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Author georg.brandl
Recipients belopolsky, docs@python, georg.brandl, napik, techtonik
Date 2011-01-11.18:56:52
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It seems to me that the quoted function from bzr

def local_time_offset(t=None):
    """Return offset of local zone from GMT, either at present or at time t."""
    # python2.3 localtime() can't take None
    if t is None:
        t = time.time()

    if time.localtime(t).tm_isdst and time.daylight:
        return -time.altzone
    else:
        return -time.timezone

would be very helpful to add to the `time` module docs as an example.  I have to agree with the OP that the current state of the docs is not as clear as it could be.
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Date User Action Args
2011-01-11 18:56:54georg.brandlsetrecipients: + georg.brandl, belopolsky, techtonik, napik, docs@python
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