Why does the Timezone change after a 'yum update' in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6 system?

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Issue

  • Why does timezone change after running yum update or applying security updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6?
  • Why does timezone change after updating tzdata ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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