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Description of problem: According to multiple sources, Morroco recently announced they were restoring DST. the summer time rule is correct, but the winter rule is not ; sources listed in the additional info state that winter time resumes at midnight between saturday and sunday whereas our rules resume it between sunday and monday at midnight Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): latest version of tzdata How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.zdump -v Africa/Casablanca | grep 2011 | tail -n 2 2. 3. Actual results: Africa/Casablanca Sun Jul 31 22:59:59 2011 UTC = Sun Jul 31 23:59:59 2011 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600 Africa/Casablanca Sun Jul 31 23:00:00 2011 UTC = Sun Jul 31 23:00:00 2011 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0 Expected results: Africa/Casablanca Sat Jul 30 22:59:59 2011 UTC = Sat Jul 30 23:59:59 2011 WEST isdst=1 gmtoff=3600 Africa/Casablanca Sat Jul 30 23:00:00 2011 UTC = Sat Jul 30 23:00:00 2011 WET isdst=0 gmtoff=0 Additional info: this is a continuation of the bz#692031 ; the websites are - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=60 - http://24timezones.com/world_directory/current_casablanca_time.php wikipedia has also been updated, but the governmental webpage doesn't display properly : http://www.map.ma/fr/sections/accueil/l_heure_legale_au_ma/view http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_around_the_world#Morocco
Since RHEL 6.1 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as exception or blocker. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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-2011-0493.html