Bug#367025: Problem Still Exists

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

hoeferbe@progeny.com wrote:
> Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> ===
> > hoeferbe@progeny.com wrote:
> >
> > >      The EST5 problem still exists in Sarge (Debian 3.1).  When will it
> > > be fixed in that version of Debian?
> > Probably never. You should either select another timezone (like Panama),
> > or wait for the winter time to come back.
> ===
>      :-)
>      As humorous as that is, I don't think we want to close this bug and
> cease tracking this problem with the (current) stable release.  When
> people use tzsetup to select "System V style time zones" --> EST5", they
> expect their clocks to be set to UTC-0500 and stay that way throughout
> the year.
>      It should only observe daylight saving time if the user chooses
> "System V style time zones" --> EST5EDT".  This discrepancy is
> especially noticeable since choosing "PST8" versus "PST8PDT", "MST7"
> versus "MST7MDT" and "CST6" versus "CST6CDT" shows the correct behavior.
>      I can appreciate that this is not a critical bug and that there are
> other bugs that should take precedence.  However, the low-priority of
> this bug does not mean it should be ignored.  Wouldn't you agree?

Yes I fully agree. But I also don't decide...

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