Bug 462708

Summary:	[RHEL 4] tzdata updates needed for upcoming DST in Brazil and Argentina
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Petr Machata <pmachata>
Component:	tzdata	Assignee:	Petr Machata <pmachata>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.7	CC:	jrfuller, mnewsome, tao, vincew
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	ZStream
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Bug Depends On:	462707
Bug Blocks:	465457

Description Petr Machata 2008-09-18 14:20:54 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #462707 +++

Description of problem:

  - Argentina will start DST on Sunday October 19, 2008
    [formerly scheduled to October 5]

  - Brazil will start DST on 2008-10-19
    [formerly scheduled to October 12]
    This affects Brazil's federal district, Rio Grande Do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Rio De Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul (our zones America/Sao_Paulo, America/Campo_Grande and America/Cuiaba).

tzdata 2008f have the right dates in.

Comment 9 Issue Tracker 2008-10-03 21:33:21 UTC

jrfuller,

Ah yes, to prevent their DST ending prematurely/incorrectly on the 12th. 
Gotcha.  Thanks. 

--vince


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 issue 225698

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2008-10-08 13:18:57 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2008-0941.html