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From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Python 2.4.1-1 time.altzone does not include DST offset
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Christian,

On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 08:39:26PM +0200, Christian Franke wrote:
> >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 ('   ', '   ')
> 
> On Cygwin, time.altzone is always set equal to time.timezone.
> 
> The attached patch should fix this for most timezones.

Sorry, but I'm timezone challenged.  So, I recommend submitting your
patch to http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5470&atid=305470 for
consideration.

Thanks,
Jason

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