Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:28:53 -0400
The file...
ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2008f.tar.gz
...is now available; it reflects changes circulated last week on the
time zone mailing list.

There may be another update soon to reflect the "perennial" changes to
Brazil that appeared last week on the list.

Below find proposed changes to data files in the time zone package.
The executive summary:

africa
Mauritius
DST 2008 ff. from last Sun Oct to last Sun Mar
Morocco
End of DST 2008 ff. changed from Sep 28 to Sep 1
asia
Gaza
End of DST 2008 ff. changed from second Thu in Sep to
last Thu in Aug
Pakistan
End of DST 2008 only changed from Sep 1 to Nov 1
europe
Turkey
Add comments about proposed changes in 2011
southamerica
Argentina
Start of DST 2008 ff. changed from first to third Sun
Brazil
Start of DST 2008 ff. changed from second to third Sun