Knowing the current debconf tzdata code, Steve's statement is still true. Since there is not enough information to further debug, I am closing this bug as invalid. If you can reproduce this misbehavior, please reopen this bug or open a new one.
** Changed in: tzdata (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- 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/948809 Title: tzdata says "Current default time zone: 'Africa/Bamako' during package install; previously was 'Europe/London' during OS install Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: sudo apt-get update/upgrade this morning shows: Setting up tzdata (2012b-1) ... Current default time zone: 'Africa/Bamako' Local time is now: Wed Mar 7 09:48:40 GMT 2012. Universal Time is now: Wed Mar 7 09:48:40 UTC 2012. Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it. However, this would have been previously set to 'Europe/London' during install. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/948809/+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