Time Zone Africa/Casablanca staying in DST

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • tzdata package does not account for DST changes for Morocco
  • The Moroccan government recently decided to keep DST year-round. As it stands, tzdata package versions up to tzdata-2018f-2.el7.noarch.rpm, tzdata-2018f-1.el6.noarch.rpm, and tzdata-2017b-1.el5.x86_64.rpm do not reflect this and will instruct the server to leave DST on October 28:
zdump -v /etc/localtime |grep 2018
/etc/localtime  Sun Mar 25 01:59:59 2018 UTC = Sun Mar 25 01:59:59 2018 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0
/etc/localtime  Sun Mar 25 02:00:00 2018 UTC = Sun Mar 25 03:00:00 2018 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600
/etc/localtime  Sun May 13 01:59:59 2018 UTC = Sun May 13 02:59:59 2018 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600
/etc/localtime  Sun May 13 02:00:00 2018 UTC = Sun May 13 02:00:00 2018 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0
/etc/localtime  Sun Jun 17 01:59:59 2018 UTC = Sun Jun 17 01:59:59 2018 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0
/etc/localtime  Sun Jun 17 02:00:00 2018 UTC = Sun Jun 17 03:00:00 2018 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600
/etc/localtime  Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2018 UTC = Sun Oct 28 02:59:59 2018 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600
/etc/localtime  Sun Oct 28 02:00:00 2018 UTC = Sun Oct 28 02:00:00 2018 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0

zdump -v Africa/Casablanca  | grep 2018
Africa/Casablanca  Sun Mar 25 01:59:59 2018 UTC = Sun Mar 25 01:59:59 2018 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0
Africa/Casablanca  Sun Mar 25 02:00:00 2018 UTC = Sun Mar 25 03:00:00 2018 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600
Africa/Casablanca  Sun May 13 01:59:59 2018 UTC = Sun May 13 02:59:59 2018 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600
Africa/Casablanca  Sun May 13 02:00:00 2018 UTC = Sun May 13 02:00:00 2018 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0
Africa/Casablanca  Sun Jun 17 01:59:59 2018 UTC = Sun Jun 17 01:59:59 2018 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0
Africa/Casablanca  Sun Jun 17 02:00:00 2018 UTC = Sun Jun 17 03:00:00 2018 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600
Africa/Casablanca  Sun Oct 28 01:59:59 2018 UTC = Sun Oct 28 02:59:59 2018 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600
Africa/Casablanca  Sun Oct 28 02:00:00 2018 UTC = Sun Oct 28 02:00:00 2018 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • tzdata-2018f-2.el7.noarch.rpm
  • tzdata-2018f-1.el6.noarch.rpm
  • tzdata-2017b-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

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