Time Zone Africa/Casablanca staying in DST
Issue
tzdatapackage does not account for DST changes for Morocco- The Moroccan government recently decided to keep DST year-round. As it stands,
tzdatapackage versions up totzdata-2018f-2.el7.noarch.rpm,tzdata-2018f-1.el6.noarch.rpm, andtzdata-2017b-1.el5.x86_64.rpmdo 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.rpmtzdata-2018f-1.el6.noarch.rpmtzdata-2017b-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.
Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.
