diff -Nru python-tz-2012c/debian/changelog python-tz-2012c/debian/changelog
--- python-tz-2012c/debian/changelog	2014-02-23 13:53:17.000000000 +0000
+++ python-tz-2012c/debian/changelog	2015-10-02 14:38:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+python-tz (2012c-1ubuntu0.1) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch:
+    - use utf8 encoding to be compatible with new tzdata versions 
+      (lp: #1473533)
+
+ -- Robert C Jennings <robert.jennings@canonical.com>  Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:38:53 -0500
+
 python-tz (2012c-1build1) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * Rebuild to drop files installed into /usr/share/pyshared.
diff -Nru python-tz-2012c/debian/control python-tz-2012c/debian/control
--- python-tz-2012c/debian/control	2012-06-06 02:12:38.000000000 +0000
+++ python-tz-2012c/debian/control	2015-10-02 14:38:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Source: python-tz
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Debian/Ubuntu Zope Team <pkg-zope-developers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian/Ubuntu Zope Team <pkg-zope-developers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Brian Sutherland <brian@vanguardistas.net>,
            Fabio Tranchitella <kobold@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
diff -Nru python-tz-2012c/debian/patches/series python-tz-2012c/debian/patches/series
--- python-tz-2012c/debian/patches/series	2010-01-27 17:57:30.000000000 +0000
+++ python-tz-2012c/debian/patches/series	2015-10-02 14:38:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 tzdata
+use_utf8_encoding.patch
diff -Nru python-tz-2012c/debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch python-tz-2012c/debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch
--- python-tz-2012c/debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ python-tz-2012c/debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch	2015-10-02 14:38:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Description: use utf8 encoding to be compatible with new tzdata versions
+Origin: upstream, http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~stub/pytz/devel/revision/367
+Bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pytz/+bug/1473533
+
+=== modified file 'src/pytz/__init__.py'
+---
+ pytz/__init__.py |    4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+Index: b/pytz/__init__.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/pytz/__init__.py
++++ b/pytz/__init__.py
+@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class _CountryTimezoneDict(_LazyDict):
+         zone_tab = open_resource('zone.tab')
+         try:
+             for line in zone_tab:
+-                line = line.decode('US-ASCII')
++                line = line.decode('UTF-8')
+                 if line.startswith('#'):
+                     continue
+                 code, coordinates, zone = line.split(None, 4)[:3]
+@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class _CountryNameDict(_LazyDict):
+         zone_tab = open_resource('iso3166.tab')
+         try:
+             for line in zone_tab.readlines():
+-                line = line.decode('US-ASCII')
++                line = line.decode('UTF-8')
+                 if line.startswith('#'):
+                     continue
+                 code, name = line.split(None, 1)