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

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On 2/16/2010 11:15 AM, exarkun at twistedmatrix.com wrote:
> On 03:43 pm, dirkjan at ochtman.nl wrote:
> pytz includes its own timezone database.  It doesn't use the system
> timezone data, even on Linux.

dateutil can use the system timezone data. See tzfile.

http://labix.org/python-dateutil#head-4e4386d98006f1e3cb9290a04bff7e01e584505b

or on windows see tzwin.

http://labix.org/python-dateutil#head-566bbb3e75e621ac00d2cb1b54abc09036b994f1