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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:36:00 +1000
Subject: Re: How can I get the timezone time of a location?
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> wrote:
> there is no way to go from a physcial point of the surface of the Earth to
> the timezone mapping name that should be used. (Using only the Olsen
> timezone db.)

Even with perfect knowledge, you can't always do that. There are
points on the globe which use two timezones. :)

http://pyvideo.org/video/1765/blame-it-on-caesar-what-you-need-to-know-about-d

ChrisA