Do you mean hard link /usr/share/Asia/Jerusalem to /etc/localtime? Or copy the zic created file to /etc/localtime and then hardlink it to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jerusalem?
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:06 PM, MikeR <m...@rechtman.com> wrote: > The zic command creates the Asia/Jerusalem file. > instead of copying, do: > > # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jerusalem /etc/localtime > # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jerusalem > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tel_Aviv > > You can then try > > zdump -v Asia/Tel_Aviv | grep 2013 ... or, of course, any other year > > If you link instead of copy any changes in Asia/Jerusalem will > automagically be reflected in the other two locations > > N.B. Still no official patch. The above workaround is in *no way* > guaranteed!! > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1219664). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158834 > > Title: > Daylight saving dates for Asia/Jerusalem need updating > > Status in “tzdata” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > The new POSIX definitions for daylight-saving in Israel are: > # The law has been changed (2012-11-05): As of 2013, > # DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday in March. > # DST ends at 02:00 on the first Sunday after October 1 > # unless it occurs on the second day of the Jewish Rosh Hashana > holiday, in which case, > # DST ends a day later (i.e. at 02:00 the first Monday after October 1 > #Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT > SAVE LETTER/S > Rule Zion 2013 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00 > 1:00 D > Rule Zion 2013 2026 - Oct Sun>=2 > 2:00 0 S > Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct 4 > 2:00 0 S > Rule Zion 2028 2053 - Oct Sun>=2 > 2:00 0 S > > In 2013 the change to DST is the same as before: 29-Mar-2013 > However the change to Standard time has moved from 28-Sep to 6-Oct > > This has been officially announced by the Knesset (Israeli parliament) > but the documents are in Hebrew > I do not know whether this falls under 'bugs' or 'update request' > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/1158834/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158834 Title: Daylight saving dates for Asia/Jerusalem need updating To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/1158834/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs