On Sun, Aug 04, 2002, Ehud Karni wrote about "Re: timezone": > On 04 Aug 2002 19:36:12 +0300, Erez Doron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > thanks for the code. is it GPL'D ? (may i use it). > > anyway, python's time.timezone returns -7200 while this code returns > > +10800 ( -2 hours relative to +3 hours ) > > > > why is that ? > > That's because my code take the DST (daylight saving time) into the > offset automatically (I commented about it in my original post).
This would not explain the 5 hour difference... I assume that the python code you describe is some sort of crap that gets the DST wrong and reverses the sign... +3 is correct in Israel today. Try "date +%z" to see your correct offset. -- Nadav Har'El | Sunday, Aug 4 2002, 27 Av 5762 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |God created the world out of nothing, but http://nadav.harel.org.il |the nothingness still shows through. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
