Recommended update for timezone, timezone-java

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for timezone, timezone-java
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3740-2
Rating: moderate
References: #1104700 #1113554
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4

An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides the latest time zone definitions (2018g), including the following changes:

  • Morocco switched from +00/+01 to permanent +01 effective 2018-10-28 (bsc#1113554)
  • Volgograd moves from +03 to +04 on 2018-10-28.
  • Fiji ends DST 2019-01-13, not 2019-01-20.
  • Most of Chile changes DST dates, effective 2019-04-06 (bsc#1104700)
  • Corrections to past timestamps of DST transitions
  • Use "PST" and "PDT" for Philippine time
  • minor code changes to zic handling of the TZif format
  • documentation updates

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Recommended 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 Server 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-2637=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2018-2637=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • timezone-2018g-74.17.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2018g-74.17.1
    • timezone-debugsource-2018g-74.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (noarch):
    • timezone-java-2018g-0.74.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (noarch):
    • timezone-java-2018g-0.74.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (x86_64):
    • timezone-2018g-74.17.1
    • timezone-debuginfo-2018g-74.17.1
    • timezone-debugsource-2018g-74.17.1

References: