diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/africa b/share/zoneinfo/africa
index 6e268c947819..ad89bb743c1a 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/africa
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/africa
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)africa	8.22
+# @(#)africa	8.23
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -276,8 +276,27 @@ Rule	Egypt	2007	only	-	Sep	Thu>=1	23:00s	0	-
 # In 2009 (and for the next several years), Ramadan ends before the fourth
 # Thursday in September; Egypt is expected to revert to the last Thursday
 # in September.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-08-11):
+# We have been able to confirm the August change with the Egyptian Cabinet 
+# Information and Decision Support Center:
+# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html">
+# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/egypt-dst-ends-2009.html
+# </a>
+# 
+# The Middle East News Agency
+# <a href="http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx">
+# http://www.mena.org.eg/index.aspx
+# </a>
+# also reports "Egypt starts winter time on August 21"
+# today in article numbered "71, 11/08/2009 12:25 GMT." 
+# Only the title above is available without a subscription to their service,
+# and can be found by searching for "winter" in their search engine
+# (at least today).
+
 Rule	Egypt	2008	only	-	Aug	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
-Rule	Egypt	2009	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
+Rule	Egypt	2009	only	-	Aug	20	23:00s	0	-
+Rule	Egypt	2010	max	-	Sep	lastThu	23:00s	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Africa/Cairo	2:05:00 -	LMT	1900 Oct
diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/australasia b/share/zoneinfo/australasia
index efcfec74d150..2fc370f8bbca 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/australasia
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/australasia
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # <pre>
-# @(#)australasia	8.11
+# @(#)australasia	8.12
 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
 
@@ -427,6 +427,22 @@ Zone Pacific/Pago_Pago	 12:37:12 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 			-11:00	-	SST			# S=Samoa
 
 # Samoa
+
+# From Alexander Krivenyshev (2008-12-06):
+# The Samoa government (Western Samoa) may implement DST on the first Sunday of 
+# October 2009 (October 4, 2009) until the last Sunday of March 2010 (March 28, 
+# 2010). 
+# 
+# "Selected Committee reports to Cabinet on Daylight Saving Time",
+# Government of Samoa:
+# <a href="http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560">
+# http://www.govt.ws/pr_article.cfm?pr_id=560
+# </a>
+# or
+# <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html">
+# http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_samoa01.html
+# </a>
+
 Zone Pacific/Apia	 12:33:04 -	LMT	1879 Jul  5
 			-11:26:56 -	LMT	1911
 			-11:30	-	SAMT	1950		# Samoa Time