Bug#1124006: installation-reports: Argentina's time zone doesn't work in the Debian installer

[Cyril Brulebois]

Cyril Brulebois  (2025-12-27):
> Thanks Lalo for the report and Holger for the reference, I'll prepare an
> upload for trixie-proposed-updates, and check the situation for bookworm.
> If and when that gets accepted, images build for further point releases
> should be fixed.

As far as I can see, that was triggered by tzdata's splitting legacy
names into a separate package:

  
https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/tzdata/-/commit/81fcc2bdf2cc464f24aee7524c476d82bcbcbf9a

which was published in 2023c-8 (even if some small parts of it were
reverted in 2023c-9 and 2023c-10), during the trixie release cycle, so
bookworm should be unaffected.

And indeed, on my up-to-date bookworm system, I'm seeing these four:

  /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
  /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Buenos_Aires
  /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Kiev
  /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Kyiv

while a trixie devel chroot only has:

  /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
  /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Kyiv

(I failed to mention this in my initial reply but of course I'm taking
both fixes…)


Cheers,
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Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Bug#1124006: installation-reports: Argentina's time zone doesn't work in the Debian installer

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hi,

Holger Wansing  (2025-12-27):
> Am 26. Dezember 2025 04:02:42 MEZ schrieb Lalo :
> >
> >In the graphical installation of Debian 13 (netinst), when selecting Spanish 
> >language, and place Argentina, the time is not configured in UTC -03 
> >(Buenos, 
> >Aires, Argentina), the system is installed in UTC 00
> 
> This has already been reported (and fixed) in
> 

Thanks Lalo for the report and Holger for the reference, I'll prepare an
upload for trixie-proposed-updates, and check the situation for bookworm.
If and when that gets accepted, images build for further point releases
should be fixed.


Chau/tschüss,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Bug#1124006: installation-reports: Argentina's time zone doesn't work in the Debian installer

[Holger Wansing]

Hi,

Am 26. Dezember 2025 04:02:42 MEZ schrieb Lalo :
>
>In the graphical installation of Debian 13 (netinst), when selecting Spanish 
>language, and place Argentina, the time is not configured in UTC -03 (Buenos, 
>Aires, Argentina), the system is installed in UTC 00

This has already been reported (and fixed) in



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Bug#1124006: installation-reports: Argentina's time zone doesn't work in the Debian installer

[Lalo]

Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i newcomer l10n
X-Debbugs-Cc: lalo_ma...@yahoo.com, debian-boot@lists.debian.org

(Please provide enough information to help the Debian
maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling
in the sections below.)

Boot method: network
Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/
debian-13.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: 

Machine: Asus PRIME X570-PRO Mother - AMD Ryzen 7 5700X processor - amd64
Partitions: 


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:   [O]
Detect network card:[O]
Configure network:  [O]
Detect media:   [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Clock/timezone setup:   [E]
User/password setup:[O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Install base system:[O]
Install tasks:  [O]
Install boot loader:[O]
Overall install:[O]

Comments/Problems:



In the graphical installation of Debian 13 (netinst), when selecting Spanish 
language, and place Argentina, the time is not configured in UTC -03 (Buenos, 
Aires, Argentina), the system is installed in UTC 00