Synopsis

tzdata enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated tzdata packages that add various enhancements are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extended Life Cycle Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
Long Life, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support, Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Extended Update Support,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Extended Update
Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Little Endian Extended Update Support, and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2.

Description

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

The tzdata packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2016g, which provides
a number of enhancements over the previous version, notably:

• This update takes into account that Turkey will not transition out of the DST
  (+03) time zone on 2016-10-30.
  
• A new leap second will be added on 2016-12-31 23:59:60 UTC, as specified in
  the IERS Bulletin C 52.
  

(BZ#1356223, BZ#1356224, BZ#1377711, BZ#1377715, BZ#1379602, BZ#1379621,
BZ#1380476, BZ#1380481)

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

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• 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 Server - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 7.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 7.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.7 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 i386
• 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 - Extended Life Cycle Support 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 5 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 Workstation 7 x86_64
• 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 7 x86_64
• 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 7 s390x
• 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 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.1 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• 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 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.2 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.1 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 5 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1377711 - Turkey stays on DST since 2016
• BZ - 1377715 - Turkey stays on DST since 2016
• BZ - 1379602 - A positive leap second will be added on 31st December 2016
• BZ - 1379621 - A positive leap second will be added on 31st December 2016
• BZ - 1380476 - Turkey stays on DST since 2016
• BZ - 1380481 - Daylight savings time to be permanent in Turkey

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
s390x
tzdata-2016g-2.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 502f3f1dac21aa68cc369f143bd8c678ec6defa0425ff2abeb03044f0dca59ca

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 5

SRPM
s390x
tzdata-2016g-2.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 502f3f1dac21aa68cc369f143bd8c678ec6defa0425ff2abeb03044f0dca59ca