updated timezone database to 2008e, closes #806
forgotten changelog entry in cf00bfb7a3dd38793372ec8e397b2a6175808e4f, refs #806
merge f7f185ea037e548bde05e441edd411ca6993b55f...31952fb8acf9fd57be7245d64fbed76cdb50df54 (from 0.11)
some 1.0.0beta1 version info