I have tested windows xp/2000 Chinese version with
python 2.3.3 and python 2.4b1.  

My timezone in windows is GMT+8. But:

>>> import time
>>> time.timezone
-28800 

-28800 means GMT-8, but not GMT+8. This cause
time.time() time.gmtime() return wrong values(16 hours
late).

I have no such problem under linux.

BTW, I found the issue:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1039270&group_id=5470


So I think maybe this problem is sensitive with my
Chinese platform too:

>>> time.tzname
('\xd6\xd0\xb9\xfa\xb1\xea\xd7\xbc\xca\xb1\xbc\xe4',
'\xd6\xd0\xb9\xfa\xb1\xea\x
d7\xbc\xca\xb1\xbc\xe4')