"ETC" section in tzdata is backwards
Bug #720792 reported by
sjm
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #1325949: Add note to Debconf template about unintuitive inverted Etc/GMT offsets.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| tzdata (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: tzdata
with dpkg-reconfigure tzdata I set the timezone to GMT-7 in the ETC section and it gives me GMT+7 time. I set it to GMT+7 and I actually get what I want (GMT-7). The zones for the pluses and minuses are backwards.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: tzdata 2010o-0ubuntu0.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Feb 17 08:54:56 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: tzdata
Revision history for this message
| sjm (sjmccracky) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in tzdata (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.