[Python-Dev] cpython (2.7): Issue #14448: mention pytz; patch by Andrew Svetlov

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Apr 26 03:06:35 CEST 2012


On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> Maybe it's useful to mention that that database is the one used on Linux (is
> it on other Unices?) and Windows has its own?

pytz always uses the Olson/IANA database. I don't think we need to
confuse matters further by mentioning the fact that Microsoft invented
their own system without worrying about what anyone else was doing.

Cheers,
Nick.

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