[Python-Dev] tzset

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Stuart Bishop wrote:
> On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 04:07  PM, Tim Peters wrote:
> 
>> Worse, if the platform tzset() isn't happy with TZ's value, it has no 
>> way to tell you:  the function is declared void, and has no defined effects on
>> errno.
> 
> Yup. It sucks, but is the best there is. I can't even find proprietary
> solutions for various Unix flavours. Maybe a post to Slashdot saying
> Zope 3 will be Windows only due to limitations in POSIX would at least
> get something for the free distros :-)

I wonder why we need a TZ-parser then ? If it's non-standard
anyway, the module is probably better off outside the core as
separate download from e.g. SF.

>> I hope the community takes up the challenge of building a sane
>> cross-platform time zone facility building on 2.3 datetime's tzinfo 
>> objects.
> 
> A cross-platform time zone facility isn't a problem - the data we need is
> available and maintained as part of numerous free Unix distributions. We
> could even steal C code to decode it if we are particularly lazy.

-1

Why bloat the Python distribution with yet another locale
implementation ?

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