Recommended update for timezone

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2748-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • 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 (2016i) for your system, including the following changes:

  • Pacific/Tongatapu begins DST on 2016-11-06 at 02:00, ending on 2017-01-15 at 03:00. (bsc#1007725)
  • Northern Cyprus is now +03 year round, causing a split in Cyprus time zones starting 2016-10-30 at 04:00. This creates a zone Asia/Famagusta. (bsc#1007726)
  • Antarctica/Casey switched from +08 to +11 on 2016-10-22.
  • Asia/Gaza and Asia/Hebron end DST on 2016-10-29 at 01:00, not 2016-10-21 at 00:00.
  • Asia/Colombo now uses numeric time zone abbreviations.

This release also includes changes affecting past time stamps and documentation.

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 Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1621=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2016-1621=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2016-1621=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2016-1621=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1621=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1621=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1621=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1621=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1621=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1621=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • timezone-debugsource-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-2016i-63.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2016i-63.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.63.1

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