[Python-Dev] datetime module and pytz with dateutil (original) (raw)

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Sat Mar 31 12:28:55 CEST 2012

On 31 Mar 2012, at 07:32, Lennart Regebro wrote:

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:38, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:

I don't understand why Python may not include the pytz. The Olson tz database is not part of pytz. Yes it is.

Python can depend on a system tz database That works on Unix, but not on Windows, where there is no Olsen database.

However, doesn't Windows have its own system database? The problem is that in order to not include the olsen database, pytz (which would be a very useful addition to the standard library) would need to be modified to use the system database on Windows. This is my (potentially flawed) understanding, anyway.

Michael

//Lennart

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