Comment 12 for bug 1158834

Do you mean hard link /usr/share/Asia/Jerusalem to /etc/localtime?
Or copy the zic created file to /etc/localtime and then hardlink it to
/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jerusalem?

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:06 PM, MikeR <email address hidden> wrote:

> The zic command creates the Asia/Jerusalem file.
> instead of copying, do:
>
> # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jerusalem /etc/localtime
> # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jerusalem
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tel_Aviv
>
> You can then try
>
> zdump -v Asia/Tel_Aviv | grep 2013 ... or, of course, any other year
>
> If you link instead of copy any changes in Asia/Jerusalem will
> automagically be reflected in the other two locations
>
> N.B. Still no official patch. The above workaround is in *no way*
> guaranteed!!
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158834
>
> Title:
> Daylight saving dates for Asia/Jerusalem need updating
>
> Status in “tzdata” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> The new POSIX definitions for daylight-saving in Israel are:
> # The law has been changed (2012-11-05): As of 2013,
> # DST starts at 02:00 on the Friday before the last Sunday in March.
> # DST ends at 02:00 on the first Sunday after October 1
> # unless it occurs on the second day of the Jewish Rosh Hashana
> holiday, in which case,
> # DST ends a day later (i.e. at 02:00 the first Monday after October 1
> #Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT
> SAVE LETTER/S
> Rule Zion 2013 max - Mar Fri>=23 2:00
> 1:00 D
> Rule Zion 2013 2026 - Oct Sun>=2
> 2:00 0 S
> Rule Zion 2027 only - Oct 4
> 2:00 0 S
> Rule Zion 2028 2053 - Oct Sun>=2
> 2:00 0 S
>
> In 2013 the change to DST is the same as before: 29-Mar-2013
> However the change to Standard time has moved from 28-Sep to 6-Oct
>
> This has been officially announced by the Knesset (Israeli parliament)
> but the documents are in Hebrew
> I do not know whether this falls under 'bugs' or 'update request'
>
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