Scientific Linux SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x Advisory: tzdata Enhancement Update

Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:38:11 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Low: tzdata on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Low: tzdata enhancement update
Issue date:	2009-04-15

This updated package addresses the following changes to Daylight Saving
Time (DST) observations:

* Morocco will observe DST from 2009-06-01 00:00 to 2009-08-21 00:00.

* Tunisia will not observe DST this year.

* Syria started DST on 2009-03-27 00:00 this year.

* Cuba started DST at midnight between 2009-03-07 and 2009-03-08.

* the Province of San Luis, Argentina, went to UTC-04:00 on 2009-03-15.

* Palestine started DST on 2009-03-26 and end 2009-09-27.

* Pakistan will observe DST between 2009-04-15 and, probably, 2009-11-01.

* Egypt ends DST on 2009-09-24.

All users, especially those in locales affected by these time changes
and users interacting with people or systems in the affected locales,
are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds these
enhancements.

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
tzdata-2009f-1.el3.src.rpm
 i386:
tzdata-2009f-1.el3.noarch.rpm
 x86_64:
tzdata-2009f-1.el3.noarch.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
tzdata-2009f-1.el4.src.rpm
 i386:
tzdata-2009f-1.el4.noarch.rpm
 x86_64:
tzdata-2009f-1.el4.noarch.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
tzdata-2009f-1.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
tzdata-2009f-1.el5.noarch.rpm
 x86_64:
tzdata-2009f-1.el5.noarch.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson