time & egypt

[Angie T. Muhammad]

I did a short research. The original TZ data mailing list is aware of
cancelling daylight saving in Egypt.

Check out:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/3750
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz

The mailing list can be contacted on:
tz at elsie.nci.nih.gov

However, I guess Ubuntu maintainers should be informed of the update unless
they [ would package | have packaged ] tzdata after April 20th when tzdata
mailing list was originally informed. However, informing Ubuntu maintainers
of something they might already know is much better than having Ubuntu not
properly showing time for Egypt.

Regards,

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Amahdy <mrjava.javaman at gmail.com> wrote:

> For Ubuntu users, there are two types of possible timing system:
>
> 1] tzdata which reads the information from
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Cairo, this is updated manually by Ubuntu
> maintainer.
> 2] NTP which reads from an internet server, it has an automated algorithm
> to change in specific dates, regardless any local situations.
>
> Micro$oft uses #2, Ubuntu uses #1 by default (you can change it), #2 looks
> more professional but very hard to make change, while in #1 you can simply
> fill a request to patch the timezone to be adjusted based on the local
> situation.
>
> You can detect weather your system is using NTP or not by looking weather
> the package "ntp" is installed, and the file /etc/ntp.conf exists. You may
> run "ntpdate" for server info (if not installed then no server will be
> available)
>
>
> Ok now my answer to the email :)
> If your Ubuntu is using #1 (the default), and the maintainer was never
> notified about any changes about our local time, then nothing will happens w
> Allah a3lm :))
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> -- Amahdy AbdElAziz
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/amahdyabdelaziz
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 16:55, <ahmadtarek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think this issue need study to know what will be affected. Not only
>> computers but also web services - like google - mobile phones, watches and a
>> lot of other things. If any one got a problem I thuink any country with +2
>> timezone and without summer time would work with him.
>>
>>
>> Ahmad Tarek
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mohamed Zaian <Extend at tecmina.com>
>> Sender: ubuntu-eg-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:01:39
>> To: Ubuntu Egypt<ubuntu-eg at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Reply-To: Ubuntu Egypt <ubuntu-eg at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: time & egypt
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All the best,
Angie T. Muhammad
http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
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