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> A fairly "correct" way is to query the time zone database at time module
> import time by using the DST and GMT offset of that time.
But that does not give the *other* timezone :-(
> IMO time.timezone and time.daylight should be deprecated since they
> will give wrong results around DST changes (both switch times and
> legal changes such as the described one) in long running processes
> such as daemons.
time.timezone is the non-DST timezone: this value does not change around
the DST change date. That's why the current implementation uses "absolute"
dates like the of January: DST changes are often in March and October.
What about this algorithm:
- pick the first of January and the first of July surrounding the current date
- if both have tm_idst==0, the region has no DST. Use the current GMT offset for
both timezone and altzone; daylight=0
- otherwise, use the *current* time and get its DST and GMT offset. This is enough
to compute both timezone and altzone (with the relation altzone=timezone-3600) |
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2011-11-23 23:17:35 | amaury.forgeotdarc | set | recipients:
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2011-11-23 23:17:35 | amaury.forgeotdarc | set | messageid: <1322090255.57.0.5529039197.issue13466@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
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