Bug 698397 - Timezone update - DST cancelled in Egypt
Summary: Timezone update - DST cancelled in Egypt
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: tzdata
Version: 5.6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: 5.6
Assignee: Petr Machata
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 698611 698612 698613
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Reported: 2011-04-20 19:42 UTC by Abdelrahman Hassan
Modified: 2018-11-14 12:51 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
: 698611 698612 698613 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-06 08:35:28 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
removes DST in Egypt starting 2011 (1.27 KB, patch)
2011-04-20 19:42 UTC, Abdelrahman Hassan
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2011:0493 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE tzdata enhancement update 2011-05-06 08:35:05 UTC

Description Abdelrahman Hassan 2011-04-20 19:42:56 UTC
Created attachment 493602 [details]
removes DST in Egypt starting 2011

Description of problem:
Egypt's interim government have cancelled DST.  Current version of timezone files would incorrectly switch to EEST at the end of this month.  Patch attached.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.TZ=Africa/Cairo date -d "next month"
  
Actual results:
Time given in EEST


Expected results:
Time should be in EET

Additional info:

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-06 08:35:28 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-2011-0493.html


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