Bug 1266747

Summary:	Evolution does not detect correct timezone
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Joe Borg <cyborg101010>
Component:	evolution	Assignee:	Milan Crha <mcrha>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Joe Borg 2015-09-27 09:55:18 UTC

Description of problem:
Evolution does not get timezone from /etc/localtime

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3.18

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Evolution
2. Edit > Preferences
3. Check timezone

Actual results:
Displays "Europe / Guernsey"

Expected results:
Should display "Europe / London"

Additional info:
cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime 
cp: ‘/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London’ and ‘/etc/localtime’ are the same file

Comment 1 Milan Crha 2015-09-29 08:39:16 UTC

Thanks for a bug report. The thing is that Europe/London uses the same timezone definition as Europe/Guernsey [1] and the later came during the folder structure traverse before the London. Making the /etc/localtime a symbolic link to the Europe/London makes it use it also in the evolution. The /etc/localtime is usually a link to the right timezone.

[1] The below command reports no differences:
   $ diff /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Guernsey