Bug 1266747 – Evolution does not detect correct timezone

Bug 1266747 - Evolution does not detect correct timezone

Summary:	Evolution does not detect correct timezone

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	evolution (Show other bugs)
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Version:	23
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Milan Crha
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Reported:	2015-09-27 05:55 EDT by Joe Borg
Modified:	2015-09-29 04:39 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2015-09-29 04:39:16 EDT
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Description Joe Borg 2015-09-27 05:55:18 EDT

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 04:39:16 EDT

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

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