diff --git a/base/tzdata/destdir.patch b/base/tzdata/destdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4230d64ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/tzdata/destdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../tzdata/destdir.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# 
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+# 
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+--- ./Makefile.orig	2007-12-27 17:14:21.000000000 +0000
++++ ./Makefile	2008-01-31 03:19:05.000000000 +0000
+@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
+ cc=		cc
+ CC=		$(cc) -DTZDIR=\"$(TZDIR)\"
+ 
++RANLIB=		ranlib
+ TZCSRCS=	zic.c localtime.c asctime.c scheck.c ialloc.c
+ TZCOBJS=	zic.o localtime.o asctime.o scheck.o ialloc.o
+ TZDSRCS=	zdump.c localtime.c ialloc.c
+@@ -282,29 +283,30 @@
+ 
+ install:	all $(DATA) $(REDO) $(TZLIB) $(MANS) $(TABDATA)
+ 		$(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) \
+-			-d $(TZDIR) -l $(LOCALTIME) -p $(POSIXRULES)
+-		-rm -f $(TZDIR)/iso3166.tab $(TZDIR)/zone.tab
+-		cp iso3166.tab zone.tab $(TZDIR)/.
+-		-mkdir $(TOPDIR) $(ETCDIR)
+-		cp tzselect zic zdump $(ETCDIR)/.
+-		-mkdir $(TOPDIR) $(MANDIR) \
+-			$(MANDIR)/man3 $(MANDIR)/man5 $(MANDIR)/man8
+-		-rm -f $(MANDIR)/man3/newctime.3 \
+-			$(MANDIR)/man3/newtzset.3 \
+-			$(MANDIR)/man5/tzfile.5 \
+-			$(MANDIR)/man8/tzselect.8 \
+-			$(MANDIR)/man8/zdump.8 \
+-			$(MANDIR)/man8/zic.8
+-		cp newctime.3 newtzset.3 $(MANDIR)/man3/.
+-		cp tzfile.5 $(MANDIR)/man5/.
+-		cp tzselect.8 zdump.8 zic.8 $(MANDIR)/man8/.
++			-d $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR) -p $(POSIXRULES)
++		ln -sf ..$(TZDIR)$(LOCALTIME) $(DESTDIR)/etc/localtime
++		-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)/iso3166.tab $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)/zone.tab
++		cp iso3166.tab zone.tab $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)/.
++		-mkdir $(DESTDIR)$(TOPDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(ETCDIR)
++		cp tzselect zic zdump $(DESTDIR)$(ETCDIR)/.
++		-mkdir $(DESTDIR)$(TOPDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR) \
++			$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man3 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8
++		-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man3/newctime.3 \
++			$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man3/newtzset.3 \
++			$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5/tzfile.5 \
++			$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8/tzselect.8 \
++			$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8/zdump.8 \
++			$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8/zic.8
++		cp newctime.3 newtzset.3 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man3/.
++		cp tzfile.5 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5/.
++		cp tzselect.8 zdump.8 zic.8 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8/.
+ 
+ INSTALL:	ALL install date.1
+-		-mkdir $(TOPDIR) $(BINDIR)
+-		cp date $(BINDIR)/.
+-		-mkdir $(TOPDIR) $(MANDIR) $(MANDIR)/man1
+-		-rm -f $(MANDIR)/man1/date.1
+-		cp date.1 $(MANDIR)/man1/.
++		-mkdir $(DESTDIR)$(TOPDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
++		cp date $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/.
++		-mkdir $(DESTDIR)$(TOPDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
++		-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/date.1
++		cp date.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/.
+ 
+ zdump:		$(TZDOBJS)
+ 		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LFLAGS) $(TZDOBJS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+@@ -317,10 +319,10 @@
+ 		chmod +x yearistype
+ 
+ posix_only:	zic $(TDATA)
+-		$(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) -d $(TZDIR) -L /dev/null $(TDATA)
++		$(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) -d $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR) -L /dev/null $(TDATA)
+ 
+ right_only:	zic leapseconds $(TDATA)
+-		$(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) -d $(TZDIR) -L leapseconds $(TDATA)
++		$(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) -d $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR) -L leapseconds $(TDATA)
+ 
+ # In earlier versions of this makefile, the other two directories were
+ # subdirectories of $(TZDIR).  However, this led to configuration errors.
+@@ -332,9 +334,9 @@
+ # You must replace all of $(TZDIR) to switch from not using leap seconds
+ # to using them, or vice versa.
+ other_two:	zic leapseconds $(TDATA)
+-		$(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) -d $(TZDIR)-posix -L /dev/null $(TDATA)
++		$(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) -d $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)/posix -L /dev/null $(TDATA)
+ 		$(ZIC) -y $(YEARISTYPE) \
+-			-d $(TZDIR)-leaps -L leapseconds $(TDATA)
++			-d $(DESTDIR)$(TZDIR)/right -L leapseconds $(TDATA)
+ 
+ posix_right:	posix_only other_two
+ 
+@@ -343,10 +345,10 @@
+ zones:		$(REDO)
+ 
+ $(TZLIB):	$(LIBOBJS)
+-		-mkdir $(TOPDIR) $(LIBDIR)
+-		ar ru $@ $(LIBOBJS)
++		-mkdir $(DESTDIR)$(TOPDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
++		ar ru $(DESTDIR)$@ $(LIBOBJS)
+ 		if [ -x /usr/ucb/ranlib -o -x /usr/bin/ranlib ] ; \
+-			then ranlib $@ ; fi
++			then $(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$@ ; fi
+ 
+ # We use the system's logwtmp in preference to ours if available.
+ 
diff --git a/base/tzdata/tzdata.conf b/base/tzdata/tzdata.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fdbc91f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/tzdata/tzdata.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../tzdata/tzdata.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# 
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+custextract='tzcode_extract'
+hook_add prepatch 5 'tzdata_extract'
+
+tzcode_extract() {
+	local taropt_orig="$taropt"
+	mkdir -p "${xsrctar%%.*}"
+	taropt="-C ${xsrctar%%.*} $taropt_orig"
+	autoextract_tar_bz2 "$@"
+	taropt="$taropt_orig"
+}
+
+tzdata_extract() {
+	echo_status 'extracting tzdata'
+	tar -v $taropt $( match_source_file -p tzdata )
+}
+
+# they add some options when setting CC in the Makefile, we have to override $(cc)
+makeopt="cc=$CC AWK=$AWK RANLIB=$RANLIB"
+# use `zic` from the PATH, instead of the just compiled one
+var_append makeopt ' ' 'zic=zic'
+
+var_append makeopt ' ' "TOPDIR=/$prefix"
+var_append makeopt ' ' "ETCDIR=$sbindir"	# no, this is not a typo
+var_append makeopt ' ' "TZDIR=$datadir/zoneinfo"
+
+makeinstopt="$makeopt DESTDIR=$root install"
diff --git a/base/tzdata/tzdata.desc b/base/tzdata/tzdata.desc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5de6e2943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/tzdata/tzdata.desc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+[COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+[COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] Filename: package/.../tzdata/tzdata.desc
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+[COPY] 
+[COPY] This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+[COPY] it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+[COPY] the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+[COPY] GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+[COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+[I] The zoneinfo database
+
+[T] The zoneinfo database, also called the tz database, is a collaborative
+[T] compilation of information about the world's time zones, primarily
+[T] intended for use with computer programs and operating systems.
+[T]
+[T] Glibc comes with it's own copy if these tools and data files
+
+[U] http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm
+
+[A] Arthur David Olson
+[M] Alejandro Mery <amery@opensde.org>
+
+[C] extra/base
+
+[L] PublicDomain
+[S] Stable
+[V] 2007k
+[P] O -1---5---9 200.000
+
+[D] 1327969610 tzcode2007k.tar.gz ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/
+[D] 1053337723 tzdata2007k.tar.gz ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/