[PATCH] wrong timezone offset if DST rules changed this year (issue2511)

[Dmitry Panov]

Don't ask me about this, ask the Russian government :)


On 18/11/2011 10:14, Sune Foldager wrote:
> On 13-11-2011 01:33, Dmitry Panov wrote:
>> # HG changeset patch
>> # User Dmitry Panov <dop at itoolabs.com>
>> # Date 1321144166 0
>> # Node ID ca83bd6d909c1ad6b325262ad008c9567e83b036
>> # Parent 1bb0a5b02da9ef3505bfb4ac02b2d51cf220220f
>> makedate: wrong timezone offset if DST rules changed this year 
>> (issue2511)
>>
>> Python's time module sets timezone and altzone based on UTC offsets of
>> two dates: first and middle day of the current year. This approach 
>> doesn't
>> work on a year when DST rules change.
>>
>> For example Russia abandoned winter time this year, so the correct UTC
>> offset [...]
>
> Wait, you abandoned *winter time*? Usually, winter time is solar time, 
> and summer time or DST is adjusted from that :)
>
> -Sune

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Best regards,

  Dmitry Panov
  Chief Technology Officer
  Itoolabs.