Bug#473553: libc6: [tzselect] worng DST values for isreal
Jabka Atu a écrit :
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> Dear Aurelien,..
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> Sorry this was a Typpo the "Real time" should be 13:37
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> Aurelien Jarno wrote:
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>> reassign 473553 tzdata
>> thanks
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>> Jabka Atu a écrit :
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>>> Package: libc6
>>> Version: 2.7-6
>>> Severity: normal
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Maintainer ,..
>>>
>>> when using isreal DST values the time isn't the correct one that is in
>>> reallity for example :
>>> Today (31/3/2008 ) Isreal -
>>> While the real time is 12:25
>>> the date retorns me :
>>> Mon Mar 31 12:37:19 IDT 2008
>>>
>>>
>> What do you call "real time" precisely?
> By Real time i ment the time on :
> My mobile phone And on televison.
>
> Perhaps it is related to Israeli DST issues (They aren't related to
> dates but to goverment ideas).
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>> Is it the time on your wall
>> clock or a time from your computer? I find very strange to not have an
>> entire number of hours between the two, but instead a 12 minutes
> difference.
>> What time did you expect instead of the one currently returned?
>>
>>
> To "fix" it moved the clock one hour manually (the pc's clock).
> in other words -
> The DST in isreal should be +3 and not +2 (UTC).
>
This is actually what is present in tzdata.
What's the output of:
/sbin/hwclock
TZ="UTC" date
TZ="Israel" date
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