Re: [python-win32] time/datetime module wierdness on some windows7/XP PCs [SOLVED]

2012-07-29 Thread raf
hi, i finally worked out what was causing the timezone problem. all of the affected machines had a recent version of cygwin installed which sets the TZ environment variable using zoneinfo names such as "Australia/Sydney". the unaffected machine had an older version of cygwin which doesn't set the

Re: [python-win32] time/datetime module wierdness on some windows7/XP PCs

2012-07-26 Thread raf
Vernon Cole wrote: > Dear raf: > Yes, time zones in the python time module are known to be somewhat messed > up. Mark Hammond and I went several rounds while trying to create a test > for the "python time" capabilities in adodbapi. When a test worked for me > in North America, it was almost gu

Re: [python-win32] time/datetime module wierdness on some windows7/XP PCs

2012-07-25 Thread Vernon Cole
Dear raf: Yes, time zones in the python time module are known to be somewhat messed up. Mark Hammond and I went several rounds while trying to create a test for the "python time" capabilities in adodbapi. When a test worked for me in North America, it was almost guaranteed to fail for him in an