Timezone error (again)

Keith keith at caramail.com
Mon Sep 27 16:32:34 UTC 2021


On 9/27/21 11:04 AM, Peter Flynn wrote:
> Last year (Oct 2020) I mentioned an error in timezone identity. I
> discovered this in Mint 20
> (https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=328864&p=1874705),
> but as the timezone identification seems to be common to all
> Ubuntu-based distros, and nothing has been done to correct the error,
> maybe someone on ubuntu-users can shed some light.
>
> Dublin is located in the wrong time zone. Selecting Dublin from the City
> drop-down in Date&Time highlights the Central European timezone instead
> of the London/Dublin/Lisbon timezone.
>
> Last year I was told that the lead dev is in Dublin so it will be fixed
> quickly. Have they moved elsewhere? There was no need for the data to be
> changed in the first place — please can someone put it back where it
> belongs?
>
> Peter
>

In Ubuntu 20.04.3 navigating to Settings->Date & Time->Time
Zone->Dublin, Ireland shows the timezone as IST (UTC+01) - Irish
Standard (or Summer) Time.  Is this not correct?

--
Keith




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