diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2012j.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2013b.bb
similarity index 51%
rename from meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2012j.bb
rename to meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2013b.bb
index 938f072999..114aa9c932 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2012j.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2013b.bb
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "tzcode, timezone zoneinfo utils -- zic, zdump, tzselect"
 LICENSE = "PD"
-PR = "r1"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${WORKDIR}/README;md5=d7a19b8c6d8a28785c4cd04ff2e46d27"
 
+# note that we allow for us to use data later than our code version
+#
 SRC_URI =" ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode${PV}.tar.gz;name=tzcode \
-           ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2012j.tar.gz;name=tzdata"
+           ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata2013b.tar.gz;name=tzdata"
 
-SRC_URI[tzcode.md5sum] = "868b5d0dbf0e115ae4eb39a932ad0c4c"
-SRC_URI[tzcode.sha256sum] = "ee4361b3b4ae201a270857c84d0f063c2a2191b3e4cd7414ea4622bb8bae9a82"
-SRC_URI[tzdata.md5sum] = "ba2f92ae7ad099090e8f86cff2f2d799"
-SRC_URI[tzdata.sha256sum] = "4b6a3c2831bdbb68ab1a1bf906bcf11d18ab78009713a0339da6fe96b6afceaa"
+SRC_URI[tzcode.md5sum] = "c8bb91ce60092ef61d628d104ad3dab1"
+SRC_URI[tzcode.sha256sum] = "fda9a8bd15f06939f0ecd1edba17d5e66d4d526632145609574459b250ab0efb"
+SRC_URI[tzdata.md5sum] = "489dbca77d1f2e287a3987ca047bb246"
+SRC_URI[tzdata.sha256sum] = "70d589d0e76a3749403d2bb404e9214c2520dda4c13e4b07b1b945ed2c64edb2"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2012j.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2013b.bb
similarity index 98%
rename from meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2012j.bb
rename to meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2013b.bb
index 25220cc36e..0b34e851d6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2012j.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2013b.bb
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ LICENSE = "PD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://asia;beginline=2;endline=3;md5=06468c0e84ef4d4c97045a4a29b08234"
 DEPENDS = "tzcode-native"
 
-PR = "r3"
-
 inherit allarch
 
 RCONFLICTS_${PN} = "timezones timezone-africa timezone-america timezone-antarctica \
@@ -16,8 +14,8 @@ RCONFLICTS_${PN} = "timezones timezone-africa timezone-america timezone-antarcti
 
 SRC_URI = "ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzdata${PV}.tar.gz;name=tzdata"
 
-SRC_URI[tzdata.md5sum] = "ba2f92ae7ad099090e8f86cff2f2d799"
-SRC_URI[tzdata.sha256sum] = "4b6a3c2831bdbb68ab1a1bf906bcf11d18ab78009713a0339da6fe96b6afceaa"
+SRC_URI[tzdata.md5sum] = "489dbca77d1f2e287a3987ca047bb246"
+SRC_URI[tzdata.sha256sum] = "70d589d0e76a3749403d2bb404e9214c2520dda4c13e4b07b1b945ed2c64edb2"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}"