I faced same problem with latest xenial build in lxd. lxc init 7e745cf3a3a7 xenial lxc start xenial lxc exec xenial -- /bin/bash
root@xenial# echo 'Europe/Moscow' > /etc/timezone root@xenial# dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata root@xenial# cat /etc/timezone Etc/UTC And nothing will be happened. Timezone is not changed. I suppose that it is a tzdata package bug in 16.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556527 Title: tzdate upgrade fails wih invalid format error during Xenial upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/1556527/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs