /usr/share/zoneinfo (LP: #1513221)
-- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Sun, 20 Mar 2016 11:15:49 -0600