* etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/lib/byobu/time_utc,

usr/share/byobu/profiles/common, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
  - daylight savings really sucks for those few weeks now when the
    US is completely different from the rest of the world; having
    a UTC time byobu status is really useful, LP: #540038

debian/changelog

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 byobu (2.65) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * etc/byobu/statusrc, usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/lib/byobu/time_utc,
+    usr/share/byobu/profiles/common, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
+    - daylight savings really sucks for those few weeks now when the
+      US is completely different from the rest of the world; having
+      a UTC time byobu status is really useful, LP: #540038
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:06:51 -0600
 

etc/byobu/statusrc

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ reboot_required=1
 release=1
 services=1
 time=1
+time_utc=0
 users=0
 updates_available=1
 uptime=1

usr/bin/byobu-config

@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ def readstatus():
     status["release"]=1
     status["services"]=1
     status["time"]=1
+    status["time_utc"]=0
     status["users"]=0
     status["updates_available"]=1
     status["uptime"]=1

usr/lib/byobu/time_utc

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+#    time_utc - print UTC time in HH:MM
+#    Copyright (C) 2010 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+case "$1" in
+	--detail)
+		date -u
+	;;
+	*)
+		printf "%s UTC" $(date -u +%H:%M)
+	;;
+esac
+

usr/share/byobu/profiles/common

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ backtick 128 	23	23		byobu-status fan_speed
 backtick 129 	67	67		byobu-status apport
 backtick 130 	5	5		byobu-status custom
 backtick 131 	53	53		byobu-status services
+backtick 132 	11	11		byobu-status time_utc
 
 hardstatus alwayslastline
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ source $HOME/.byobu/keybindings
 caption always "%12`%?%-Lw%50L>%?%{=r}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{-}%12`%?%+Lw%?%11` %=%12`%110`%109`%122`%111`%10`%<"
 
 # Status string, last line
-hardstatus string '%99`%{-}%{=r}%12` %100`%112`%= %130`%102`%101`%129`%131`%127`%114`%115`%108`%128`%125`%126`%113`%119`%117`%116`%106`%104`%103`%105`%107`%123`%120`%121`'
+hardstatus string '%99`%{-}%{=r}%12` %100`%112`%= %130`%102`%101`%129`%131`%127`%114`%115`%108`%128`%125`%126`%113`%119`%117`%116`%106`%104`%103`%105`%107`%123`%132`%120`%121`'
 
 # NOTE: Older version of screen have an arbitrary limit of only being able
 # to change colors 16 times in this 'hardstatus string'.

usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ byobu \- wrapper script for seeding a user's byobu configuration and launching s
 
 \fBtime\fP \- the system time in HH:MM:SS format; displayed in the lower bar on the far right in the default text and default background colors
 
+\fBtime_utc\fP \- the UTC system time in HH:MMformat; displayed in the lower bar on the far right in dark text on a light background
+
 \fBupdates_available\fP \- the number of updates available on the system; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in white text on a red background with a trailing '!' sign; if any updates are marked 'security updates', then there will be a total of two trailing exclamation points, '!!'
 
 \fBuptime\fP \- the total system uptime since last boot; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in blue text on a grey background