pytz
World timezone definitions, modern and historical. Brings the tz database into Python.
This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations using Python 2.4 or higher and provides access to the Olson timezone database.
pytz brings the Olson timezone database into Python. This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations using Python 2.4 or higher. It also solves the issue of ambiguous times at the end of daylight savings, which you can read more about in the Python Library Reference (datetime.tzinfo).
This library differs from the documented Python API for tzinfo implementations; if you want to create local wallclock times you need to use the localize() method documented in this document. In addition, if you perform date arithmetic on local times that cross DST boundaries, the result may be in an incorrect timezone (ie. subtract 1 minute from 2002-10-27 1:00 EST and you get 2002-10-27 0:59 EST instead of the correct 2002-10-27 1:59 EDT). A normalize() method is provided to correct this. Unfortunately these issues cannot be resolved without modifying the Python datetime implementation (see PEP-431).
