The tzparse Module

(Obsolete) The (highly incomplete) tzparse module contains a parser for time zone specifications. When you import this module, it parses the content of the TZ environment variable; Example 14-31 demonstrates.

Example 14-31. Using the tzparse Module

File: tzparse-example-1.py import os if not os.environ.has_key("TZ"): # set it to something... os.environ["TZ"] = "EST+5EDT;100/2,300/2" # importing this module will parse the TZ variable import tzparse print "tzparams", "=>", tzparse.tzparams print "timezone", "=>", tzparse.timezone print "altzone", "=>", tzparse.altzone print "daylight", "=>", tzparse.daylight print "tzname", "=>", tzparse.tzname tzparams => (EST, 5, EDT, 100, 2, 300, 2) timezone => 18000 altzone => 14400 daylight => 1 tzname => (EST, EDT)

In addition to the variables shown in Example 14-31, this module contains a number of time manipulation functions that use the defined time zone.