diff --git a/System/Locale.hs b/System/Locale.hs
--- a/System/Locale.hs
+++ b/System/Locale.hs
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 701 && MIN_VERSION_base(4,4,1)
+{-# LANGUAGE Safe #-}
+#endif
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
 -- Module      :  System.Locale
 -- Copyright   :  (c) The University of Glasgow 2001
--- License     :  BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
--- 
+-- License     :  BSD3 (see LICENSE file)
+--
 -- Maintainer  :  libraries@haskell.org
 -- Stability   :  stable
 -- Portability :  portable
 --
 -- This module provides the ability to adapt to local conventions.
+--
 -- At present, it supports only time and date information as used by
--- System.Time.calendarTimeToString from the System.Time module in the
--- old-time package.
+-- @calendarTimeToString@ from the @System.Time@ module in the
+-- @old-time@ package.
 --
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@
     TimeLocale(..)
 
     , defaultTimeLocale
-    
+
     , iso8601DateFormat
     , rfc822DateFormat
     )
@@ -29,23 +34,23 @@
 import Prelude
 
 data TimeLocale = TimeLocale {
-	-- |full and abbreviated week days
+        -- |full and abbreviated week days
         wDays  :: [(String, String)],
-	-- |full and abbreviated months
+        -- |full and abbreviated months
         months :: [(String, String)],
         intervals :: [(String, String)],
-	-- |AM\/PM symbols
+        -- |AM\/PM symbols
         amPm   :: (String, String),
-	-- |formatting strings
+        -- |formatting strings
         dateTimeFmt, dateFmt,
-        timeFmt, time12Fmt :: String     
+        timeFmt, time12Fmt :: String
         } deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
 
-defaultTimeLocale :: TimeLocale 
-defaultTimeLocale =  TimeLocale { 
-        wDays  = [("Sunday",   "Sun"),  ("Monday",    "Mon"),   
-                  ("Tuesday",  "Tue"),  ("Wednesday", "Wed"), 
-                  ("Thursday", "Thu"),  ("Friday",    "Fri"), 
+defaultTimeLocale :: TimeLocale
+defaultTimeLocale =  TimeLocale {
+        wDays  = [("Sunday",   "Sun"),  ("Monday",    "Mon"),
+                  ("Tuesday",  "Tue"),  ("Wednesday", "Wed"),
+                  ("Thursday", "Thu"),  ("Friday",    "Fri"),
                   ("Saturday", "Sat")],
 
         months = [("January",   "Jan"), ("February",  "Feb"),
@@ -72,15 +77,22 @@
         }
 
 
--- |Normally, ISO-8601 just defines YYYY-MM-DD
--- but we can add a time spec.
+{- | Construct format string according to <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO-8601>.
 
+The @Maybe String@ argument allows to supply an optional time specification. E.g.:
+
+@
+'iso8601DateFormat' Nothing            == "%Y-%m-%d"           -- i.e. @/YYYY-MM-DD/@
+'iso8601DateFormat' (Just "%H:%M:%S")  == "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"  -- i.e. @/YYYY-MM-DD/T/HH:MM:SS/@
+@
+-}
+
 iso8601DateFormat :: Maybe String -> String
 iso8601DateFormat mTimeFmt =
     "%Y-%m-%d" ++ case mTimeFmt of
-             Nothing  -> "" 
+             Nothing  -> ""
              Just fmt -> 'T' : fmt
 
-
+-- | Format string according to <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822#section-5 RFC822>.
 rfc822DateFormat :: String
 rfc822DateFormat = "%a, %_d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Changelog for [`old-locale` package](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/old-locale)
+
+## 1.0.0.7  *Nov 2014*
+
+  * Decoupled from GHC distribution
+
+## 1.0.0.6  *Mar 2014*
+
+  * Bundled with GHC 7.8.1
+
+  * Update Haddock comments
+
+  * Update to Cabal 1.10 format
+
+## 1.0.0.5  *Sep 2012*
+
+  * Bundled with GHC 7.6.1
+
+  * Un-deprecate `old-locale` package
+
+## 1.0.0.4  *Feb 2012*
+
+  * Bundled with GHC 7.4.1
+
+  * Add support for SafeHaskell
diff --git a/old-locale.cabal b/old-locale.cabal
--- a/old-locale.cabal
+++ b/old-locale.cabal
@@ -1,23 +1,35 @@
-name:		old-locale
-version:	1.0.0.2
-license:	BSD3
-license-file:	LICENSE
-maintainer:	libraries@haskell.org
-bug-reports: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/newticket?component=libraries%20%28other%29
-synopsis:	locale library
-category:       System
+name:         old-locale
+version:      1.0.0.7
+-- NOTE: Don't forget to update ./changelog.md
+license:      BSD3
+license-file: LICENSE
+maintainer:   libraries@haskell.org
+bug-reports:  https://github.com/haskell/old-locale/issues
+synopsis:     locale library
+category:     System
+build-type:   Simple
+Cabal-Version:>=1.10
+tested-with:  GHC==7.8.3, GHC==7.8.2, GHC==7.8.1, GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.6.2, GHC==7.6.1, GHC==7.4.2, GHC==7.4.1, GHC==7.2.2, GHC==7.2.1, GHC==7.0.4, GHC==7.0.3, GHC==7.0.2, GHC==7.0.1, GHC==6.12.3
 description:
-    This package provides the old locale library.
-    For new code, the new locale library is recommended.
-build-type: Simple
-Cabal-Version: >= 1.6
+    This package provides the ability to adapt to
+    locale conventions such as date and time formats.
 
+extra-source-files:
+    changelog.md
+
+source-repository head
+    type:     git
+    location: https://github.com/haskell/old-locale.git
+
 Library
+    default-language: Haskell98
+    other-extensions: CPP
+    if impl(ghc>=7.2)
+        -- && base>=4.4.1
+        other-extensions: Safe
+
     exposed-modules:
         System.Locale
-    build-depends: base >= 3 && < 5
 
-source-repository head
-    type:     darcs
-    location: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/old-locale/
-
+    build-depends: base >= 4.2 && < 4.9
+    ghc-options: -Wall