Recommended update for timezone

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2773-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Cloud 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1

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.

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-12844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-timezone-12844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2
    zypper in -t patch slessp2-timezone-12844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-timezone-12844=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-timezone-12844=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-timezone-12844=1
  • SUSE Cloud 5
    zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-timezone-12844=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1
    zypper in -t patch sleman21-timezone-12844=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
    zypper in -t patch slemap21-timezone-12844=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • timezone-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • timezone-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • timezone-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • timezone-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.42.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • timezone-2016i-0.42.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Cloud 5 (x86_64)
    • timezone-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Cloud 5 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1 (s390x x86_64)
    • timezone-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 (x86_64)
    • timezone-2016i-0.42.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2016i-0.42.1

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