On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Try learning Python itself, rather than playing around with extension >> packages like pytz. > > To be fair, “You need to install ‘pytz’ to work correctly with date and > time values” is correct advice. If the OP doesn't install it early, then > works with timestamps, problems are inevitable — at which point “oh, you > needed to do that first” will be inevitable. It's lose–lose. > > It's a sad fact that MS Windows has completely useless timezone support, > and this “install a third-party package” hurdle is a cost that is paid > by all people trying to set up Python on MS Windows.
That's a rough business to be in... I mean... that's unfortunate. However, I'd still advise anyone to learn the language itself first, even if that means a rule like "avoid working with international or historical time". There are plenty of other things Python can do, even just with a basic Windows installation. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
