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[Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure I understand why this is not just an issue fr the timer app.
Alarms want to be interpreted in local time, I am sure this is as
designed. Timers are not really alarms as they reflect a duration not a
time of day.  For me the issue is the timer app implemented timers
incorrectly.

** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  [datetime] Standard alarms are not work correctly for Timers, after
  timezone/DST change

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Incomplete
Status in Timer:
  New
Status in Ubuntu Clock App:
  Incomplete
Status in indicator-datetime package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-ui-toolkit package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Standard alarms will not work correctly after changing timezone and
  during DST change.

  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Install Timer from Store: https://uappexplorer.com/app/timer.mivoligo
  2. Set timer to 5 minutes
  3. Open Clock app. Look for alarm, and notice that alarm is correctly set
  3. Switch to System Settings -> Time & Date -> Time zone:
  4.  Change Time zone to something different (eg. New York). (Or wait for DST change: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time)

  Expected behaviour:
  - timer ringing as expected after timezone/DST change

  Current behaviour:
  - alarm is not ringing. (you could check active alarms in "Ubuntu Clock app)

  Proposal solution:
  - introduce new type of alarms, which is based on UTC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time) and independent from time zones.
  - This alatms will not be visible in applications which is using standard alarms (Ubuntu Clock, Ubuntu Calendar etc.)

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