diff --git a/src/share/.params b/src/share/.params
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index 0000000..00eb545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/share/.params
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+files none share
diff --git a/src/share/build.install b/src/share/build.install
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/share/build.install
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+source src/share/build.install-files
diff --git a/src/share/build.install-files b/src/share/build.install-files
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/share/build.install-files
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+FILES_INSTALL_DIR="${SHAREDIR}/libiso8601"
+
+# create destination directories
+echo "Installing files into ${FILES_INSTALL_DIR}"
+build_dir_tree "${FILES_INSTALL_DIR}" || return 1
+
+# copy across the files (note this copies everything with mode 0644).
+for file in src/share/*
+do
+    [ "$(echo $(basename ${file}) | cut -b1-6)" == "build." ] && continue
+    install_file ${file} ${FILES_INSTALL_DIR} 0644 || return 1
+done
+
+print_success "Files installed"
+# kate: replace-trailing-space-save true; space-indent true; tab-width 4;
+# vim: syntax=sh:expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
diff --git a/src/share/leap-seconds b/src/share/leap-seconds
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Binary files /dev/null and b/src/share/leap-seconds differ
diff --git a/src/share/leap-seconds.txt b/src/share/leap-seconds.txt
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index 0000000..f5911de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/share/leap-seconds.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+1972-06-30
+1972-12-31
+1973-12-31
+1974-12-31
+1975-12-31
+1976-12-31
+1977-12-31
+1978-12-31
+1979-12-31
+1981-06-30
+1982-06-30
+1983-06-30
+1985-06-30
+1987-12-31
+1989-12-31
+1990-12-31
+1992-06-30
+1993-06-30
+1994-06-30
+1995-12-31
+1997-06-30
+1998-12-31
+2005-12-31
+2008-12-31