[Bug 948809] Re: tzdata says "Current default time zone: 'Africa/Bamako' during package install; previously was 'Europe/London' during OS install

[Paul Sladen]

Log greping:

  /var/log/installer/syslog
  Dec 15 14:57:39 ubuntu ubiquity[3243]: switched to page timezone
  Dec 15 14:57:43 ubuntu ubiquity[3243]: debconffilter_done: ubiquity.components.partman_commit (current: ubi-timezone)
  Dec 15 15:06:17 ubuntu ubiquity: Setting up tzdata (2011n-0ubuntu0.11.10) ...
  Dec 15 15:06:17 ubuntu ubiquity: Current default time zone: 'Europe/London'
  Dec 15 15:06:17 ubuntu ubiquity: Local time is now:      Thu Dec 15 15:06:17 GMT 2011.
  Dec 15 15:06:17 ubuntu ubiquity: Universal Time is now:  Thu Dec 15 15:06:17 UTC 2011.
  Dec 15 15:06:17 ubuntu ubiquity: Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.

  /var/log/dist-upgrade/term.log
  Preparing to replace tzdata 2011n-0ubuntu0.11.10 (using .../tzdata_2011n-1_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement tzdata ...
  Setting up tzdata (2011n-1) ...
  Current default time zone: 'Europe/London'
  Local time is now:      Wed Dec 21 15:27:29 GMT 2011.
  Universal Time is now:  Wed Dec 21 15:27:29 UTC 2011.
  Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.

  /var/log/apt/term.log
  Log started: 2012-01-26  02:02:50
  …
  Setting up tzdata (2011n-2) ...

  Current default time zone: 'Europe/Berlin'
  Local time is now:      Thu Jan 26 02:02:58 CET 2012.
  Universal Time is now:  Thu Jan 26 01:02:58 UTC 2012.
  Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.
  …
  Log ended: 2012-01-26  02:03:25

The 'Europe/Berlin' this makes sense would have been from on the way
back from Budapest, but would have been changed (by a simple click in
'indicator-datetime' to 'Europe/London' at some point sitting in the
cabin on board the Hoek van Holland/Harwich ferry).

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Title:
  tzdata says "Current default time zone: 'Africa/Bamako' during package
  install; previously was 'Europe/London' during OS install

Status in “tzdata” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  sudo apt-get update/upgrade this morning shows:

    Setting up tzdata (2012b-1) ...

    Current default time zone: 'Africa/Bamako'
    Local time is now:      Wed Mar  7 09:48:40 GMT 2012.
    Universal Time is now:  Wed Mar  7 09:48:40 UTC 2012.
    Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.

  However, this would have been previously set to 'Europe/London' during
  install.

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