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changeset 37:3b23c60191e0
Add note on daylight savings time.
| author | cmlenz |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:14:03 +0000 |
| parents | 2e143f1a0003 |
| children | 06b876ed5501 |
| files | doc/formatting.txt |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/formatting.txt +++ b/doc/formatting.txt @@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ >>> format_datetime(dt, 'H:mm zzzz', tzinfo=british, locale='en_US') u'16:30 British Summer Time' +Here, the given UTC time is adjusted to the "Europe/London" time-zone, and +daylight savings time is taken into account. Daylight savings time is also +applied to ``format_time``, but because the actual date is unknown in that +case, the current day is assumed to determine whether DST or standard time +should be used. + .. _`pytz`: http://pytz.sourceforge.net/