Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1566 - perl-DateTime bug fix update


Synopsis

perl-DateTime bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated perl-DateTime packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

DateTime is a class for the representation of date/time combinations, and is part of the Perl DateTime project.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, DateTime::Duration did not recognize the leap to 2012-07-01, which led to inaccurate computing time duration through the 2012-06-30T23:59:60 second. To fix this bug, a leap second appended in the end of 2012-06-30 has been added to perl-DateTime leap second database. Time arithmetic using Perl modules DateTime and DateTime::Duration now recognizes the leap from 2012-06-30 second correctly. (BZ#978360)

Users of perl-DateTime are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/112588

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • perl-DateTime-0.5300-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • perl-DateTime-debuginfo-0.5300-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • perl-DateTime-debuginfo-0.5300-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • perl-DateTime-debuginfo-0.5300-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • perl-DateTime-0.5300-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • perl-DateTime-debuginfo-0.5300-2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • perl-DateTime-0.5300-2.el6.src.rpm
  • perl-DateTime-0.5300-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • perl-DateTime-0.5300-2.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information