security advisorylow severitytzdata
Low: tzdata update. Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:15:13 -0500 Reply-To: Troy Dawson Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Troy Dawson Subject: Security ERRATA for tzdata on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64 Comments: To: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Synopsis: Low: tzdata update Issue date: 2007-10-26 A tzdata enhancement, with updates for Venezuela, Indiana, Egypt, Gaza, South Australia, Antarctica, Brazil, and Iran is now available. The tzdata package contains data files with information regarding and rules for daylight saving times in various timezones around the world. The updated package contains up to date rules for the following timezones: * Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, and Pike Counties, Indiana, switch from Central Standard Time(CST) to Eastern Standard Time(EST) in November. * South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales are changing the Daylight Savings Time rules for next year. * Several Antarctic stations rules were not properly updated to account for this year's change to the New Zealand daylight saving rules. * Brazil will observe Daylight Savings Time from October 14 2007 to February 17 2008. * Egypt and Gaza switched to Daylight Savings Time on September 7 not September 24. * Iran resumes Daylight Savings Time next year. * Venezuela is scheduled to change time zone to -4:30 on January 1. SL 4.x SRPMS: tzdata-2007h-1.el4.src.rpm i386: tzdata-2007h-1.el4.noarch.rpm x86_64: tzdata-2007h-1.el4.noarch.rpm SL 5.x SRPMS: tzdata-2007h-1.el5.src.rpm i386: tzdata-2007h-1.el5.noarch.rpm x86_64: tzdata-2007h-1.el5.noarch.rpm -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson . Acquire the recent tzdata patch for Scientific Linux to rectify time zone modifications across various global areas.. tzdata, Scientific Linux, time zone, errata, update. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 31, 2007
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