Python 3.2rc3+ (py3k:88422M, Feb 15 2011, 16:57:29) [C] on aix6
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>>> import time
>>> for t in (-2, -1, 0, 1):
...     print(time.localtime(t))
... 
time.struct_time(tm_year=1970, tm_mon=1, tm_mday=1, tm_hour=0, tm_min=59, tm_sec=58, tm_wday=3, tm_yday=1, tm_isdst=0)
time.struct_time(tm_year=1970, tm_mon=1, tm_mday=1, tm_hour=0, tm_min=59, tm_sec=59, tm_wday=3, tm_yday=1, tm_isdst=0)
time.struct_time(tm_year=1970, tm_mon=1, tm_mday=1, tm_hour=1, tm_min=0, tm_sec=0, tm_wday=3, tm_yday=1, tm_isdst=0)
time.struct_time(tm_year=1970, tm_mon=1, tm_mday=1, tm_hour=1, tm_min=0, tm_sec=1, tm_wday=3, tm_yday=1, tm_isdst=0)

I am in Paris. On the system, I get:
$ date
Tue Feb 15 18:18:58 NFT 2011
$ env | grep TZ
TZ=NFT-1DFT,M3.5.0,M10.5.0

which is strange since NFT seems to be in Australia.

I will check that tomorrow with the sysadmin.