SUSE-RU-2025:0831-1: moderate: Recommended update for timezone

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# Recommended update for timezone

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:0831-1  
Release Date: 2025-03-11T08:56:25Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

  
  
An update that can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for timezone fixes the following issues:

  * Update to 2025a:
    * Paraguay adopts permanent -03 starting spring 2024
    * Improve pre-1991 data for the Philippines
    * Etc/Unknown is now reserved
    * Improve historical data for Mexico, Mongolia, and Portugal
    * System V names are now obsolescent
    * The main data form now uses %z
    * The code now conforms to RFC 8536 for early timestamps
    * Support POSIX.1-2024, which removes asctime_r and ctime_r
    * Assume POSIX.2-1992 or later for shell scripts
    * SUPPORT_C89 now defaults to 1

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-831=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-831=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * timezone-2025a-74.82.1
    * timezone-debuginfo-2025a-74.82.1
    * timezone-debugsource-2025a-74.82.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
    * timezone-java-2025a-74.82.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    * timezone-2025a-74.82.1
    * timezone-debuginfo-2025a-74.82.1
    * timezone-debugsource-2025a-74.82.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch)
    * timezone-java-2025a-74.82.1

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