Is there a cross-platform function in python (or pytz) that returns a tzinfo object corresponding to the timezone currently set on the computer?
environment variables cannot be counted on as they are not cross-platform
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A:
time.timezone returns current timezone offset. there is also a datetime.tzinfo, if you need more complicated structure.
SilentGhost
2009-11-05 15:15:33
time.timezone() just returns the offset from UTC. i want a tzinfo object. so i would probably would what the function to:1. define a class corresponding to the tzinfo object2. instanciate the object3. return it
random guy
2009-11-05 15:21:59
`datetime` docs have an example that explains the use of `tzinfo`.
SilentGhost
2009-11-05 15:26:14
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I have not used it myself, but dateutil.tz.tzlocal() should do the trick.
http://labix.org/python-dateutil#head-50221b5226c3ccb97daa06ea7d9abf0533ec0310
Jesper Saron
2009-11-05 16:00:48
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>>> import datetime
>>> today = datetime.datetime.now()
>>> insummer = datetime.datetime(2009,8,15,10,0,0)
>>> from pytz import reference
>>> localtime = reference.LocalTimezone()
>>> localtime.tzname(today)
'PST'
>>> localtime.tzname(insummer)
'PDT'
>>>
Alex Martelli
2009-11-05 16:07:59