RHEA-2012:1488 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new tzdata package that updates Daylight Saving Time observations for
several countries is now available.

Description

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

This updated package adds the following time-zone changes to the zone info
database:

• On October 24 2012, the Jordanian Cabinet rescinded a 2012-10-14

instruction to switch from daylight saving time (DST) to standard time on
2012-10-26. Instead, Jordan will remain on local DST (ITC +3) for the
2012-2013 Jordanian winter. (BZ#871993, BZ#871791, BZ#871994, BZ#871995)

• Cuba, which was scheduled to move back to standard time on 2012-11-12,

switched to standard time on 2012-11-04.

• In Brazil, the North Region state, Tocantins, will observe DST in

2012-2013. This is the first time Tocantins has observed DST since 2003. By
contrast, Bahia, a Northeast Region state, will not observe DST in
2012-2013. Like Tocantins, Bahia stopped observing DST in 2003. Bahia
re-introduced DST on October 16 2011. On October 17 2012, however, Bahia
Governor, Jaques Wagner, announced DST would not be observed in 2012,
citing public surveys showing most Bahia residents were opposed to it.
(BZ#871993, BZ#871791, BZ#871994, BZ#871995)

• Israel has new DST rules as of 2013. DST now starts at 02:00 on the

Friday before the last Sunday in March. DST now ends at 02:00 on the first
Sunday after October 1, unless this day is also the second day of (Rosh
Hashanah). In this case, DST ends a day later, at 02:00 on the first Monday
after October 2. (BZ#871993, BZ#871791, BZ#871994, BZ#871995)

• The Palestinian territories, which were scheduled to move back to

standard time on 2012-09-28, switched to standard time on 2012-09-21.

• Although Western Samoa has observed DST for two consecutive seasons

(2010-2011 and 2011-2012), there is no official indication of DST
continuing according to a set pattern for the foreseeable future. On
2012-09-04, the Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Labour announced
Samoa would observe DST from Sunday, 2012-09-30 until Sunday 2012-04-07.

All users, especially those in the locale affected by these time changes,
and users interacting with people or systems in the affected locale, are
advised to upgrade to this updated package, which includes these updates.

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.1 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 i386
• Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI) 6.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Storage 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 871791 - tzdata updates needed for changes in DST in Jordan
• BZ - 871993 - [RHEL 6] tzdata 2012h
• BZ - 871994 - [RHEL 4] tzdata 2012h
• BZ - 871995 - [RHEL 3] tzdata 2012h

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)