[Bug 892370] Re: The time zone for China should default to Beijing not Shanghai (when offline)

[James M. Leddy]

The tzdata mailing list pointed me to the Mac implementation. I don't
know if they managed to avoid the problem of cities being too close in a
10x10px area. They are using geonames as well, and the smallest city
data-set is cities where population > 15000, which we're already using.

http://uiobservatory.com/2010/what-time-is-your-zone/

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Title:
  The time zone for China should default to Beijing not Shanghai (when
  offline)

Status in The Date and Time Indicator:
  New
Status in OEM Priority Project:
  In Progress
Status in OEM Priority Project oneiric series:
  Won't Fix
Status in OEM Priority Project precise series:
  Won't Fix
Status in OEM Priority Project quantal series:
  Won't Fix
Status in OEM Priority Project raring series:
  In Progress
Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “libtimezonemap” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “indicator-datetime” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “libtimezonemap” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “indicator-datetime” source package in Raring:
  In Progress
Status in “libtimezonemap” source package in Raring:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Raring:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When installing Ubuntu and selecting Simplified Chinese as the default
  language, the default timezone should point to Beijing instead of
  Shanghai.  Everything in China is referenced to Beijing time.  In
  mainland China this standard time is called Beijing Time (北京时间)
  domestically but it is commonly referred to as China Standard Time
  (CST) internationally.

  This seems to have come up a lot in past bugs:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/228554
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/517621

  Steps to recreate:

  1) Install Ubuntu and select Simplified Chinese for the language.

  Actual Results:
  At the timezone page, the default city is Shanghai.

  Expected Results:
  Most Chinese users prefer it be set to Beijing.

  It looks as if the upstream tz database needs to be updated for
  Beijing for starters, as Beijing is not listed in there.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: tzdata 2011n-0ubuntu0.11.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Nov 18 15:26:03 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  SourcePackage: tzdata
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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