Issued:
2014-10-15
Updated:
2014-10-15

RHEA-2014:1621 - tzdata enhancement update

Synopsis

tzdata enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated tzdata packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • This update contains the changes implemented in tzdata-2014h that are all related to historical transition times. In particular, transition to standard time in Asia/Novokuznetsk on Jan 5 1920 actually took place on Apr 30 1924, transition to saving time in Jamaica took place not on Apr 28 1974, but already on Jan 6. In addition, a number of African zones (Africa/Blantyre, Bujumbura, Gaborone, Harare, Kigali, Lubumbashi, and Lusaka) have been merged with Africa/Maputo, because their transition times do not differ in post-1970 era. Africa/Maseru and Africa/Mbabane have now been merged to Africa/Johannesburg for the same reason. (BZ#1147318)

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

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.6s390x
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 - TUS6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.6i386
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 Server - AUS6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) - AUS6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server)6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node6.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • tzdata-2014h-1.el6.src.rpm
  • tzdata-2014h-1.el6.noarch.rpm
  • tzdata-java-2014h-1.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information