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<h1>Recommended update for timezone</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2026:4766-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-10-20T13:54:14Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264965">bsc#1264965</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284525">bsc#1284525</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that has two fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for timezone fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Update to version 2026e:<ul>
<li>Fix: Customer requesting new timezone patch for
British Columbia change to permanent DST (bsc#1284525):</li>
<li>Manitoba moves to permanent -05 on 2026-10-31</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update to version 2026d:<ul>
<li>Canada's Northwest Territories moved to permanent -06 on 2026-08-21</li>
<li>Obsolescent settings like TZ="EST5EDT" now conform better to POSIX</li>
<li>Fix security, performance and porting bugs in zic and localtime</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update to 2026c:<ul>
<li>Alberta moved to permanent -06 on 2026-06-18.</li>
<li>Morocco moves to permanent +00 on 2026-09-20.</li>
<li>More integer overflow bugs have been fixed in zic.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update to 2026b:<ul>
<li>British Columbia moved to permanent -07 on 2026-03-09. (bsc#1264965)</li>
<li>Some more overflow bugs have been fixed in zic.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update to 2026a:<ul>
<li>Moldova has used EU transition times since 2022.</li>
<li>The "right" TZif files are no longer installed by default.</li>
<li>-DTZ_RUNTIME_LEAPS=0 disables runtime support for leap seconds.</li>
<li>TZif files are no longer limited to 50 bytes of abbreviations.</li>
<li>zic is no longer limited to 50 leap seconds.</li>
<li>Several integer overflow bugs have been fixed.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Changes from 2025c:<ul>
<li>update Baja California DST rules in 1953, 1961-1975</li>
<li>An unset TZ is no longer invalid when /etc/localtime is
missing, and is abbreviated "UTC" not "-00".</li>
<li>tzset etc. are now more cautious about questionable TZ settings.</li>
<li>tzset etc. now treat ' ' like '_' in time zone abbreviations.</li>
<li>tzfree now preserves errno, consistently with POSIX.1-2024 'free'.</li>
<li>zic has new options inspired by FreeBSD. '-D' skips creation of
output ancestor directories, '-m MODE' sets output files mode,
and '-u OWNER[:GROUP]' sets output files owner and group.</li>
<li>multiple changes visible to developers</li>
<li>Use "REDO=posix_right" to keep installing "right" TZif files.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update to 2025b:<ul>
<li>New zone for Aisen Region in Chile (America/Coyhaique) which
moves from -04/-03 to -03</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update to 2025a:<ul>
<li>Paraguay adopts permanent -03 starting spring 2024</li>
<li>Improve pre-1991 data for the Philippines</li>
<li>Etc/Unknown is now reserved</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update to 2024b:<ul>
<li>Improve historical data for Mexico, Mongolia, and Portugal.</li>
<li>System V names are now obsolescent.</li>
<li>The main data form now uses %z.</li>
<li>The code now conforms to RFC 8536 for early timestamps.</li>
<li>Support POSIX.1-2024, which removes asctime_r and ctime_r.</li>
<li>Assume POSIX.2-1992 or later for shell scripts.</li>
<li>SUPPORT_C89 now defaults to 1.</li>
<li>Fixes testsuite failures for other packages</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2026-4766</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2026-4766</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>timezone-2026e-0.52.54.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (noarch)
<ul>
<li>timezone-java-2026e-0.52.54.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>timezone-2026e-0.52.54.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>timezone-java-2026e-0.52.54.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264965">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264965</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284525">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284525</a>
</li>
</ul>
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