Bug#448328: marked as done (Once local is selected then time zone choice is limited to local. Time zone should not be limited to local selected..)
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and subject line Bug#448328: Once local is selected then time zone choice is limited to local. Time zone should not be limited to local selected..
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During installation of Debian, once the local is selected the time zone
choices are limited to the local previously selected.
A user/installer may be in a foreign country and are required or want to
set the local to her/his country while setting the time zone to the
current country.
I think its best to remove this restriction and allow the user to chose
whichever local and time zone combination they want.
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Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686
Debian Release: 4.0
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Depends (Version) | Installed
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On Sunday 28 October 2007, Steven Demetrius wrote:
> During installation of Debian, once the local is selected the time zone
> choices are limited to the local previously selected.
>
> A user/installer may be in a foreign country and are required or want to
> set the local to her/his country while setting the time zone to the
> current country.
>
> I think its best to remove this restriction and allow the user to chose
> whichever local and time zone combination they want.
This has been discussed several times in the past and we think we have good
reasons for the current functionality and that it is correct for >99.9% of
installations. We have no intention of changing this.
If you really need to select a different timezone than one for the country
you selected during installation, just run 'tzselect' (as root) after
rebooting into the installed system.
Cheers,
FJP
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