[Python-Dev] Add UTC to 2.7 (PyCon sprint idea)

[Tres Seaver]

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Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 16:26, Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com> wrote:
>> Because timezones are defined politically, they change frequently.  pytz
>> is released frequently (multiple times per year) to accomodate those
>> changes:  I can't see any way to preserve that flexibility if the
>> package were part of stdlib.
> 
> By using what the OS provides. At least on Linux, the basic timezone
> data is usually updated by other means (at least on the distro I'm
> familiar with, it's updated quite often, too; through the package
> manager). I'm assuming Windows and OS X would also be able to provide
> something like this. I think pytz already looks at this data if it's
> available (precisely because it might well be newer).

If that were so, I don't think Stuart would be going to the trouble to
re-release the library 6 - 12 times per year.


Tres.
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