tzdata (2025c-2) unstable; urgency=medium

   Starting with version 2025c-2, the /etc/timezone file is completely ignored
   by tzdata maintainer scripts, and is removed during upgrade from previous
   versions.

   The system's timezone configuration can still be done interactively using
   Debconf by reconfiguring the tzdata package, using 'dpkg-reconfigure
   tzdata'. The way to programmatically read or configure the system's
   timezone is described in /usr/share/doc/tzdata/README.Debian.

 -- Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>  Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:51:19 +0100

tzdata (2024b-6) unstable; urgency=medium

   Previously, the tzdata package in Debian used the /etc/timezone file to
   configure the system's timezone. This method is not supported by systemd
   and certain desktop environments, which instead only change the
   /etc/localtime symlink to point to a file in /usr/share/zoneinfo.

   For this reason, starting with version 2024b-5, the tzdata package no
   longer automatically creates the /etc/timezone file, but still updates it
   if it exists. In a future release, the /etc/timezone file will be
   automatically removed and support for it in the maintainer scripts will be
   completely dropped. The debian-installer from Trixie also no longer creates
   this file. It should be fine to just remove this file, but it is also fine
   waiting for the automatic removal in a future release.

   The system's timezone configuration can still be done interactively using
   Debconf by reconfiguring the tzdata package, using 'dpkg-reconfigure
   tzdata'. The way to programmatically read or configure the system's
   timezone is described in /usr/share/doc/tzdata/README.Debian.

 -- Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:25:11 +0100

tzdata (2023d-1) unstable; urgency=medium

    From 2023c-8 on the tzdata package ships only timezones that follow the
    current rules of geographical region (continent or ocean) and city name.
    All legacy timezone symlinks (old or merged timezones mentioned in the
    upstream backward file) were moved to tzdata-legacy. This includes the
    US/* timezones.

    Please install tzdata-legacy in case you need the legacy timezones or to
    restore the previous behavior. This might be needed in case the system
    provides timezone-aware data over the network (e. g. SQL databases).

 -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>  Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:17:33 +0100
