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author | Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org> |
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date | Sat Mar 11 12:33:53 2023 +0000 (18 months ago) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/python-pytz/description.txt Sat Mar 11 12:33:53 2023 +0000 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ 1.4 +Pytz brings the Olson tz database into Python. 1.5 +This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations using 1.6 +Python 2.4 or higher. 1.7 +It also solves the issue of ambiguous times at the end of daylight saving time, 1.8 +which you can read more about in the Python Library Reference (datetime.tzinfo). 1.9 + 1.10 +Almost all of the Olson timezones are supported. 1.11 + 1.12 +Note 1.13 + 1.14 +This library differs from the documented Python API for tzinfo implementations; 1.15 +if you want to create local wallclock times you need to use the localize() 1.16 +method documented in this document. 1.17 +In addition, if you perform date arithmetic on local times that cross DST 1.18 +boundaries, the result may be in an incorrect timezone (ie. subtract 1 minute 1.19 +from 2002-10-27 1:00 EST and you get 2002-10-27 0:59 EST instead of the 1.20 +correct 2002-10-27 1:59 EDT). 1.21 +A normalize() method is provided to correct this. 1.22 +Unfortunately these issues cannot be resolved without modifying the Python 1.23 +datetime implementation (see PEP-431).