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Bug 155907

Summary: Timezone Information Needs to be Updated for Australia/Perth
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: James Purser <purserj>
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: normal CC: scott-gentoo
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description James Purser 2006-11-21 19:02:28 UTC
The Western Australian Government has passed a law enabling a three year trial of daylight savings commencing 3rd December 2006. This will mean that from 3rd December until sometime in March Australia/Perth will be +0900 instead of +0800.

News Article as confirmation:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1794214.htm
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-11-21 21:16:44 UTC
You'll need to wait until new timezone-data version is available...