In Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) we have /usr/share/doc/tzdata/NEWS.Debian.gz:
tzdata (2023d-1) unstable; urgency=medium
From 2023c-8 on the tzdata package ships only timezones that follow the
current rules of geographical region (continent or ocean) and city name.
All legacy timezone symlinks (old or merged timezones mentioned in the
upstream backward file) were moved to tzdata-legacy. This includes the
US/* timezones.
Please install tzdata-legacy in case you need the legacy timezones or to
restore the previous behavior. This might be needed in case the system
provides timezone-aware data over the network (e. g. SQL databases).
-- Benjamin Drung <bdr...@debian.org> Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:17:33 +0100
The debian changelog contains for 2023c-8:
* Ship only timezones in tzdata that follow the current rules of geographical
region (continent or ocean) and city name. Move all legacy timezone symlinks
(that are upgraded during package update) to tzdata-legacy. This includes
dropping the special handling for US/* timezones. (Closes: #1040997)
Improvements to the documentation are welcome.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2058249
Title:
US symlinks missing in /usr/share/zoneinfo -> now in tzdata-legacy
Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
On 22.04 Jammy with tzdata version 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04 installed, we
have `/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/*` symlinks. On 23.10 Mantic with tzdata
version 2024a-0ubuntu0.23.10, we do not. Is this an intentional
removal? I don't follow the IANA mailing lists, but I had
thought/assumed that "Country/Region" symlinks were being maintained
for backward compatibility.
Many tools I use reference multiple timezones (regardless of the
system TZ), so it is necessary to have them available. As a temporary
workaround, we can make the symlinks manually.
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