Issued:

2020-04-30

Updated:

2020-04-30

RHBA-2020:1982 - tzdata enhancement update

Synopsis

tzdata enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

Updated tzdata packages that add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Extended Life Cycle Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Telco Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

The tzdata packages contain data files with rules for various time zones.

The tzdata packages have been updated to version 2020a, which addresses recent time zone changes. Notably:

• In Morocco (the Africa/Casablanca time zone), daylight saving time starts on 2020-05-31 instead of on 2020-05-24.

• Canada's Yukon region (the America/Whitehorse and America/Dawson time zones) changed to a year-round UTC-07 time on 2020-03-08.

• The America/Godthab time zone has been renamed to America/Nuuk.

(BZ#1825277, BZ#1825261, BZ#1828187, BZ#1828231)

Users of tzdata are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add these enhancements.

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• tzdata-java-2020a-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el5.src.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el7.noarch.rpm
• tzdata-java-2020a-1.el7.noarch.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el7.src.rpm
• tzdata-java-2020a-1.el8.noarch.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el5.s390x.rpm
• tzdata-java-2020a-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el8.noarch.rpm
• tzdata-java-2020a-1.el5.i386.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el5.i386.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el6.src.rpm
• tzdata-2020a-1.el8.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

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