>>> tz1 <DstTzInfo 'Asia/Shanghai' LMT+8:06:00 STD> >>> repr(tz1) "<DstTzInfo 'Asia/Shanghai' LMT+8:06:00 STD>" >>> x=repr(tz1) >>> x "<DstTzInfo 'Asia/Shanghai' LMT+8:06:00 STD>" >>> import re >>> re.search("LMT.+\s",x).group() 'LMT+8:06:00 ' i got it ,thinks to all my friends .