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

[Lennart Regebro]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 22:42, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> That's not true. The registry is readable by any user, and the format is
> fully documented.

Yes, but they use non-standard locations, and afaik, pytz does not
support it. If a stdlib pytz would use this you would have to use
different timezone names for Unix and Windows. I don't think that's a
good idea.

Also, the windows data contains only current timezone data, so for
calendars stretching back in time, the Olsen database would be
preferable as it keeps history.

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