Please change this to WONTFIX. The confusing entries are part of the upstream tz database, and they've been there 20 years or so. They are present only for backward-compatibility reasons for decades-old usage, which are discussed in the "etcetera" file of the tzdata distribution. The confusing entries should not be used by new applications, and are not likely to change in the future (unless they're simply removed entirely).
-- 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/1325949 Title: timezone selections in ETC are confusing / inverted Status in “tzdata” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “tzdata” package in Debian: New Bug description: Looks like GMT[+-}<number> timezones have signs swapped. My local timezone is Europe/Tallinn When timezone is set to "Europe/Tallinn", everything is ok: # dpkg-reconfigure tzdata -> Europe/Tallinn # date Tue Jun 3 14:34:21 EEST 2014 # date +%z +0300 # date -u Tue Jun 3 11:34:59 UTC 2014 I need to set timezone to GMT+2, to avoid dailight savings time. When I set timezone to "GMT+2", things fall apart. Timezone is shown GMT+2/GMT-2. Clock is set to GMT-2. # dpkg-reconfigure tzdata -> Etc/GMT+2 # date Tue Jun 3 09:36:21 GMT+2 2014 # date +%z -0200 # date -u Tue Jun 3 11:37:43 UTC 2014 When I set timezone to "GMT-2", then it's turned around. Timezone is shown GMT-2/GMT+2. Clock is set to GMT+2. #dpkg-reconfigure tzdata -> Etc/GMT-2 # date Tue Jun 3 13:39:35 GMT-2 2014 # date +%z +0200 # date -u Tue Jun 3 11:39:56 UTC 2014 # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Release: 12.04 # apt-cache policy tzdata tzdata: Installed: 2014c-0ubuntu0.12.04 Candidate: 2014c-0ubuntu0.12.04 Version table: *** 2014c-0ubuntu0.12.04 0 500 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2012e-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages 2012b-1 0 500 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages # apt-get update # apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/1325949/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
