Public bug reported: It doesn't look like the tzdata is up-to-date despite being the most up- to-date Ubuntu package.
Debian 6 contains data for 2011 debian6$ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2011 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 28 21:59:59 2011 UTC = Thu Apr 28 23:59:59 2011 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 28 22:00:00 2011 UTC = Fri Apr 29 01:00:00 2011 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Sep 29 20:59:59 2011 UTC = Thu Sep 29 23:59:59 2011 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Sep 29 21:00:00 2011 UTC = Thu Sep 29 23:00:00 2011 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 No data for for 2011 ubuntu10.04$ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2011 But contains data for 2010: ubuntu10.04$ zdump -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo | grep 2010 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 29 21:59:59 2010 UTC = Thu Apr 29 23:59:59 2010 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Apr 29 22:00:00 2010 UTC = Fri Apr 30 01:00:00 2010 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Tue Aug 10 20:59:59 2010 UTC = Tue Aug 10 23:59:59 2010 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Tue Aug 10 21:00:00 2010 UTC = Tue Aug 10 23:00:00 2010 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Sep 9 21:59:59 2010 UTC = Thu Sep 9 23:59:59 2010 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Sep 9 22:00:00 2010 UTC = Fri Sep 10 01:00:00 2010 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Sep 30 20:59:59 2010 UTC = Thu Sep 30 23:59:59 2010 EEST isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo Thu Sep 30 21:00:00 2010 UTC = Thu Sep 30 23:00:00 2010 EET isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 The one that works: debian6$ dpkg -s tzdata Package: tzdata Status: install ok installed Priority: required Section: libs Installed-Size: 6308 Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-gl...@lists.debian.org> Architecture: all Version: 2011d-0squeeze1 Doesn't work: ubuntu10.04$ dpkg -s tzdata Package: tzdata Status: install ok installed Priority: required Section: libs Installed-Size: 6244 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: all Version: 2011j-0ubuntu0.10.04 ** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/857567 Title: No data for Africa/Cairo 2011 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/857567/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs