[Bug 1657473] [NEW] date format incorrect for a number of Timezones

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For a number of locales, for example, TZ=Europe/London, the default
format of the date command is wrong. At least one other timezone is
affected: TZ=Africa/Johannesburg has the same bug.


     $(TZ=Europe/London;date)
     Wed Jan 18 13:59:33 GMT 2017

This format is wrong. It should be:

     $(TZ=Europe/London;date)
     Wed 18 Jan 13:59:33 GMT 2017

In other words, the date format should be:

     date +%a\ %d\ %b\ %H:%M:%S\ %Z\ %Y

Not, as it currently is:

    date +%a\ %b\ %d\ %H:%M:%S\ %Z\ %Y

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  status new

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** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


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date format incorrect for a number of Timezones
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1657473
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