tzdata >= 2003a is needed by glibc
You need to upgrade all the rpms in the list at once. rpm -Uvh glibc*.rpm tzdata*.rpm
rpm -Uvh glibc*.rpm tzdata*.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:glibc-devel ########################################### [ 25%] 2:tzdata ########################################### [ 50%] 3:glibc warning: /etc/ld.so.cache created as /etc/ld.so.cache.rpmnew ########################################### [ 75%] 4:glibc-locales ########################################### [100%] Please edit the file /etc/locales.conf to manipulate which locales will be generated. Then issue the command "/usr/sbin/locales-gen"