[El-errata] ELEA-2013-0880 Oracle Linux 6 tzdata enhancement update

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Thu May 30 15:33:04 PDT 2013


Oracle Linux Enhancement Advisory ELEA-2013-0880

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2013-0880.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
tzdata-2013c-1.el6.noarch.rpm
tzdata-java-2013c-1.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
tzdata-2013c-1.el6.noarch.rpm
tzdata-java-2013c-1.el6.noarch.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/tzdata-2013c-1.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2013c-1]
- Upstream 2013c
   - Sync past stamps for Palestine and West Bank with timeanddate.com
   - Assume that the recent change to Paraguay's DST rules is permanent
   - Macquarie was uninhabited between 1919 and 1948.  It's also part
     of Australia (update in zone.tab).

[2013b-2]
- Palestine starts Daylight Saving Time on March 29, 2013
   (tzdata-2013b-gaza.patch)

[2013b-1]
- Upstream 2013b
   - Paraguay will end DST on March 24 this year
   - Haiti uses US daylight-saving rules this year
   - Morocco does not observe DST during Ramadan
- Upstream 2013a
   - Retire Chile patch, 2013a has the data
   - New Zones Asia/Khandyga, Asia/Ust-Nera, Europe/Busingen
   - Many changes in historical timestamps





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