Issued:
2026-03-17
Updated:
2026-03-17

RHBA-2026:4833 - tzdata bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

tzdata bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update for tzdata is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.

Description

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

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • Update to tzdata-2026a [rhel-7-els] (JIRA:RHEL-154798)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x

Updated Packages

  • tzdata-2026a-1.el7.noarch.rpm
  • tzdata-2026a-1.el7.src.rpm
  • tzdata-java-2026a-1.el7.noarch.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information