Public bug reported: [ Impact ]
Recently the Egyptian authorities decided to restore DST. The first switch after the change is expected to take place on last Friday of April. The upstream tzdata 2023a release already reflects this change. [ Test Plan ] * Set system timezone to Egypt (e.g. Africa/Cairo). * Set system time to 2023-04-27 23:59. * Wait and observe what happens at 2023-04-28 0:00 [ Where problems could occur ] * Systems with incorrect timezone set (e.g. located outside of Egypt but still using Egyptian time) may observe unexpected time shift. [ Other Info ] * More information with sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_Egypt#:~:text=Daylight%20saving%20time%20(DST)%20has,(DST)%20as%20of%202023. ** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Kinetic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Lunar) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: se sts ** Also affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Jammy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Lunar) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Kinetic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: tzdata (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags added: se sts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to tzdata in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2012599 Title: Egypt restoring DST not reflected in tzdata shipped with Ubuntuu Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu: New Status in tzdata source package in Bionic: New Status in tzdata source package in Focal: New Status in tzdata source package in Jammy: New Status in tzdata source package in Kinetic: New Status in tzdata source package in Lunar: New Bug description: [ Impact ] Recently the Egyptian authorities decided to restore DST. The first switch after the change is expected to take place on last Friday of April. The upstream tzdata 2023a release already reflects this change. [ Test Plan ] * Set system timezone to Egypt (e.g. Africa/Cairo). * Set system time to 2023-04-27 23:59. * Wait and observe what happens at 2023-04-28 0:00 [ Where problems could occur ] * Systems with incorrect timezone set (e.g. located outside of Egypt but still using Egyptian time) may observe unexpected time shift. [ Other Info ] * More information with sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_Egypt#:~:text=Daylight%20saving%20time%20(DST)%20has,(DST)%20as%20of%202023. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/2012599/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
