Seb points out that the indicator-datetime hasn't changed since oneiric so this is not likely to be a regression. This is possible; on reflection, the last time I would have needed Central Time would have been in January, so I wasn't trying to select this timezone at all in oneiric, so maybe other timezones generally work better.
** Package changed: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Precise) => indicator- datetime (Ubuntu Precise) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893197 Title: timezone map no longer allows reliable selection of the correct zone Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “indicator-datetime” source package in Precise: New Bug description: In precise, when I click on the "Time & Date Settings" from the datetime indicator, I'm presented with a timezone map. Clicking in the general area of Iowa/Illinois, US, which is firmly in the US/Central timezone, results in "Vincennes" being selected as my timezone - which is wrong, Vincennes is in Eastern time and the highlighted region is clearly not where my mouse pointer was! moving slightly to the left and clicking again, while staying in the right area for the Central timezone, I now get "Denver" selected, which is one timezone to the WEST of what should be selected. If I move my mouse up into Minnesota and click, I get "Rainy River", which is in the right general timezone but in the wrong country ( == DST rules are not guaranteed to be the same). Clicking again at the same point does no good - it does not cycle through the cities in this timezone band, only continues to present me with the same wrong zone. By trial and error, moving the cursor a pixel at a time and clicking again, I'm ultimately able to choose Chicago. This UI is completely unusable. I know it didn't work this poorly in oneiric, so something seems to have regressed upstream. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-3.3-generic 3.1.0 Uname: Linux 3.1.0-3-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.26-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Nov 21 10:49:58 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: indicator-datetime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (12 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/893197/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp