Recommended update for timezone

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for timezone
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0606-2
Rating: low
References: #923498
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update provides the latest timezone information (2015b) for your
    system, including the following changes:

    * Mongolia will start observing DST again in 2015, from the last
    Saturday in March to the last Saturday in September.
    * Palestine will start DST on March 28, not March 27.
    * Fix integer overflow bug in reference 'mktime' implementation.

    This release also includes changes affecting past time stamps and
    documentation. For a comprehensive list, refer to the release announcement
    from ICANN:

    * http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2015-March/000029.html

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-timezone-2015b=10517
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-timezone-2015b=10517
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-timezone-2015b=10517
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-timezone-2015b=10517

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (noarch) [New Version: 2015b]:
      • timezone-java-2015b-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2015b]:
      • timezone-2015b-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (noarch) [New Version: 2015b]:
      • timezone-java-2015b-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2015b]:
      • timezone-2015b-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (noarch) [New Version: 2015b]:
      • timezone-java-2015b-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2015b]:
      • timezone-2015b-0.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2015b]:
      • timezone-2015b-0.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (noarch) [New Version: 2015b]:
      • timezone-java-2015b-0.4.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/923498
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=38e89e00477ee1f3f0b64cf6f2818510
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=640dddbd5ccb7076e681d1f5ac832f93