This has been fixed upstream in tzdata 2014f; I've just synced the Debian packaging of that into Ubuntu. See:
http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2014-August/000023.html ** 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/525128 Title: Australian timezone incorrectly labelled in date output Status in “tzdata” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “tzdata” package in Debian: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox-3.5 When running the "date" command with my timezone set to "Australia/Canberra" (or any of the Australian Eastern seaboard sites), the timezone is displayed as "EST". This is likely to cause confusion with the American "EST" timezone. The correct label for Australian Eastern Standard Time is AEST. In addition, the label for Australian Eastern Daylight Time doesn't appear to exist. This should be AEDT. As an example, a nearby timezone, the New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) label is correctly displayed when daylight time is in effect. The non-existence of the AEDT timezone causes a lot of trouble when you are working with hosts across states in the Australian Eastern timezones. One of these states, Queensland, does not have daylight time in summer. So when you are looking at the date on a host in Sydney that should be in AEDT, and a host in Brisbane that should be in AEST, both are reporting they are in "EST", but an hour apart. This problem is not limited to the Ubuntu distribution; it also exists in RHEL, that I'm aware of. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Feb 21 13:43:12 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Package: firefox 3.5.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic SourcePackage: firefox-3.5 Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic x86_64 XsessionErrors: (gnome-settings-daemon:3710): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed (gnome-settings-daemon:3710): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3813): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (nautilus:3809): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed (firefox:3897): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/525128/+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
