According to this post: http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5402522 it's essentially arbitrary which name Java will parse out because it will use the first file it finds with the same contents.
For me on 9.10, the contents of /etc/localtime match /usr/share/zoneinfo/SystemV/EST5EDT; this does not match /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/SystemV/EST5EDT or /usr/share/zoneinfo/right/America/New_York (which are the same as each other). Symlinking seems to be the most reliable option. I'm not clear on whether it should go to the "right" directory or not (unsure about leap- second handling, but I think either would be handled in Java/joda-time). -- Installer sets wrong timezone https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246732 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
