Recommended update for timezone

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0643-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides the latest timezone information (2017a) for your system, including the following changes:

  • Mongolia no longer observes DST. (bsc#1024676)
  • Chile's Region of Magallanes moves from -04/-03 to -03 year-round starting 2017-05-13 23:00. Split from America/Santiago creating a new zone America/Punta_Arenas. Also affects Antarctica/Palmer. (bsc#1024677)
  • Fixes to historical time stamps: Spain, Ecuador, Atyrau, Oral.
  • Switch to numeric, or commonly used time zone abbreviations.
  • zic(8) no longer mishandles some transitions in January 2038.
  • date and strftime now cause %z to generate "-0000" instead of "+0000" when the UT offset is zero and the time zone abbreviation begins with "-".

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-354=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-354=1

Package List:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
    • timezone-2017a-70.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1

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