Below is the output after I made the change and continued the 16.04 dist-upgrade process.
820 upgraded, 17 newly installed, 3 to remove and 144 not upgraded. 215 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/494 MB of archives. After this operation, 142 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Extracting templates from packages: 100% Preconfiguring packages ... Setting up tzdata (2016a-1) ... Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC' Local time is now: Sun Mar 13 02:49:09 UTC 2016. Universal Time is now: Sun Mar 13 02:49:09 UTC 2016. Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it. (Reading database ... 398777 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../python-cairo_1.8.8-2_amd64.deb ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556527 Title: tzdate upgrade fails wih invalid format error during Xenial upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/1556527/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs