Workaround: create a temporary directory (I chose $HOME/dstfix) and cd into it
ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/data/asia and download the text file you should have a file named 'asia' sudo su (get root privs.) zic asia to check whether the changes worked do zdump -v Asia/Jerusalem | grep 2013 My results: zdump -v Asia/Jerusalem | grep 2013 Asia/Jerusalem Thu Mar 28 23:59:59 2013 UTC = Fri Mar 29 01:59:59 2013 IST isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 Asia/Jerusalem Fri Mar 29 00:00:00 2013 UTC = Fri Mar 29 03:00:00 2013 IDT isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 Asia/Jerusalem Sat Oct 26 22:59:59 2013 UTC = Sun Oct 27 01:59:59 2013 IDT isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 Asia/Jerusalem Sat Oct 26 23:00:00 2013 UTC = Sun Oct 27 01:00:00 2013 IST isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 Then: cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jerusalem /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tel_Aviv zdump -v Asia/Tel_Aviv | grep 2013 Asia/Tel_Aviv Thu Mar 28 23:59:59 2013 UTC = Fri Mar 29 01:59:59 2013 IST isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 Asia/Tel_Aviv Fri Mar 29 00:00:00 2013 UTC = Fri Mar 29 03:00:00 2013 IDT isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 Asia/Tel_Aviv Sat Oct 26 22:59:59 2013 UTC = Sun Oct 27 01:59:59 2013 IDT isdst=1 gmtoff=10800 Asia/Tel_Aviv Sat Oct 26 23:00:00 2013 UTC = Sun Oct 27 01:00:00 2013 IST isdst=0 gmtoff=7200 exit -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158834 Title: Daylight saving dates for Asia/Jerusalem need updating To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/1158834/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
