RHEA-2009:0422 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new tzdata package that updates Daylight Saving Time observations in
several locales is now available.

Description

The tzdata package contains data files with rules for various time zones
around the world.

This updated package addresses the following changes to Daylight Saving
Time (DST) observations:

• Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00.
• Tunisia will not observe DST this year.
• Syria started DST on 2009-03-27 00:00 this year.
• Cuba started DST at midnight between 2009-03-07 and 2009-03-08.
• the Province of San Luis, Argentina, went to UTC-04:00 on 2009-03-15.
• Palestine started DST on 2009-03-26 and end 2009-09-27.
• Pakistan will observe DST between 2009-04-15 and, probably, 2009-11-01.
• Egypt ends DST on 2009-09-24.

All users, especially those in locales affected by these time changes and
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/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 495473 - [RHEL 3] Pakistan plan to introduce DST from April 15, 2009 - need updated tzdata urgently!
• BZ - 495471 - [RHEL 4] Pakistan plan to introduce DST from April 15, 2009 - need updated tzdata urgently!
• BZ - 495474 - [RHEL 2.1] Pakistan plan to introduce DST from April 15, 2009 - need updated tzdata urgently!
• BZ - 492263 - [RHEL 5] tzdata incorrect from Africa/Cairo
• BZ - 495488 - [RHEL 4] tzdata incorrect from Africa/Cairo
• BZ - 495489 - [RHEL 3] tzdata incorrect from Africa/Cairo
• BZ - 495490 - [RHEL 2.1] tzdata incorrect from Africa/Cairo

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)