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Turkish authorities canceled dates of "daylight saving time " and decided to use GMT+3 anymore

Asked by Fatih Mehmet Aslan

Turkish authorities canceled dates of "daylight saving time " and decided to use GMT+3 anymore. Will Ubuntu supporters or authorities release a patch about this changes? If they decided to release a patch, When they will release a patch and what is the download address for this patch?

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Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Pls see:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+question/271666

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Fatih Mehmet Aslan (fatih.aslan) said : 		#2

Hi,
Turkish Authorities decided to change timezone again this year. And this situation is new. Turkey decided disuse to DST and use GMT+3 anymore.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

IANA http://www.iana.org/time-zones has not yet published the new version containing that change (2016g), but I am quite sure that whenever they do, Ubuntu will quickly update their packages.

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Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

Just linked a given bug-report – so the update is on it's way ;-)

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Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

It's preferred if the Questioner marks thsi as solved, when it's solved. Thanks!

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Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#6

Test: https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/turkey-scraps-dst-2016.html

Clock with Turkey-Time in right top corner there ;-)

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