I did a quick test in a jammy VM, and didn't observe this change:
ubuntu@j:~$ date
Fri Mar 1 13:29:18 EST 2024
ubuntu@j:~$ dpkg -l tzdata
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-====================-============-=======================================
ii tzdata 2023d-0ubuntu0.22.04 all time zone and
daylight-saving time data
(update in another terminal)
ubuntu@j:~$ date
Fri Mar 1 13:30:12 EST 2024
ubuntu@j:~$ dpkg -l tzdata
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-====================-============-=======================================
ii tzdata 2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04 all time zone and
daylight-saving time data
ubuntu@j:~$
** Changed in: tzdata (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2055718
Title:
Regression after update: timezone changed unexpectedly
Status in tzdata package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
A user reported this regression on
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/2052739:
"""
Hello.
After automatic upgrade of tzdata from 2023c-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 to
2024a-0ubuntu0.22.04
the previously set EST time zone was automatically changed to "America/Adak"
or "America/Indiana/Indianapolis" on all our servers (50+).
Look like a bug in tzdata configure script.
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