Bug 1329799 - [RHEL6.7] Venezuela - Time zone change
Summary: [RHEL6.7] Venezuela - Time zone change
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: tzdata
Version: 6.7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: 6.7
Assignee: Patsy Griffin
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Reported: 2016-04-23 07:37 UTC by Muhammad Azhar Shaikh
Modified: 2019-10-10 11:57 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: tzdata-2016d-1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-04-24 02:56:58 UTC
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Description Muhammad Azhar Shaikh 2016-04-23 07:37:11 UTC 
From May 1st 2016 Venezuela's time zone will change from GMT -4.5 to GMT -4.

References:


http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/venezuela/caracas

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/15/venezuela-half-hour-time-change-energy-consumption

http://www.news18.com/news/tech/venezuela-shifts-time-zone-forward-30-minutes-to-save-electricity-1230794.html


Is there any need to update "tzdata" packages?

Will Red Hat release an update to handle that change?
Comment 2 Patsy Griffin 2016-04-24 02:56:58 UTC 
This change was included in the recent update to tzdata-2016d:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2016-0683.html
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