Recommended update for timezone

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for timezone
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0643-1
Rating: low
References: #1024676 #1024677
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
  • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7

  • An update that has two recommended 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 Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-354=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-354=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-354=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-354=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-354=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-354=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-354=1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-354=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):
      • timezone-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (noarch):
      • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • timezone-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):
      • timezone-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • timezone-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • timezone-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (noarch):
      • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • timezone-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • timezone-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • timezone-java-2017a-0.70.1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64):
      • timezone-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debuginfo-2017a-70.1
      • timezone-debugsource-2017a-70.1

    References: