[Bug 2097050] [NEW] America/New_York can't be found

[Taylor Brown]

Public bug reported:

My c++ code that calls std::chrono::locate_zone("America/New_York")
throws a runtime error: "cannot locate zone: America/New_York"

This code worked on my Ubuntu machine until the recent update. It also
works on other OS's such as Fedora.

I didn't realize this was an Ubuntu bug initially. The full problem
description is mentioned in my SO thread:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79400659/stdchronotzdb-cannot-
locate-zone-america-new-york

A responder noticed that Move-UNIX-System-V-zones-back-from-backzone-to-
backwards.patch has some aliases removed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: tzdata 2024b-0ubuntu0.24.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-52.53-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-52-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jan 30 17:46:27 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-12-01 (427 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230807.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: tzdata
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-08-31 (152 days ago)

** Affects: tzdata (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble

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Title:
  America/New_York can't be found

Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  My c++ code that calls std::chrono::locate_zone("America/New_York")
  throws a runtime error: "cannot locate zone: America/New_York"

  This code worked on my Ubuntu machine until the recent update. It also
  works on other OS's such as Fedora.

  I didn't realize this was an Ubuntu bug initially. The full problem
  description is mentioned in my SO thread:
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79400659/stdchronotzdb-cannot-
  locate-zone-america-new-york

  A responder noticed that Move-UNIX-System-V-zones-back-from-backzone-
  to-backwards.patch has some aliases removed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: tzdata 2024b-0ubuntu0.24.04
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-52.53-generic 6.8.12
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-52-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Jan 30 17:46:27 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-12-01 (427 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230807.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: tzdata
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-08-31 (152 days ago)

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