When working with timezones datetime objects are represented in the
tzinfo object you supply, eg. when you define these classes (and run
them on a system set to Paris time):
from datetime import tzinfo, timedelta, datetime
import time
class UTC(tzinfo):
"""UTC timezone"""
def utcoffset(self, dt):
return timedelta(0)
def tzname(self, dt):
return "UTC"
def dst(self, dt):
return timedelta(0)
class CET(tzinfo):
"""CET timezone"""
def utcoffset(self, dt):
return timedelta(seconds = -time.timezone)
def dst(self, dt):
return timedelta(0)
def tzname(self, dt):
return "CET"
class CEST(tzinfo):
"""CET timezone with DST"""
def utcoffset(self, dt):
return timedelta(seconds = -time.altzone)
def dst(self, dt):
return timedelta(seconds = -time.altzone) - \
timedelta(seconds = -time.timezone)
def tzname(self, dt):
return "CEST"
And you create these objects:
utc = UTC()
cet = CET()
cest = CEST()
d = datetime(2005,06,01,16,59,tzinfo=utc)
This statement
print 'UTC %s' % d
Will print:
UTC 2005-06-01 16:59:00+00:00
And this one:
print 'As CET %s' % d.astimezone(cet)
Will print:
As CET 2005-06-01 17:59:00+01:00
And this one:
print 'As CET with DST %s' % d.astimezone(cest)
Will print:
As CET with DST 2005-06-01 18:59:00+02:00
Additional:
This:
d = datetime(2005,06,01,16,59,tzinfo=cet)
print cet, d
Will print:
<__main__.CET object at 0xb7d3aaac> 2005-06-01 16:59:00+01:00
And this:
d = datetime(2005,06,01,16,59,tzinfo=cest)
print cest, d
Will print:
<__main__.CEST object at 0xb7d3aaec> 2005-06-01 16:59:00+02:00
So at least with these tzinfo objects everything is as expected, I'm
not sure where your actual problem is, is it in the pytz module (with
which I do not have experience)?
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