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Subject: Python 2.4.1-1 time.altzone does not include DST offset
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Python's time.altzone is equal to time.timezone, it should be 
time.timezone-3600 (for CEST)

$ python -c 'import time; time.tzset(); print time.ctime(), \
  time.daylight, time.timezone, time.altzone, time.tzname'
Sun May 14 13:46:55 2006 1 -3600 -3600 ('   ', '   ')

Possible side effect of the blank and equal tzname strings (caused by 
the timezone names returned by german XP) ?

Cygwin's runtime timezone offset looks good:

$ date '+%c %z "%Z"'
Sun May 14 13:46:55 2006 +0200 "   "

This possible python runtime bug causes bad time conversions in 
rdiff-backup-1.1.5 ([Maybe ITP] ;-)

Christian


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