updated timezone database to 2008e, closes #730
forgotten changelog entry in 3db9ce18b9051ed56bc8c8d63c185df6fbf6c608, refs #730
merge e85fa4e48a13d27176ce3193720028542fd87774 to df0b0b189420040782a47b65aeb1f526a0c21f6c (from 0.11)
some 1.0.0beta1 version info