Please do not change to WONTFIX. # We use POSIX-style signs in the Zone names and the output abbreviations, # even though this is the opposite of what many people expect. # POSIX has positive signs west of Greenwich, but many people expect # positive signs east of Greenwich. For example, TZ='Etc/GMT+4' uses # the abbreviation "GMT+4" and corresponds to 4 hours behind UT # (i.e. west of Greenwich) even though many people would expect it to # mean 4 hours ahead of UT (i.e. east of Greenwich).
The thing is, it is not about "what many people expect". It is about the international standard and if POSIX does not handle it correctly POSIX has to be changed. POSIX does not follow the international standard which clearly says XXX+1 means one hour ahead of XXX. This is definied in international ISO norm, european EN norm and german DIN norm and there are definitely many other countries using the well-known ISO norm too. -- 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: Confirmed 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 : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp