It won't help in a lot of cases, it's really hard to come up with a heuristic that approximates the reality (see http://www.worldtimezone.com/ for what timezones actually look like) and does not get it wrong for many important cities. It needs to be looked up in a database, if it's going to be done this way.
** Summary changed: - City (Pittsburgh) Associated w/ Wrong Timezone + Clock applet chooses wrong timezone for many cities (eg Pittsburgh, St Petersburgh, Beijing) -- Clock applet chooses wrong timezone for many cities (eg Pittsburgh, St Petersburgh, Beijing) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185190 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs