I have the same issue using the alternate cd. I wasn't asked for a timezone but was asked for my keyboard layout.
Keyboard was set to US English, money to $, paper to A4 and units to metric. Time zone was set to Europe/Guernsey! -- British English locale not set in Kubuntu Edgy RC https://launchpad.net/bugs/67555 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs