Issued:

2014-06-10

Updated:

2014-06-10

RHEA-2014:0737 - tzdata enhancement update

Synopsis

tzdata enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated tzdata packages that add several enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

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

This update contains all the changes implemented in tzdata-2014c and tzdata-2014d, including the following enhancements:

• The Egyptian government decided that Egypt will observe daylight saving time (DST) in 2014, starting on May 15 at 24:00. The DST period will be interrupted during Ramadan. The respective tzdata rules have been updated to reflect this change.

• The zic time zone compiler can now generate correct time zone transitions for minimal time values, and thus generates files with valid time stamps.

(BZ#1099889, BZ#1102771)

All 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.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• tzdata-2014d-1.el7_0.noarch.rpm
• tzdata-java-2014d-1.el7_0.noarch.rpm
• tzdata-2014d-1.el7_0.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1099889
• This content is not included.BZ - 1102771

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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