Upstream tzdata has switched from ambiguous Australian timezone names to prepending "A", closing this bug.
** Changed in: tzdata (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to tzdata in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1078087 Title: extern variable tzname is not set correctly for Australia/Sydney timezone Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I compile and run the following C program on a machine whose default timezone is "America/New_York": #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <time.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <assert.h> void printTimezone(void) { printf("Timezone is now '%s/%s', %ld seconds West of UTC\n", tzname[0], tzname[1], timezone); } int main(const int argc, const char *argv[]) { tzset(); printTimezone(); setenv("TZ", "Asia/Hong_Kong", 1); tzset(); printTimezone(); setenv("TZ", "Europe/London", 1); tzset(); printTimezone(); setenv("TZ", "Australia/Sydney", 1); tzset(); printTimezone(); } The resulting output is: Timezone is now 'EST/EDT', 18000 seconds West of UTC Timezone is now 'HKT/HKST', -28800 seconds West of UTC Timezone is now 'GMT/BST', 0 seconds West of UTC Timezone is now 'EST/EST', -36000 seconds West of UTC As can be seen from the last line of the output, the values of tzname[0] and tzname[1] are incorrect for Australia/Sydney (seem to be set similarly to America/New_York) even though the value of timezone (i.e. seconds West of UTC) appears to be correct. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: tzdata 2012e-0ubuntu0.10.04 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-45.99-generic 2.6.32.60+drm33.26 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-45-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Nov 12 16:18:45 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: tzdata To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/1078087/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp