Synopsis
tzdata enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
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Topic
An updated tzdata package that adds enhancements is now available.
Description
The tzdata package contains data files with rules for various time zones
around the world.
This updated tzdata package addresses the following changes to Daylight
Savings Time (DST) observations:
- Cuba is starting DST on March 16 as of 2008 (it started DST on March 8 in
2007).
- Syria is starting DST on April 4 as of 2008 (it started DST on March 29
in 2007).
- Iraq is not observing DST in 2008.
- Pakistan will observe DST in 2008, beginning May 31. (This is the first
time Pakistan has observed DST since 2002.)
- Morocco will observe DST in 2008, beginning May 31. (This is the first
time Morocco has observed DST since 1978.)
Users in the affected locales, or users interacting with people or systems
in the affected locales, are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which adds these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM |
x86_64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
ia64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
i386 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM |
x86_64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
ia64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
i386 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6
SRPM |
x86_64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
ia64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
i386 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM |
x86_64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
i386 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM |
x86_64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
ia64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
i386 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM |
x86_64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
i386 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM |
x86_64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
i386 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM |
s390x |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM |
s390x |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
s390 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6
SRPM |
s390x |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
s390 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM |
ppc |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM |
ppc |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6
SRPM |
ppc |
tzdata-2008b-3.el4.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 24f1b83423ce13aa7b6898a65bdf5d107ea2ffdda148d60a99bf81f1d8bc0e09 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM |
x86_64 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |
i386 |
tzdata-2008b-3.el5.noarch.rpm
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SHA-256: 1521f5162c511edbe0bb44066a7404e93de54e6b8cdcb4576e7208d1e811ffae |