diff -Nru python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/changelog python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/changelog
--- python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/changelog	2015-02-16 05:15:31.000000000 -0600
+++ python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/changelog	2015-10-01 19:51:48.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+python-tz (2014.10~dfsg1-0ubuntu2~15.04.0) vivid; 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>  Thu, 01 Oct 2015 19:51:05 -0500
+
 python-tz (2014.10~dfsg1-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff -Nru python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/patches/series python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/patches/series
--- python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/patches/series	2015-02-16 05:08:32.000000000 -0600
+++ python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/patches/series	2015-10-01 10:42:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 tzdata
+use_utf8_encoding.patch
diff -Nru python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch
--- python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/debian/patches/use_utf8_encoding.patch	2015-10-01 21:52:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+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'
+Index: python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/pytz/__init__.py
+===================================================================
+--- python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1.orig/pytz/__init__.py
++++ python-tz-2014.10~dfsg1/pytz/__init__.py
+@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ 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]
+@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ 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)