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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This situation is now a bit more confusing than when I tried to
reproduce it, because the ostensibly redundant "Location" column has
been removed, so it's even less obvious that "UTC" is the only time zone
that works.

Unfortunately, just letting you type a time zone abbreviation wouldn't
help. For example, there are two different time zones with the
abbreviation AMST, and four different time zones with the abbreviation
CST. So the auto-completion behavior needs to change to make choosing a
valid option more inevitable, *regardless* of whether it lets you enter
a time zone rather than a location.

** Description changed:

- How to reproduce:
+ gnome-control-center 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu 11.10
+ gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24, Ubuntu 13.04
  
- 1.  start gnome-control-center
+ 1.  start gnome-control-center ("System Settings")
  2.  choose "Time & Date"
  3.  choose "Clock" and "Choose Locations..."
  4. Click on a big green + sign
+ 5. *Quickly* type the name of a time zone, e.g. "PST" (Pacific Standard Time) or "CET" (Central European Time), and press Enter.
  
- Actual result:
- You are prompted to type something in. There are two problems with this:
- 1. It is not clear what should I type in 
- 2. UTC is already there so I tried to type something like PST (Pacific Standard Time) or CET (Central European Time) but it doesn't work
+ What happens: An error icon appears next to what you typed, but it's not
+ obvious what went wrong. The error icon has a tooltip, "You need to
+ complete this location for it to appear in the menu", but this tooltip
+ is not clear and its existence is not obvious anyway.
  
- All I end up with is an additional, empty row.
- 
- Expected result:
- Either some dialog appears where I can choose a timezone or I'm allowed to type actually something into the row. See also the screenshot with the dialog and with the empty row. There was no error dialog presented to the user that there is something wrong with the input.
- 
- ProblemType: Bug
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
- Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1
- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
- Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
- ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
- Architecture: i386
- Date: Fri Nov 25 13:47:40 2011
- ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
- InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
- ProcEnviron:
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
- UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
- usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
-  deja-dup           20.1-0ubuntu0.2
-  gnome-bluetooth    3.2.0-0ubuntu2
-  indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu1
+ What should happen: Either some dialog appears where I can choose a
+ timezone or I'm allowed to type actually something into the row.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/894737

Title:
  Unable to add timezones in time and date settings

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Triaged
Status in The Date and Time Indicator:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  gnome-control-center 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu 11.10
  gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24, Ubuntu 13.04

  1.  start gnome-control-center ("System Settings")
  2.  choose "Time & Date"
  3.  choose "Clock" and "Choose Locations..."
  4. Click on a big green + sign
  5. *Quickly* type the name of a time zone, e.g. "PST" (Pacific Standard Time) or "CET" (Central European Time), and press Enter.

  What happens: An error icon appears next to what you typed, but it's
  not obvious what went wrong. The error icon has a tooltip, "You need
  to complete this location for it to appear in the menu", but this
  tooltip is not clear and its existence is not obvious anyway.

  What should happen: Either some dialog appears where I can choose a
  timezone or I'm allowed to type actually something into the row.

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