Recommended update for timezone

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:13996-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for timezone fixes the following issues:

timezone was updated to 2019a (bsc#1130557):

  • Palestine "springs forward" on 2019-03-30 instead of 2019-03-23
  • Metlakatla "fell back" to rejoin Alaska Time on 2019-01-20 at 02:00
  • Israel observed DST in 1980 (08-02/09-13) and 1984 (05-05/08-25)
  • zic now has an -r option to limit the time range of output data

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-timezone-13996=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-timezone-13996=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-timezone-13996=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-timezone-13996=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • timezone-2019a-0.52.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2019a-0.52.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2019a-0.52.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • timezone-2019a-0.52.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2019a-0.52.23.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • timezone-2019a-0.52.23.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2019a-0.52.23.1

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