Recommended update for timezone

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0642-1
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 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 (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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-timezone-13018=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-timezone-13018=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-timezone-13018=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-timezone-13018=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-timezone-13018=1
  • SUSE Cloud 5
    zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-timezone-13018=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1
    zypper in -t patch sleman21-timezone-13018=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
    zypper in -t patch slemap21-timezone-13018=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • timezone-2017a-0.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.48.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.48.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • timezone-2017a-0.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.48.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • timezone-2017a-0.48.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.48.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • timezone-2017a-0.48.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.48.2
  • SUSE Cloud 5 (x86_64)
    • timezone-2017a-0.48.1
  • SUSE Cloud 5 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.48.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1 (s390x x86_64)
    • timezone-2017a-0.48.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.48.2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 (x86_64)
    • timezone-2017a-0.48.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 (noarch)
    • timezone-java-2017a-0.48.2

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