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[Jeremy Bicha <jeremy@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
       Status: Expired => Confirmed

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Title:
  Clock-applet (gnome-panel) uses "GMT" in the names of timezones
  instead of "UTC"

Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-panel

  Now in the Timezone location settings we can see:

  Japan (GMT+9)
  China (GMT+8)
  India (GMT+5:30)
  Russia - Moscow Time (GMT+3 / GMT+4)
  France (GMT+1 / GMT+2)
  United Kingdom (GMT / GMT+1)
  United States - Eastern Time (GMT-5 / GMT-4)
  United States - Pacific Time (GMT-8 / GMT-7)
  etc.

  But the timezone names should be:

  Japan (UTC+9)
  China (UTC+8)
  India (UTC+5:30)
  Russia - Moscow Time (UTC+3 / UTC+4)
  France (UTC+1 / UTC+2)
  United Kingdom (UTC / UTC+1)
  United States - Eastern Time (UTC-5 / UTC-4)
  United States - Pacific Time (UTC-8 / UTC-7)
  etc.

  (I mean "UTC" instead of "GMT" in the name of each timezone).

  For more information about UTC time scale read this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC
  "UTC replaced GMT as the basis for the main reference time scale or civil time in various regions on 1 January 1972."
  GMT time scale is no longer supported (since 1970's). All time providers (NTP-servers, GPS, etc.) in our days use UTC time scale only for time synchronization.
  GMT is deprecated. Why do you still use it in the TZ-names?

  Just replace all the "GMT" with "UTC" in all TZ names. Thats all.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: gnome-panel 1:2.30.2-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Feb 25 23:52:14 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-panel/clock-applet
  GConfNonDefault:
   /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[trashapplet_screen0,workspace_switcher_screen0,window_list_screen0,show_desktop_button_screen0,indicator_applet_screen0,notification_area_screen0,clock_screen0,applet_1,applet_4]
   /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[menu_bar_screen0,object_0,object_22,object_12,object_14,object_29,object_32,object_9,object_11,object_1,object_10,object_21,object_27]
   /apps/panel/general/show_program_list=true
   /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[bottom_panel_screen0,top_panel_screen0]
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=ru_RU.utf8
   LANGUAGE=en
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-panel

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