[Bug 1734967] Re: tzdata info for WGT/WGST broken

[Eric Desrochers]

Hi Thomas,

I have verified and I confirm this is not a bug, this change was done in
tzdata upstream intentionally. If you think this change cause a
regression, the first step would be to report it to tzdata upstream.


commit 2999bb5bee719acbba8b9dd50fb9fb00c7788623
Author: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu>
Date:   Tue Dec 27 23:14:02 2016 -0800

    Remove some invented abbreviations in ‘europe’
    
    * NEWS: Document this.
    * europe (America/Danmarkshavn, America/Scoresbysund, America/Godthab)
    (Atlantic/Reykjavik, Europe/Amsterdam, Atlantic/Azores)
    (Atlantic/Madeira, Europe/Zaporozhye):
    Use numeric time zone abbreviations instead of invented ones,
    for time zones with UT offsets that are integer minutes.
    ...


 Zone America/Godthab   -3:26:56 -      LMT     1916 Jul 28 # Nuuk
-                       -3:00   -       WGT     1980 Apr  6  2:00
-                       -3:00   EU      WG%sT
+                       -3:00   -       -03     1980 Apr  6  2:00
+                       -3:00   EU      -03/-02


- Eric


** Changed in: tzdata (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  tzdata info for WGT/WGST broken

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Using "America/Godthab" timezone, "WGT/WGST" is no longer displayed
  from date command but instead just "-03". Problem is evident in PHP
  applications too, which now think we're in Sao Paolo.

  This appears to have changed with latest tzdata update or perhaps in
  combination with change from DST.

  Same problem on 16.04, 17.10 and Debian 9.

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