Python time-zone handling

Posted Mar 9, 2020 9:19 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Python time-zone handling by ceplm
Parent article: Python time-zone handling

The problem with glibc is that TZ handling in it sucks.

No, it SUCKS.

For example, it's not possible to extract the date and time of the DST change. Or even to convert between arbitrary timezones without being thread unsafe.