[Bug 1211447] [NEW] MAAS default timezone is not UTC

[Andres Rodriguez]

Public bug reported:

MAAS sets the default timezone for provisioned nodes to:

$ cat /etc/timezone
America/New_York

This is probably because of:

d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8

...in /usr/share/maas/preseeds/preseed_master. It would be a far better
idea to set this to UTC, adding:

d-i     time/zone string Etc/UTC

...to this preseed file.

Version affected: 12.04 LTS / maas / precise-updates / 1.2+bzr1373+dfsg-
0ubuntu1~12.04.1.

How reproducible is the problem? / Steps to Reproduce:

 * Install MAAS
 * Deploy some nodes with MAAS.


[Impact]
Allows MAAS to set the deployed systems to UTC timezone by default.

[Test Case]
1. Install MAAS
2. Deploy a system.

[Regression Potential]
Minimal. This only changes the timezone of the node when deployed.

** Affects: maas (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: maas (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: Low
         Status: New

** Affects: maas (Ubuntu Quantal)
     Importance: Low
         Status: New

** Affects: maas (Ubuntu Raring)
     Importance: Low
         Status: New

** Also affects: maas (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: maas (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: maas (Ubuntu Raring)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: maas (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: maas (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: maas (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: maas (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: maas (Ubuntu Raring)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Description changed:

  MAAS sets the default timezone for provisioned nodes to:
  
  $ cat /etc/timezone
  America/New_York
  
  This is probably because of:
  
  d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
  
  ...in /usr/share/maas/preseeds/preseed_master. It would be a far better
  idea to set this to UTC, adding:
  
  d-i     time/zone string Etc/UTC
  
  ...to this preseed file.
  
  Version affected: 12.04 LTS / maas / precise-updates / 1.2+bzr1373+dfsg-
  0ubuntu1~12.04.1.
  
  How reproducible is the problem? / Steps to Reproduce:
  
-  * Install MAAS
-  * Deploy some nodes with MAAS.
+  * Install MAAS
+  * Deploy some nodes with MAAS.
+ 
+ 
+ [Impact]
+ Allows MAAS to set the deployed systems to UTC timezone by default.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 1. Install MAAS
+ 2. Deploy a system.
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ Minimal. This only changes the timezone of the node when deployed.

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