time & egypt

[Angie T. Muhammad]

Correction /* Qutoing TZdata maintainer David Olson */ :

Given the short notice on the Egyptian changes...if no problems are found,
> the ftp site will be updated on 2011-04-25.
>
>
So we should make sure Ubuntu maintainers create their tzdata package after
this date to reflect the update on the Egyptian time.
Sorry for mentioning April 20th at first. I didn't check all the messages
then.

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Angie T. Muhammad
<angie.tawfik at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
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>
>


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All the best,
Angie T. Muhammad
http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
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