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postinst is in tzdata 2016j-0ubuntu0.12.04.

This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.

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#! /bin/sh
set -e

LC_ALL=C
LANG=C
unset TZ
umask 022

. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
db_version 2.0

if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
    # If the user prefers to manage the time zone by itself, let him doing that.

    if ! [ -e /etc/timezone ] && [ -z "$DEBCONF_RECONFIGURE" ] ; then
        db_stop
        echo
        echo "User defined time zone, leaving /etc/localtime unchanged."
    else
    
        # Get the values from debconf
        AREA=Etc
        ZONE=UTC
        db_get tzdata/Areas && AREA="$RET"
        db_get tzdata/Zones/$AREA && ZONE="$RET"
        db_stop
    
        # Update the time zone
        echo $AREA/$ZONE > /etc/timezone
	cp -f /usr/share/zoneinfo/$AREA/$ZONE /etc/localtime.dpkg-new && \
	    mv -f /etc/localtime.dpkg-new /etc/localtime
	which restorecon >/dev/null 2>&1 && restorecon /etc/localtime
    
        echo 
        echo "Current default time zone: '$AREA/$ZONE'"
    fi

    # Show the new setting to the user
    TZBase=$(LC_ALL=C TZ=UTC0 date)
    UTdate=$(LC_ALL=C TZ=UTC0 date -d "$TZBase")
    TZdate=$(unset TZ ; LANG=C date -d "$TZBase")
    echo "Local time is now:      $TZdate."
    echo "Universal Time is now:  $UTdate."
    if [ -z "$DEBCONF_RECONFIGURE" ] ; then
        echo "Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it."
    fi
    echo
fi



exit 0