From the discussion in http://groups.google.com/group/taskjuggler-users/browse_thread/thread/f65a3efd4dcae2fc/a44c711a9d28ebee?show_docid=a44c711a9d28ebee

From: Chris Schlaeger <cs@kde.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:33:35 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Try to fix time zone check for glibc 2.11.
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Try to fix time zone check for glibc 2.11.

Reported-by: Lee <pFQh8RQn4fqB@dyweni.com>
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diff --git a/taskjuggler/Utility.cpp b/taskjuggler/Utility.cpp
index 5e2bf21..9b7fce2 100644
--- a/taskjuggler/Utility.cpp
+++ b/taskjuggler/Utility.cpp
@@ -206,16 +206,28 @@ setTimezone(const char* tZone)
 
     /* To validate the tZone value we call tzset(). It will convert the zone
      * into a three-letter acronym in case the tZone value is good. If not, it
-     * will just copy the wrong value to tzname[0] (glibc < 2.5) or fall back
-     * to UTC. */
+     * will
+     * - copy the wrong value to tzname[0] (glibc < 2.5)
+     * - or fall back to UTC (glibc >= 2.5 && < 2.11)
+     * - copy the part before the '/' to tzname[0] (glibc >= 2.11).
+     */
     tzset();
+    char* region = new(char[strlen(tZone) + 1]);
+    region[0] = 0;
+    if (strchr(tZone, '/'))
+    {
+        strcpy(region, tZone);
+        *strchr(region, '/') = 0;
+    }
     if (timezone2tz(tZone) == 0 &&
-        (strcmp(tzname[0], tZone) == 0 ||
+        (strcmp(tzname[0], tZone) == 0 || strcmp(tzname[0], region) == 0 ||
          (strcmp(tZone, "UTC") != 0 && strcmp(tzname[0], "UTC") == 0)))
     {
         UtilityError = QString(i18n("Illegal timezone '%1'")).arg(tZone);
+        delete region;
         return false;
     }
+    delete region;
 
     if (!LtHashTab)
         return true;